Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Gentoo Council 2016 / 2017 election

[Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto]

Dear Gentoo community,

let me start by apologizing for another "spam" message. On the bright
side, I promise this is the last one about voting for this election ;-)
I just want to recall everyone that the bells at the voting booth have
now started ringing as we're under 48 hours left to cast a vote. If you
haven't had a chance to cast your vote yet, please hurry up to the
election booth.

On 26-06-2016 17:45, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> On 18-06-2016 18:11, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
>> On 03-06-2016 23:38, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:

<snip>

> As we only have 4 manifestos listed in the election page[1], I'd suggest
> candidates without one, to help increase turnout by publishing their
> manifestos.

I want to thank all the candidates that have published their manifestos
- it seems to have helped with the turnout.

Election: council-201606
Timestamp: 2016-07-01 01:10:01 UTC
Eligable voters: 242
Submitted votes: 75
Pending votes: 3
Turnout: 30.992%
Pending Turnout: 32.231%

Finally, as the deadline approaches, if you have already voted, please
make sure you did run "votify --submit council-201606" or check that
your ballot is named ".ballot-council-201606-submitted" and not
".ballot-council-201606" or your vote won't count!!

>> Please let us know if you find any issues with the page or with the
>> election. In particular, make sure you're listed as a voter[2] or you
>> won't be able to vote in the election.
>>
>>  [2] -
>> https://projects.gentoo.org/elections/council/2016/voters-council-201606.txt
>>
>> The rules for the Council election as well as details on how to vote for
>> this election are available in the Council Elections Archives[3]. In any
>> case, here is the quick procedure on how to vote using votify:
>>
>>      * If you're eligible to vote in this election, log in to
>> dev.gentoo.org
>>      * Type votify --new council-201606 to create a new ballot file
>>      * Edit .ballot-council-201606 file in your home directory and rank
>> the candidates
>>      * Once you're finished, use votify --verify council-201606 command
>> to verify the validity of your ballot file
>>      * If everything is okay, use votify --submit council-201606 to
>> submit your vote. Don't forget your vote doesn't count until you
>> submit it.
>>      * If you run into problems, you can either work them out yourself
>> using votify --help or contact election officials and ask them for help
>>
>> The elections for the Council include the pseudo _reopen_nominations
>> candidate. If the pseudo-candidate '_reopen_nominations' appears in
>> 7th place or higher those candidates that rank above
>> '_reopen_nominations' will be the current council. A second period of
>> election will be opened for the remaining council seats. No third
>> period of election will be opened in the event '_repoen_nominations'
>> ranks higher than the candidates necessary to fill the council[4].
>>
>> In case there's a need to fill a seat during the council term due to a
>> retirement, if no candidate ranked above the _reopen_nominations_
>> candidate, a new election must be held to fill that seat. If
>> there were candidates ranked above the _reopen_nominations_ candidate,
>> it's up to the remaining council members to accept the next candidate in
>> order of voting or open an election to fill the open seat.
>>
>>   [3] - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council
>>   [4] -
>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20090212-summary.txt
>>
>>> Dear Gentoo Community,
>>>
>>> Nominations for the Gentoo Council 2016 / 2017 election will start at
>>> 00:00 UTC 2016/06/04 (Saturday) and will remain open for the next two
>>> weeks until 00:00 UTC, 2016/06/18 (Friday).
>>>
>>> All nominations must be sent to the gentoo-project mailing list. If you
>>> were nominated and want to run, you have to accept your nomination on
>>> the same mailing list.
>>>
>>> Here are the rules:
>>>
>>>     * Council elections generally happen once a year
>>>     * The council is composed of seven elected members
>>>     * Nominations are allowed from June 4th 00H00 UTC to June 18th
>>> 00H00 UTC
>>>     * Only Gentoo developers may be nominated
>>>     * Anyone can nominate (nominating yourself is OK)
>>>     * Nominees must accept their nomination before voting begins
>>>     * Voting is opened from June 19th 00H00 UTC to July 3rd 00H00 UTC
>>>       (there is one day of break between nominations and voting so the
>>> infra team has time to set up everything)
>>>     * Only Gentoo developers may vote
>>>     * The list of Gentoo Developers is based on active membership
>>> by June 3rd, 2016 (the day before the election was opened)
>>>     * Gentoo uses the Condorcet method of voting
>>>     * Results should be published around July 4th
>>>
>>> The election page for this election[1] will contain all pertinent
>>> information regarding the election.
>>>
>>>  [1] - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council/201606
>>>
>>> If you don't know what the Gentoo Council is, you can read about it on
>>> the project page[2].
>>>
>>>  [2] - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council
>>>
>>> If you want to ask a question or share your thoughts, contact any of
>>> the election officials through the alias (elections@g.o) or at
>>> IRC (Freenode #gentoo-elections).
>>>
>>> Officials:
>>>
>>> Chris Reffett (creffett)
>>> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto)
>>> Roy Bamford (NeddySeagoon)
>>>
>>> Infra Contact
>>> Alex Legler (a3li)

For the elections team,

> For the elections team,
>
>> For the elections team,
>>
>>> For the elections team,
>>>
>>> - --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
>>> Gentoo- forums / ComRel / KDE / Elections / RelEng
>>>
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