> -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Abbott > > 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-electi...@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 > t...@lists.linuxfoundation.org
I know it's a lot of work to put this together. Thanks very much for this new process. I think it's a great change. Regards, -- Tim