Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council 2015 / 2016 election

[Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:

> On 13-06-2015 02:50, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
>
> Dear Gentoo community,
>
> the council election will open in a few minutes at 2014-06-28 00:00 UTC.
> The election booth will remain open until 2014-07-12 00:00 UTC.
> The election page for this election[1], made possible by the excellent
> job of Alex Legler (a3li) that created the template for the election
> pages, now contains all the information about the election.
>
>  [1] - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council/2015

One small update, the election page was moved to a new location to 
reflect the election name and that we might have more than one council 
election per year.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Elections/Council/201506

BTW, if any candidate wishes to present a manifesto, don't forget to reply 
to the election thread so that we can pick it up and add it to the 
election page.

> Please let us know if you find any issues with the page or with the
> election.
>
> The rules for the Council election as well as details on how to vote for
> this election are available in the Council Elections Archives[2]. 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-201506 to create a new ballot file
>     * Edit .ballot-council-201506 file in your home directory and rank
> the candidates
>     * Once you're finished, use votify --verify council-201506 command
> to verify the validity of your ballot file
>     * If everything is okay, use votify --submit council-201506 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[3].
>
> 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.
>
>  [2] - https://gentoo-handbook.lugons.org/proj/en/elections/council/
> (use until we're able to migrate the archives page to the wiki)
>  [3] -
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20090212-summary.txt
>
>> Dear Gentoo Community,
>>
>> Nominations for the Gentoo Council 2015 / 2016 election have now started
>> at 00:00 UTC 2015/06/13 (Saturday) and will remain open for the next two
>> weeks until 23:59 UTC, 2015/06/26 (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 13th 00H00 UTC to June 26th
>> 23H59 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 00H00 UTC to July 11th 23H59 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, 2013 (the day before the election was opened)
>>     * Gentoo uses the Condorcet method of voting
>>     * Results should be published around July 13th
>>
>> We're still working on the project pages, so the address for the page
>> listing all nominations will be posted later.
>>
>> If you don't know what the Gentoo Council is, you can read about it on
>> the project page: 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)
>>
>> Infra Contact:
>> Robin H. Johnson (robbat2)
>>
>> We're missing a 3rd election official, so if you don't plan to run for
>> the election and are willing to help, please let us know.
>
> For the elections team,
>
>> For the elections team,
>>
>> - --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
>> Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections / RelEng
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