Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council 2018 / 2019 election

[Matthew Thode]

On 18-06-24 09:22:17, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> I would like to nominate:
>
> aballier
> ago
> alexxy
> axs
> blueness
> chewi
> chutzpah
> eva
> floppym
> graaff
> grozin
> haubi
> heroxbd
> idl0r
> jer
> jlec
> jmbsvicetto
> keri
> klausman
> leio
> maekke
> monsieurp
> mpagano
> nimiux
> pacho
> patrick/bonsaikitten
> pinkbyte
> promethianfire
> radhermit
> sping
> tamiko
> tupone
> voyageur
> xmw
> zerochaos
>
> On 13-06-2018 01:31:28 +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> > Dear Gentoo Community,
> >
> > Nominations for the Gentoo Council 2018 / 2019 election have started at
> > 2018-06-13 00:00 UTC (Wednesday) and will remain open for the next two
> > weeks until the end of 2018-06-26 (Tuesday) (2018-06-27 00:00 UTC).
> >
> > 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 13th 00:00 UTC to end of day
> > June 26th (June 27th 00:00 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 28th 00:00 UTC to end of day July 11th
> > (July 12th 00:00 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 12th, 2018 (the day before the election was opened)
> >     * Gentoo uses the Condorcet method of voting
> >     * Results should be published around July 12th
> >
> > The election page for this election[1] will contain all pertinent
> > information regarding the election.
> >
> >  [1] - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council/201806
> >
> > 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:
> > Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto)
> >
> > Infra Contact:
> > Michał Górny (mgorny)
> >
> > We're missing two election officials. If you'd like to help run the
> > election, please get in touch with the officials for this election.
> >
> > For the elections team,
> >
> > - --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
> > Gentoo- forums / ComRel / Elections / RelEng / Infra
> >
>

I decline.  The foundation nomination period just opened and we
typically need more people for that (the council seems 'overstaffed' in
relation to the foundation).

-- 
Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)