Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:20:30 -0400 | Subject | Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Reminder: Voting procedures for the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board | From | Laura Abbott <> |
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On 9/15/21 17:11, Shuah Khan wrote: > On 9/15/21 2:42 PM, Laura Abbott wrote: >> On 9/15/21 15:34, Shuah Khan wrote: >>> On 9/15/21 10:13 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >>>> Hi Laura, >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 12:07:13PM -0400, Laura Abbott wrote: >>>>> On 9/15/21 10:46, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> The intention was that if you were in the range of between 3-49 >>>>> commits >>>>> you would ask for a ballot now. >>>> >>>> Would it be possible to share the script that you are using to check in >>>> which category a developer is, to avoid the criteria being applied in >>>> slightly different ways ? >>>> >>> >>> Same request. Is this the same script that gets used to determine >>> candidate >>> eligibility before they get added to the ballot? >>> >>> thanks, >>> -- Shuah >> >> You can thank Kees for the script >> >> https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/identity-canonicalizer >> >> This is the same script for both voting and nomination >> >> The set generated is >> >> # Find people participating in 50+ commits since 2020-01-01: >> git log --since=2020-01-01 | ~/bin/identity-canonicalizer | sort -g > >> contributors.txt >> cat contributors.txt | awk '{if ($1 > 2) {print $0}}' >eligible.txt >> cat eligible.txt | awk '{if ($1 > 49) {print $0}}' >ballots.txt > > So people that this script spits out are the ones that are > eligible for the following: > > -- get added to the ballot if they sent in the nomination > -- get sent a ballot by Sept 20th for voting >
eligible.txt would be all people who can potentially vote. This is also the set of people who can submit a nomination.
ballots.txt is all people who would be sent a ballot automatically. If you are in eligible.txt but not in ballots.txt you may request a ballot.
> Also does this criteria get applied to TAB Chair/co-Chair election > going forward?
It does not.
Thanks, Laura
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