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<div> The TC Election Campaigning Period started about 19 hours ago (1). During the next couple days, you are all encouraged to ask the candidates questions about their platforms (2), opinions on OpenStack, community governance, and anything else that will help you to better determine how you will vote. This is the time to raise any issues you wish the future TC to consider, and to evaluate the opinions of the nominees prior to their election.</div>
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<div>Candidates,</div>
<div> Each of you has posted a platform (2), and announced your nomination to the developers. From this point, you are encouraged to ask each other questions about the posted platforms, and begin discussion of any points that you feel are particularly important during the next cycle. While you are not yet TC members, your voices and opinions about the issues raised in your platforms and from questions from the wider community will help ensure the future TC has the widest possible input on the matters of community concern, and the electorate has the best information to determine the ideal TC composition to address these and other issues that may arise.</div>
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<div>All,</div>
<div> The election officials would like to apologise for the delay in kicking off campaigning, and to thank Zane Bitter for assisting in starting the discussion (3). After the conclusion of the current election, we will be seeking input on mechanisms that can improve the utility of the campaign period for the electorate, the candidates, and observers.</div>
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<div>1: <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/election/">https://governance.openstack.org/election/</a></div>
<div>2: <a href="http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/election/tree/candidates/queens/TC">http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/election/tree/candidates/queens/TC</a></div>
<div>3: <a href="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-October/123524.html">http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-October/123524.html</a></div>
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<div>Emmet HIKORY</div>
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