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Added initial page for the elections project. |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/proj/en/elections/index.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/elections/index.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/elections/index.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: index.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/project.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE project SYSTEM "/dtd/project.dtd"> |
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<project> |
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<name>elections</name> |
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<longname>Gentoo Elections</longname> |
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<description> |
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Gentoo Elections Project gathers all the information necessary to conclude |
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elections in Gentoo. |
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</description> |
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<longdescription> |
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<p> |
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The goal of Gentoo Elections project is to gather all the people participating |
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in the organization of elections in Gentoo together as well as providing the |
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project with procedures, documentation and scripts to run those elections. |
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</p> |
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</longdescription> |
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<dev role="Member">jmbsvicetto</dev> |
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<dev role="Member">rane</dev> |
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<dev role="Member">fox2mike</dev> |
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<extrachapter position="bottom"> |
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<title>Elections organization</title> |
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<section> |
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<title>Election Officials</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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To ease the process of finding officials to run each election, we decided to |
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create a list of people volunteering to serve as officials in the upcoming |
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elections as well as their credentials and basic information about them. |
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Officials for each election may (but don't necessarily have to) be chosen from |
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among those people. |
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</p> |
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<table> |
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<tr> |
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<th>nickname</th> |
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<th>projects</th> |
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<th>organized elections</th> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>rane</ti> |
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<ti>Documentation and Developer Relations</ti> |
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<ti>Trustees 2008, Council 2008, Trustees 2009, Council 2009</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>jmbsvicetto</ti> |
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<ti>Forums, User Relations, Developer Relations, KDE</ti> |
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<ti>Trustees 2008, Council 2008, Council 2008b, Trustees 2009, Council 2009</ti> |
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</tr> |
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</table> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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<title>Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees Elections</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Election rules, based on <uri link="/foundation/en/">Gentoo Foundation |
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Bylaws</uri>: |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li>Gentoo Board of Trustees is composed of five elected members</li> |
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<li>Elections happen every year starting in February</li> |
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<li> |
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There should be at least three election officials plus at least one person |
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assigned from Gentoo Infrastructure project to handle their side of the |
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election. Officials are allowed to vote in the election but they aren't |
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allowed to run in it. They are selected by the current Board of Trustees. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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There's one month for nominations and one month for voting. In special cases |
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current Board of Trustees may decide to shorten that period. Anyone can |
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nominate. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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All Gentoo Foundation members may vote but only members of age above 18 are |
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allowed to run (legal requirement). To run in the election, a person has to |
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be nominated on the <c>gentoo-nfp</c> mailing list and personally accept |
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that nomination on the same list. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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Members who are active Gentoo developers vote using <c>votify</c> script on |
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<c>dev.gentoo.org</c>. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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Members who aren't active Gentoo developers should mail their GPG-signed |
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ballot files to election officials who will verify authenticity of those and |
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pass them to infra so they are taken into account while counting votes. |
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Special care should be taken to ensure the ballot is signed by the gpg key |
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in the Foundation records. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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After voting period is over, all election officials verify results provided |
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by Infrastructure project member assigned to the election and then post them |
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to the <c>gentoo-nfp</c> mailing list. |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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<title>Gentoo Council Elections</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Election rules (based on <uri link="/proj/en/glep/glep-0039.html">GLEP 39</uri>): |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li>Council elections generally happen once a year</li> |
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<li>The council is composed of seven elected members</li> |
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<li>Nominations are allowed for 15 days.</li> |
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<li>Only Gentoo developers may be nominated</li> |
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<li>Anyone can nominate (nominating yourself is OK)</li> |
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<li>Nominees must accept their nomination before voting begins</li> |
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<li>Voting is opened for 15 days.</li> |
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<li>Only Gentoo developers that have joined the project before nomination starts may vote</li> |
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<li>Condorcet method of voting is used</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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There should be at least three officials for this election plus one Gentoo |
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Infrastructure project member assigned to it to handle their side of the |
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process. Officials are allowed to vote in the election but aren't allowed to run |
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in it. Nominating and accepting nominations should happen on the |
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<c>gentoo-dev</c> mailing list. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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<title>Condorcet method of voting</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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For both Foundation and Council elections, <uri |
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link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method of |
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voting</uri> is used to count votes. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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To cast votes we use program names <c>votify</c> which is by default installed |
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on <c>dev.gentoo.org</c>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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Instruction on how to use <c>votify</c> to cast a vote: |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li>If you're eligible to vote in that election, log in to <c>dev.gentoo.org</c></li> |
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<li>Type <c>votify --new election-name</c> to create a new ballot file</li> |
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<li> |
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Edit <path>.ballot-election-name</path> file in your home directory and rank |
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the candidates |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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Once you're finished, use <c>votify --verify election-name</c> command to |
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verify validity of your ballot file |
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</li> |
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If everything is okay, use <c>votify --submit election</c> your vote. |
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</li> |
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If you run into problems, you can either work them out yourself using |
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<c>votify --help</c> or contact election officials and ask them for help |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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<title>Verification and publication of results</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Verification and publication of results (ID sending, master ballot verification |
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by officials, so on). Also all scripts should be posted and explained here. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<title>Election archives</title> |
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<body> |
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Links to Foundation archives. |
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Links to Council archives. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</extrachapter> |
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</project> |
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