From 8c99e158881ccb03a44266e1ad238e8b1d77cbae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Melvin Hillsman Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:17:42 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add February 2018 election information According to UC charter, elections should happen every 6 months, making February 2018 the next election. This patch adds a reference document for the election with some proposed dates and wording. Change-Id: Ifa9ec137bce432cb7c2ffbef168673702119d4c6 Signed-off-by: Melvin Hillsman --- doc/source/index.rst | 1 + reference/uc-election-feb2018.rst | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 reference/uc-election-feb2018.rst diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst index 260ee92..2dab551 100644 --- a/doc/source/index.rst +++ b/doc/source/index.rst @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ UC Elections .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + reference/uc-election-feb2018 reference/uc-election-aug2017 reference/uc-election-feb2017 diff --git a/reference/uc-election-feb2018.rst b/reference/uc-election-feb2018.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0094f19 --- /dev/null +++ b/reference/uc-election-feb2018.rst @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +========================== +UC Elections February 2018 +========================== + +We expect all members of our community to adhere to the highest +standards of behavior during User Committee elections. + +Officials +========= + +| {Official's Name - Official's Email} +| {Official's Name - Official's Email} + +Election System +=============== +Elections will be held using CIVS and a Condorcet algorithm +(Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD variant). Any tie will be broken using +`Governance/TieBreaking `_. + +Timeline +======== + +| January 29 - February 11, 05:59 UTC: Open candidacy for UC positions +| February 12 - February 18, 11:59 UTC: UC elections (voting) + +Elected Positions +================= +Under the rules of the UC charter, we need to elect 2 UC seats for this +election. Seats are valid for one-year term. User Committee member - 3 +positions*. + +* We have one member stepping down during this particular election +requiring us to elect 3 positions. + +Electorate +========== +The electorate for this election are the Foundation individual members that +are also Active User Contributors (AUC) over the last six months. +The electorate is requested to confirm their email address and (if applicable) IRC handle +in their Foundation Member Profile, https://openstack.org/profile , +prior to February 5, 2017 05:59 UTC so that the emailed ballots are mailed to the +correct email address. + +Candidates +========== +Any individual member of the foundation who is an Active User Contributor (AUC) +can propose their candidacy (except two of the three recently elected members). + +Self-nomination is common, no third party nomination is required. Nominate by +sending an email to the user-committee@lists.openstack.org mailing-list, with +the subject: "UC Candidacy" by February 11, 05:59 UTC. The email can include a +description of the candidate platform. The candidacy is then confirmed by +one of the election officials, after verification of the electorate status of +the candidate. + +Result +====== +{Members Elected} were elected. +* Full Results: {Official Results Link}