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> > So, just to round out this thread, the key questions are:
> > 
> >  * whether a low & declining turnout is a real problem
> 
> I'd like to point out that there 580 'regular' contributors at the
> moment[1], these are the authors of 95% of the OpenStack code. 506 total
> number of voters.

Thanks Stef, there's great data on that dashboard.

I've added the regular contributors per-release to the table (up-thread)
showing the percentage of single-patch contributors:

  Release | Committers | Single-patch | 2-cycle MA | Regular
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  Juno    | 1556       | 485 (31.2%)  | 29.8%      | 444 (28.5%)
  Icehouse| 1273       | 362 (28.4%)  | 28.0%      | 378 (29.7%)
  Havana  | 1005       | 278 (27.6%)  | 28.0%      | 293 (29.2%)
  Grizzly | 630        | 179 (28.4%)  | 29.2%      | 186 (33.8%)
  Folsom  | 401        | 120 (29.9%)  | 27.9%      | 107 (26.7%) 

Apart from a spike around grizzly, we're not seeing a noticeable
dilution of the regular cohort within the total committer population.
 
> > and, if so:
> > 
> >  * could this have been driven by a weakness in the voting model,
> >    and/or the perception of representative balance in the outcomes
> 
> I would suggest to explore another possible cause: are the elections
> advertised enough? Is there enough time for developers to understand
> also this important part of OpenStack and get involved? Do we use all
> possible channels to communicate the elections and their importance?
> 
> Thoughts?

Sure, more and better communication is always good.

Though I don't know if was anything much different about how this
election cycle was advertized compared to others, or whether the
typical voter had become harder to reach since previous cycles.

Cheers,
Eoghan