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Excerpts from Tristan Cacqueray's message of 2015-08-24 13:59:32 +0000:
> On 08/24/2015 01:37 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote:
> > Excerpts from Tristan Cacqueray's message of 2015-08-21 14:20:00 +0000:
> >> Hello folks,
> >>
> >> as discussed previously, we'd like to improve elections workflow using
> >> gerrit:
> >>
> >> * A new repository to manage elections: openstack/election
> >> * Candidates submit their candidacy through a file as a CR, e.g.:
> >>   "sept-2015-ptl/project_name-candidate_name"
> >> * A check job verifies if the candidate is valid (has ATC and
> >>   contributor to the project)
> >> * Elections officials +2 the review
> >> * Once merged, a post jobs could publish the candidacy to openstack-dev@
> >>   and to the wiki.
> > 
> > What would "publish the candidacy to openstack-dev" look like? Would
> > that be an email from you publishging, for example, my candidacy and
> > position statement for the TC election?
> > 
> > Having you send that email seems a bit odd. How about if we ask
> > candidates to email the list, and then submit their name and a link
> > to that email post to the election repository? That keeps the
> > majority of the discussion on the ML, while still ensuring that
> > you've seen everyone's candidacy.
> > 
> > Doug
> > 
> 
> That would also works. Maybe the ML posts would then be optional and up
> to the candidate to publicize its candidacy.

Sure, we could make that part optional. I think it unlikely that any
candidate would expect to be elected without sending an email like that,
but they might.

Doug