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> > > > Please join me in congratulating the 7 newly elected members of the TC.
> > > >
> > > > <<<<<< REMOVE UNEEDED >>>>>
> > > > * Davanum Srinivas (dims)
> > > > * Flavio Percoco (flaper87)
> > > > * John Garbutt (johnthetubaguy)
> > > > * Matthew Treinish (mtreinish)
> > > > * Mike Perez (thingee)
> > > > * Morgan Fainberg (morgan)/(notmorgan)
> > > > * Thierry Carrez (ttx)
> > > >
> > > > Full results:
> > > > http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_fef5cc22eb3dc27a
> > > >
> > > > Thank you to all candidates who stood for election, having a good
> > group of
> > > > candidates helps engage the community in our democratic process.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you to all who voted and who encouraged others to vote. We need
> > to
> > > > ensure
> > > > your voice is heard.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for another great round.
> > > >
> > > > Here's to Newton!
> > >
> > > Thanks Tony for efficiently running this election, congrats to
> > > the candidates who prevailed, and thanks to everyone who ran
> > > for putting themselves out there.
> > >
> > > It was the most open race since the pattern of TC 2.0 half-
> > > elections was established, which was great to see.
> > >
> > > However, the turnout continues to slide, dipping below 20% for
> > > the first time:
> > >
> > >  Election | Electorate (delta %) | Votes | Turnout (delta %)
> > >  ===========================================================
> > >  Oct '16  | 1106                 | 342   | 30.92
> > >  Apr '14  | 1893       (+71.16)  | 506   | 26.73   (-13.56)
> > >  Apr '15  | 2169       (+14.58)  | 548   | 25.27   (-5.48)
> > >  Oct '15  | 2759       (+27.20)  | 619   | 22.44   (-11.20)
> > >  Apr '16  | 3284       (+19.03)  | 652   | 19.85   (-11.51)
> >
> > Meh, I screwed up that table, not enough coffee yet today :)
> >
> > Should be:
> >
> >   Election | Electorate (delta %) | Votes | Turnout (delta %)
> >   ===========================================================
> >   Oct '13  | 1106                 | 342   | 30.92
> >   Apr '14  | 1510       (+36.52)  | 448   | 29.69   (-4.05)
> >   Oct '14  | 1893       (+25.35)  | 506   | 26.73   (-9.91)
> >   Apr '15  | 2169       (+14.58)  | 548   | 25.27   (-5.48)
> >   Oct '15  | 2759       (+27.20)  | 619   | 22.44   (-11.20)
> >   Apr '16  | 3284       (+19.03)  | 652   | 19.85   (-11.51)
> >
> 
> ​It would also be interesting to know how the "long tail" of OpenStack has
> evolved over time, as well.
> 
> https://twitter.com/tcarrez/status/710858829760598017
> 
> "​A long tail: ~2500 devs are involved in #OpenStack Mitaka, but less than
> 200 devs produce more than 50% of changes"
> 
> 652 contributors represents roughly 80% of the changes in Mitaka by
> eye-balling that graph.  That doesn't sound as bad.

Very true, though of course we've no way of knowing the intersection
between the ATCs responsible for 80% of the commits, and the voters
who turned out for the TC election. Intuition suggests the more engaged
a contributor is, the more likely she is to vote in TC elections. But
it would be great to have hard data to back that up.

I wonder if it would be possible to tag each vote with the approximate
range of commits that voter has on their record, without breaking
anonymity ... e.g. by encoding in each personalized voting URL the
bucket that voter falls into in rough terms (e.g. 1-5 commits, 10-50,
50-100 etc.)

I'd be less worried about the TC election participation rates declining
and lagging far behind the PTL elections if we'd more visibility on
what cohorts of voters are ignoring TC elections.

Cheers,
Eoghan