On 2025-09-22 11:50:14 -0700 (-0700), Goutham Pacha Ravi wrote: [...]
In the recent elections, we saw 78 electors cast their votes to elect members to the TC out of 173 eligible voters. Jeremy Stanley (fungi) is planning to follow up with some more detailed analysis [...]
Not *that* much more detailed. In order to try and isolate the impact from the recent foundation membership reestablishment, I compared Flamingo (2025.2) cycle contributors to data I had on hand from prior cycles. Checking the individuals who contributed to both Epoxy (2025.1) and Flamingo, and who were individual members at the end of the Epoxy cycle prior to the membership reestablishment requirement, 34 of them were not members of the new foundation last week at the end of Flamingo. For added reference, running the same comparison between Dalmatian (2024.2) and Epoxy, there were only 5 people who were member-contributors in Dalmatian but were subsequently nonmember-contributors to Epoxy (either scrubbed because they didn't vote in foundation director elections or intentionally resigned their memberships). Since Flamingo is nearly an order of magnitude greater reduction, it stands to reason that missing the reestablishment reminders or not getting around to clicking through the link is primarily responsible. As an aside, Wes Wilson (OpenInfra Foundation Chief of Staff) is reaching out to each of these 34 individuals directly to remind them of the reestablishment process. Hopefully that helps close the gap. And if anybody has any additional questions, I'm happy to answer them or get you to someone who can. -- Jeremy Stanley