Up to now, there has not been an official announcement of the OGB elections posted to os-discuss and os-announce even though some details of the election have been posted on cab-discuss (and elsewhere). However, I realize that there are many community members who are not subscribed to cab-discuss or who probably don't read the cab-discuss archives on a regular basis. So this email is on behalf of the OGB where we'd like to announce the OGB March 2007 election and provide some basic information. If you have any follow-up questions on this announcement, please post them (preferably) to cab-discuss and we'll do our best to answer them.
Currently the OGB is accepting nominations for an OGB seat - there will be 7 OGB seats available and we hope to fill them all. The nomination process is simple: a) Post an email, preferably to cab-discuss, if you wish to nominate someone for the OGB election. Self nomination is OK. b) A current Core Contributor must second your nomination. Currently Stephen Hahn, acting as the Secretary of the OGB, is the keeper of the verified contributor list - which he recently published at: <URL:http://poll.opensolaris.org/> (click on the tab marked "Grants") c) The nominee may accept or decline nomination, up to the deadline defined as "Election Voting Open" on the official election calendar at: <URL:http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/cab/OGB_Election_Status/#electioncalendar> The next event in the election process, is the closing of nominations on Monday March 5th at 24:00 hrs Pacific. d) The election is being held per the OpenSolaris Constitution at: <URL:http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/cab/governance/> Attention Voters: In order to vote in the OGB elections you must be a current Core Contributor. So please check your status as in section b) above. If you don't find yourself listed as a core contributor, you may seek core contributor status via the process outlined in section 7.8 of the Constitution. If you don't fit within the current Community/Project structure because, for example, you contribute to many different projects, you may seek core contributor status by requesting it of the OGB by sending an email with your list of contribution achievements to cab-discuss (please put "Request to be recognized as a core contributor" in the Subject field). After you've verified your member status, please read the instructions at: <URL:http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/website/poll_instructions/> and get your SSH key registered sooner, rather than later. What's coming up next.... 1) We'll be testing the poll/voting infrastructure, before using it for the OGB elections, with a simple test ballot structured as a poll. We've hoping to use this test/poll to acquire some feedback from the community - so please try and participate. 2) The OGB Constitution has been ratified by Sun, but has yet to be ratified by the community. So do not be surprised when you see a separate ballot item on the OGB election asking you if you wish to ratify the Constitution. We decided to combine ratification of the Constitution with the OGB election on one poll. While this may sound like a contradiction [1] it's simply not an issue. It's common to combine items on a ballot like (silly example) "vote yes to allocate $10m in funding on a Route 70 off ramp at xyz" with another ballot item like "vote yes to build an off ramp at xyz on Route 70". 3) I'm maintaining an OGB election status page at: <URL:http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/cab/OGB_Election_Status/> If you see any errors or omissions, feel free to email me directly. Notes: [1] A community member scratches his/her head and asks: "Hey we've conducting an OGB election under the terms of a Constitution which has not been (community) ratified and we're also ratifying the Constitution at the same time? How can that work?" --- Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. al at logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris.Org Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member - Apr 2005 OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Feb 2006
