<div dir="ltr">I created the patch to setup the tc election: <div><br></div><div><a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/591111/">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/591111/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>-Kendall (diablo_rojo)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:44 AM Doug Hellmann <<a href="mailto:doug@doughellmann.com">doug@doughellmann.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Excerpts from Tony Breeds's message of 2018-08-10 07:44:42 +1000:<br>
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 05:20:53PM -0400, Doug Hellmann wrote:<br>
> > Excerpts from Tony Breeds's message of 2018-08-08 14:39:30 +1000:<br>
> > > Hello all,<br>
> > > With the PTL elections behind us it's time to start looking at the<br>
> > > TC election. Our charter[1] says:<br>
> > > <br>
> > > The election is held no later than 6 weeks prior to each OpenStack<br>
> > > Summit (on or before ‘S-6’ week), with elections held open for no less<br>
> > > than four business days.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Assuming we have the same structure that gives us a timeline of:<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Summit is at: 2018-11-13<br>
> > > Latest possible completion is at: 2018-10-02<br>
> > > Moving back to Tuesday: 2018-10-02<br>
> > > TC Election from 2018-09-25T23:45 to 2018-10-02T23:45<br>
> > > TC Campaigning from 2018-09-18T23:45 to 2018-09-25T23:45<br>
> > > TC Nominations from 2018-09-11T23:45 to 2018-09-18T23:45<br>
> > > <br>
> > > This puts the bulk of the nomination period during the PTG, which is<br>
> > > sub-optimal as the nominations cause a distraction from the PTG but more<br>
> > > so because the campaigning will coincide with travel home, and some<br>
> > > community members take vacation along with the PTG.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > So I'd like to bring up the idea of moving the election forward a<br>
> > > little so that it's actually the campaigning period that overlaps with<br>
> > > the PTG:<br>
> > > <br>
> > > TC Election from 2018-09-18T23:45 to 2018-09-27T23:45<br>
> > > TC Campaigning from 2018-09-06T23:45 to 2018-09-18T23:45<br>
> > > TC Nominations from 2018-08-30T23:45 to 2018-09-06T23:45<br>
> > > <br>
> > > This gives us longer campaigning and election periods.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > There are some advantages to doing this:<br>
> > > <br>
> > > * A panel style Q&A could be held formally or informally ;P<br>
> > > * There's improved scope for for incoming, outgoing and staying put TC<br>
> > > members to interact in a high bandwidth way.<br>
> > > * In personi/private discussions with TC candidates/members.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > However it isn't without downsides:<br>
> > > <br>
> > > * Election fatigue, We've just had the PTL elections and the UC<br>
> > > elections are currently running. Less break before the TC elections<br>
> > > may not be a good thing.<br>
> > > * TC candidates that can't travel to the PTG could be disadvantaged<br>
> > > * The campaigning would all happen at the PTG and not on the mailing<br>
> > > list disadvantaging community members not at the PTG.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > So thoughts?<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Yours Tony.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > [1] <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/charter.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/charter.html</a><br>
> > <br>
> > Who needs to make this decision? The current TC?<br>
> <br>
> I believe that the TC delegated that to the Election WG [1] but the<br>
> governance here is a little gray/fuzzy.<br>
<br>
OK, I'm content for the Election team to make the call I just wanted to<br>
make sure I gave you an opinion if you were asking me for one. ;-)<br>
<br>
> So I kinda think that if the TC doesn't object I can propose the patch<br>
> to the election repo and you (as TC chair) can +/-1 is as you see fit.<br>
> <br>
> Is it fair to ask we do that shortly after the next TC office hours?<br>
<br>
+1<br>
<br>
> <br>
> Yours Tony.<br>
> <br>
> [1] <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/working-groups.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/working-groups.html</a><br>
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