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

[Laurent Pinchart]

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@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.

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