Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:46:22 +0300 | From | Laurent Pinchart <> | Subject | Re: Reminder: Voting procedures for the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board |
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Hi Laura,
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 10:36:45AM -0400, Laura Abbott wrote: > On 9/15/21 10:07, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 09:58:32AM -0400, Laura Abbott wrote: > >> On 9/9/21 12:49, Laura Abbott wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Reminder that the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB) annual > >>> election will be held virtually during the 2021 Kernel Summit and Linux > >>> Plumbers Conference. Voting will run from September 20th to September > >>> 23rd 16:00 GMT-4 (US/Eastern). The voting criteria for the 2021 election > >>> are: > >>> > >>> There exist three kernel commits in a mainline or stable released > >>> kernel that both > >>> - Have a commit date in the year 2020 or 2021 > >>> - Contain an e-mail address in one of the following tags or merged > >>> tags (e.g. Reviewed-and-tested-by) > >>> -- Signed-off-by > >>> -- Tested-by > >>> -- Reported-by > >>> -- Reviewed-by > >>> -- Acked-by > >>> > >>> If you have more than 50 commits that meet this requirement you will > >>> receive a ballot automatically. > >>> > >>> If you have between 3 and 49 commits that meet this requirement please > >>> e-mail tab-elections@lists.linuxfoundation.org to request your ballot. > >>> We strongly encourage everyone who meets this criteria to request a > >>> ballot. > >>> > >>> We will be using Condorcet Internet Voting > >>> Service (CIVS) https://civs1.civs.us/ . This is a voting service > >>> focused on security and privacy. There are sample polls on the > >>> website if you would like to see what a ballot will look like. > >>> > >>> If you have any questions please e-mail > >>> tab-elections@lists.linuxfoundation.org. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Laura > >>> > >>> P.S. Please also consider this another reminder to consider running for > >>> the TAB as well > >> > >> Final reminder: please remember to request your ballot for the TAB > >> elections. If you know others who are eligible please encourage > >> them to request a ballot as well. > > > > When are the ballots supposed to be sent ? It would be nice to avoid > > requiring everybody to check whether they're below or above the 50 > > commits threshold manually :-) > > The ballots will be sent sometime after Monday September 20th > 9:00am GMT-4 (US/Eastern). > > I did make an attempt to send e-mails to the > 50 commits individuals > but there is a chance my e-mail got eaten by spam filters or just > didn't get sent out. I discovered Google Apps' e-mail limits and > that you should not attempt to bcc too many people. This is something > I'd like to handle in a more automated fashion next year to make > it easier for both voters and those running the elections.
Does it mean I should ask for a ballot after the 20th if I don't get one, or request one *before* ? I meet the above criteria but haven't received any ballot yet, so I was unsure whether I should ask or wait.
-- Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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