Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections updates and location
From: Frank Rowand
Date: Fri Oct 28 2016 - 19:15:02 EST
Hi Chris,
It's time for the annual question of: where do I find the TAB minutes?
I was sure I had a bookmark of the link, but I seem to have misplaced it.
Thanks,
Frank
On 10/28/16 12:39, Chris Mason wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> A few updates about the TAB election. It is scheduled for 5pm on Wednesday November 2nd, in the Coronado/DeVargas room, at the conference center. We move through the voting pretty quickly, and you'll finish with plenty of time to spare before the evening reception.
>
> The nominees so far:
>
> Josh Triplett
> Rik van Riel
> Dave Taht
> Chris Mason
> Dan Williams
>
> Steve Rostedt is maintaining a list of the nominees and their statements at the URL below. He promises to stay at the keyboard and keep updating it until 12pm EDT Oct 30th:
>
> https://goo.gl/xlAoJl
>
> The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB) are held every year[1]. This year the
> election will be at the 2016 Kernel Summit in Santa Fe, NM.
>
> The elections will take place at the conference center on Wednesday Nov 2nd, shortly before the evening Kernel Summit/Plumbers reception. The elections will be open to all attendees of both the Kernel Summit and the Linux Plumbers.
>
> Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination to:
>
> tech-board-discuss at lists.linux-foundation.org
>
> Just before the election, everyone will have a chance to introduce themselves and briefly talk about why they would like to participate on the Technical Advisory Board. This year, we're encouraging everyone to include those details along with their nomination, which we will compile into an online document for quick reference.
>
> The deadline for receiving nominations is up until the beginning of
> the event where the election is held. Any statements for the online document need to be sent by Friday Oct 28th. Please remember if
> you're not going to be present that things go wrong with both networks
> and mailing lists, so get your nomination in early).
>
> Chris Mason, TAB Chair
>
> [1] TAB members sit for a term of two years, and half of the board is up
> for election every year. Five of the seats are up for election now.
> The other five are halfway through their term and will be up for
> election next year.
>