Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections -- voting procedures | From | Laura Abbott <> | Date | Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:18:33 -0400 |
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On 7/27/20 5:31 PM, Laura Abbott wrote: > On behalf of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB), I'd > like to announce the voting procedures for the 2020 TAB elections. > The pool of eligible voters will consist of the following: > > 1) All attendees of the Linux Plumbers conference (i.e. kernel summit) > > 2) Anyone who is not a kernel summit attendee will also be eligible to > vote if the following criteria are met: > -- There exists three kernel commits in a mainline or stable released > kernel that > --- Have a commit date in the year 2019 or 2020 > --- 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 > > We will be using the electronic voting method that we used in 2019. All > Linux Plumbers Attendees will automatically receive a ballot. Anyone > who is otherwise eligible to vote should e-mail > tab-elections@lists.linuxfoundation.org to request a ballot. The deadline > for requesting a ballot is August 17, 00:00 UTC (one week before > Linux Plumbers) > > For those who would like to know the thought process behind this: > > Last year, we successfully used electronic voting for the TAB > elections. Given the circumstances of this year, we have no other > reasonable option for voting. While we could continue to limit voting to > kernel summit attendees, one of the goals of moving away from in person > voting was to potentially expand the voter pool. Since kernel summit is > not being held in person this year, it makes sense to expand the voting > pool at the same time. > > We will be sending a call for nominations and announcements about > when voting will start at a later date. > > If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the tab at > tab@lists.linuxfoundation.org
As a reminder, this vote is coming up. Some FAQs from last year on virtual voting:
Q: What's the software used for voting? A: We will be using the hosted version of the Condorcet Internet Voting Service (CIVS) at https://civs.cs.cornell.edu
Q: Is this code open source? A: Yes. The code is available under a BSD-like research license
Q: Is this method of voting secure? A: Privacy and security is a focus of CIVS. See https://civs.cs.cornell.edu/sec_priv.html for more information.
Q: The website mentions ranked choice voting. What is this? A: In ranked choice voting, you rank your preferred choices from most to least liked. The theory is this results in a more accurate representation of what the voter pool wants.
Q: The description mentions an 'election supervisor'. What is this role? A: The election supervisor's role is to start and stop the poll, send links to voters, and set various options for the poll. A single e-mail address is used to e-mail the link to manage the election, after which anyone with the link can manage the poll.
Q: Who is the election supervisor for the TAB elections? A: We have created a mailing list for election management, tab-elections@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Q: What if I lose the e-mail before I vote? A: Please e-mail tab-elections@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Q: What if I want to change my vote? A: This is not possible, please make sure you've made your final choices when you click submit.
Q: What if I want to practice voting? A: CIVS has a number of sample polls available. Feel free to vote in those to see how the process works.
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