When and how do we nominate people for this? I have 2 names to nominate Michael _____________________________
C. Michael Barton Associate Director, School of Complex Adaptive Systems (https://scas.asu.edu<https://scas.asu.edu/>) Professor, School of Human Evolution & Social Change (https://shesc.asu.edu) Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity (https://complexity.asu.edu) Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2701 USA Executive Director, Open Modeling Foundation (https://openmodelingfoundation.github.io<https://openmodelingfoundation.github.io/>) Director, Network for Computational Modeling in Social & Ecological Sciences (https://comses.net) personal website: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Sep 2, 2024, at 6:43 AM, Hernán De Angelis via grass-psc <grass-psc@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: Dear PSC members I have now prepared a preliminary wiki text and timetable for the 2024 elections based on how we conducted the previous elections in 2020. My idea was to run the elections starting on monday 9 september so to be able to have the results ready by 19 october. Below you will find a draft of the Wiki, to be posted once a consensus is reached on the dates and form. Thanks in advance Hernán = PSC Election 2024 = == Call for election == The PSC election 2024 starts on **2024-09-09** and ends on **2024-10-19**. The new committee will be formed by **9** members, of which ***5*** are current members and ***4*** will be newly elected on this election. This is in accordance with the current PSC chair and the planning decided in light of the experiences in previous elections. === 1. The process=== The election process is split essentially in two phases: 1) the Nomination and 2) the Voting. Final actions are announcing the results and officially forming the new PSC, which will consist of **9** members, ***5*** already sitting and ***4*** newly elected. ==== 1.1 Nominations ==== During the Nomination phase, '''any''' member of the GRASS-GIS community, can nominate '''any''' community member for being a candidate for the PSC. Current PSC members are to be nominated for re-election in the same way by the community as possible new candidates. To set a nomination in motion, an e-mail should be directed to the CRO (cro.grass at osgeo.org) including '''name''', '''contact e-mail''' and shortly '''why''' a person is recommended as a PSC member. The CRO will then contact the recommended person asking for confirmation. The nominated person has to accept the candidacy for the PSC and will be asked to write a few lines stating what she/he wants to achieve as part of it. A nomination and its acceptance '''are required to be sent directly to the CRO''' in private. Following confirmation, it is the CRO's task to officially announce a nomination. ==== 1.2 Voting ==== The CRO will ensure to invite all eligible voters. Eligible voters are all people who: - have one or more merged pull requests in any of grass, grass-addons, grass-website, grass-promo repositories, - participated of GRASS PSC and community events, - have one or more merged pull requests in qgis/QGIS related to GRASS integration, - have one or more merged pull requests in rsbivand/rgrass, or - are registered and have translated for GRASS GIS in Weblate A list of eligible voters has already been compiled on the basis of the criteria given above. The list can be found at: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GdZUcwERaIJur9fXs1D05Sw-Jv57N3LfQ8njfM6Jd-4/edit?usp=sharing__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!ZKbFJpJRYNCEk_WDtwsyrfvEpKHNPn6MHjYuU2VoJDrz6CQfChVpiLWYP57tEbtXDwoYimL_aUr0GdWOMOpeDU4d760fOw$ If you believe you meet the criteria but do not find your name in the list, please contact the CRO at: cro.gr...@osgeo.org or make a pull request before September DDth. During the Voting period, eligible voters, can vote their preferred candidate(s) via an on-line tool which will protect privacy. Each voter can vote one time. However, there is no limit as to how many, among the candidates, a voter can select. === 2. Time frame === * announcement of elections: 2024-08-22 (incl. CRO) * nomination period: 2024-09-09 to 2024-09-23 * presentation of the candidates: 2024-09-23 to 2024-09-30 * elections: 2024-10-07 to 2024-10-14 * announcement of the newly elected PSC: 2024-10-19 at latest ==== 2.1 Nomination Period ==== The nomination starts on 2024-09-09 at 12:00 UTC, runs strictly for 3 weeks and ends on 2024-09-30 at 12:00 UTC. Following this period, there will be a one week of no-action to have time to reflect and decide. You are kindly asked to refrain from canceling an already announced nomination or support and request for a new nomination. Unless there are serious reasons to cancel a nomination, modification of the list of nominees will not be possible after the end of the 3rd week. ==== 2.2 Presentation of the candidates ==== The presentation of the candidates will run from 2024-09-23 to 2024-09-30. The nominated candidates will be asked to write a few lines stating what she/he wants to achieve or work for as part of the PSC. ==== 2.3 Voting Period ==== The voting period will run from 2024-10-07 at 12:00 UTC up until 2024-10-14 at 12:00 UTC. ==== 2.4 Results ==== Votes will be counted and the top **4** voted candidates will fill the seats to form the new PSC. In case of a vote tie, the CRO will randomise the selection between the tied candidates for a PSC seat. Results to be announced, at latest, on 2024-10-19. Afterwards, the newly formed PSC will elect the chair person, being one of the new members. === 3. Overview === ==== 3.1 Nomination (I) ==== - from 2024-09-09 to 2024-09-23 - e-mails directed to the CRO by: - a community member to nominate a candidate - the nominee to confirm acceptance of candidacy ==== 3.2 Nomination (II) ==== - from 2024-09-23 to 2024-09-30 - re-think, evaluate, decide for candidate(s) - e-mail from the candidate directed to the community with a statement of her/his aims as part of the PSC - email directed to the CRO by a candidate for canceling candidacy (possible '''only''' for important reasons) ==== 3.3 Voting: from 2024-10-07 to 2024-10-14 ==== Eligible voters are all people who: - have one or more merged pull requests in any of grass, grass-addons, grass-website, grass-promo repositories, - participated of GRASS PSC and community events, - have one or more merged pull requests in qgis/QGIS related to GRASS integration, - have one or more merged pull requests in rsbivand/rgrass, or - are registered and have translated for GRASS GIS in Weblate - privacy/anonymity guaranteed by using [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://limesurvey.osgeo.org/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!ZKbFJpJRYNCEk_WDtwsyrfvEpKHNPn6MHjYuU2VoJDrz6CQfChVpiLWYP57tEbtXDwoYimL_aUr0GdWOMOpeDU4qBg8yEg$ OSGeo LimeSurvey], OSGeo's on-line voting system - voters will be invited via email ==== 3.4 Results ==== The new PSC will be presented at latest on 2024-10-19. _______________________________________________ grass-psc mailing list grass-psc@lists.osgeo.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!ZKbFJpJRYNCEk_WDtwsyrfvEpKHNPn6MHjYuU2VoJDrz6CQfChVpiLWYP57tEbtXDwoYimL_aUr0GdWOMOpeDU6DDm98qA$
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