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

[James Bottomley]

On Wed, 2021-09-15 at 10:36 -0400, Laura Abbott wrote:
> 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.

You're welcome to my bulk email scripts I use for Plumbers.  They
*should* work with any SMTP server but, obviously, I've only tested
them with my hansenpartnership.com one.

James