Given the new information I've received, and my own personal experience with "breaking" my account today, I am no longer in favor of this proposal. -1
Thank you, though, for your efforts in this area. You've all given me a lot to think about. We did actually manage to get 151 people to come to the IRC meeting, which is a good sign for interest in the election. We can do this, and we can do this in a way that nobody can cast a shadow on. Valerie On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, Jim Walker wrote: > OGB Members, > > Here is a final version of the 2010 Record Date notice > proposal. > > It needs 4 OGB votes in favor. > > Cheers, > Jim > > +++ > > ======================================================================== > > The 2010 OpenSolaris Record Date is February 14, 2010. > > Electorate: 377 Majority: 189 Quorum: 126 > > ======================================================================== > > In preparation for the 2010 annual election, the OGB set February > 14, 2010 as the Record Date. The Record Date is used to determine > who is entitled to vote in the election (the Electorate), the Majority > and the Quorum numbers. Ballot Measures need to be passed by a > Majority of the Electorate and a Quorum of the Electorate must attend > the Members Meeting. This is detailed in Article V. Sections 5.7 > through 5.9 of the Constitution. > > Furthermore due to recent changes in how membership records are > managed, the OGB determined that in order to ensure a successful > electronic election, Members needed to authenticate their OpenSolaris > account by the Record Date. > > Election notices were sent to the Community Group Core Contributers > and Community Group Facilitators February 1st 2010[1] and February 4th > 2010[2]. An election notice was also posted on the home opensolaris.org > webpage[3]. The notices provided detailed information on who is eligible > to vote, how to authenticate and check OpenSolaris accounts and how > to add and renew Core Contributor grants. > > As of February 14, 2010 and after tabulation on February 20, 2010, the > OpenSolaris Core Contributors with valid grants and authenticated > OpenSolaris user accounts was: 377. > > However, the Website team notified the OGB on February 25, 2010 > that they could not restrict Core Contributor account authentication, > and several Core Contributors had authenticated since February 20th > which could potentially impact the election. > > ======================================================================== > > In order to clarify this situation, and to ensure that Core Contributors > are not disenfranchised. The OGB has decided that 1) all Core > Contributors that have valid grants as of the 2010 Record Date can vote > in the election after authenticating their account; and 2) the 2010 > Record Date majority and quorum values will stand unless the number of > votes cast exceeds the electorate total, in which case they will be > recalculated based on the final vote total. > > ======================================================================== > > More detail on the 2010 Record Date can be found on ogb-discuss[4]. > > > Sincerely, > > 2009-2010 OGB > > John Beck > Valerie Fenwick > Michelle Olson (Chair) > Simon Phipps > John Plocher > Peter Tribble (Vice-Chair) > Jim Walker > Deirdre Straughan (Secretary) > > ---- > > [1] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/facilitation-discuss/2010-February/000060.html > > [2] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/facilitation-discuss/2010-February/000062.html > > [3] http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/ > [4] http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=124925&tstart=0 > > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss >
