Re: Reminder: Voting procedures for the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board

[Laura Abbott]

On 9/15/21 10:07, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Laura,
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
> > >
> > > 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.

Thanks,
Laura