<div dir="ltr">Hello Everyone :) <br><br><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid232" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">Candidate proposals for the Technical Committee positions (</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">6</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"> positions) are now open and will remain open until 2017-</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">10</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">-0</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">8</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">, 23:45 UTC</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid233" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid234" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">All candidacies must be submitted as a text file to the openstack/election repository as explained on the election website[1].</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid235" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">Please note that the name of the file has changed this cycle to be the candidates IRC nic *not* full-name.</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid236" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid237" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">Also for TC candidates election officials refer to the community member profiles at [2] please take this opportunity to ensure that the you profile contains current information.</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid238" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid239" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">Candidates for the Technical Committee Positions: Any Foundation individual member can propose their candidacy for an available, directly-elected TC seat. (except the six (6) TC members who were elected for a one-year seat in October[3]).</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid240" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid241" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">The election will be held from March 30th through to 23:45 </span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">October</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"> </span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">8</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">th, 2017 UTC. The electorate are the Foundation individual members that are also committers for one of the official programs projects[4] over the </span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">Ocata-Pike timeframe (September, 2016 23:59 UTC to August 3rd , 2017 23:59 UTC</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">, as well as the extra-ATCs who are acknowledged by the TC[5].</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid242" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid243" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">Please see the website[1] for additional details about this election. Please find below the timeline:</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid244" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid245" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><code><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">TC nomination starts   @ 2017-0</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">9</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">-</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">29</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">, 23:59 UTC</span></code></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid246" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><code><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">TC nomination ends     @ 2017-</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">10</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">-0</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">8</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">, 23:45 UTC</span></code></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid247" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><code><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">TC elections starts    @ 2017-</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">10</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">-1</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">2</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">, 23:59 UTC</span></code></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid248" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><code><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">TC elections ends      @ 2017-</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">10</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">-</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku">18</span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">, 23:45 UTC</span></code></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid249" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid250" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">If you have any questions please be sure to either voice them on the mailing list or to the elections officials[6].</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid251" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid252" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">Thank you, and we look forward to reading your candidate proposals,</span></div><div class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">-Kendall Nelson (diablo_rojo)</div><div class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><br></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid254" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">[1] </span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-url"><a href="http://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-your-candidacy" target="_blank">http://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-your-candidacy</a></span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid255" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">[2] </span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-url"><a href="http://www.openstack.org/community/members/" target="_blank">http://www.openstack.org/community/members/</a></span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid256" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">[3] </span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-url"><a href="https://governance.openstack.org/election/results/ocata/tc.html" target="_blank">https://governance.openstack.org/election/results/ocata/tc.html</a></span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid257" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">[4] </span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-url"><a href="https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/projects.yaml?id=oct-2017-elections" target="_blank">https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/projects.yaml?id=</a></span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-author-a-4z65zz74zz89z8aqaz79z2rz66zpkku m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-url"><a href="https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/projects.yaml?id=oct-2017-elections" target="_blank">oct</a></span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-url"><a href="https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/projects.yaml?id=oct-2017-elections" target="_blank">-2017-elections</a></span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid258" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">[5] Look for the extra-atcs element in [4]</span></div><div id="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-magicdomid259" class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-"><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-">[6] </span><span class="m_-6029530503654213617inbox-inbox-url"><a href="http://governance.openstack.org/election/#election-officials" target="_blank">http://governance.openstack.org/election/#election-officials</a></span></div></div>