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> Morgan Fainberg wrote:
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> NOTE: Cross-posted to this list as well as the -dev list.
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> Based upon my personal time demands among a number of other reasons I
> will be stepping down from the Technical Committee. This is planned to
> take effect with the next TC election so that my seat will be up to be
> filled at that time.
> 
> For those who elected me in, thank you.
> Hijacking this branch of the thread to discuss how to replace Morgan at
> next election, since our charter is a bit unclear on that.
> 
> We have two options:
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> 1/ just renew 7 seats at the fall election (and 6 seats next spring)
> I'd prefer #1, tbh. I'd rather have someone elected for the entire period
> than
> having a temporary member that might not be re-elected on the Northern
> Spring. 6
> months won't likely be enough for the 7th elected member to shine and be
> amazing
> and it sounds unfair to me.
> While I agree that it’s less than ideal, there are a lot of situations in
> which a partial term might come up, and we don’t want to rewrite the charter
> every time we get into a new situation. If Morgan needed to step down right
> now, or a month or two ago, we would likely have wanted an interim
> replacement earlier. We should fix up the charter to allow that.
> 
> I believe the board has an informal replacement policy of looking back at the
> last election and taking the next person down the list, don’t they? That
> seems reasonable for us, too. In this case, since Morgan is going to serve
> until the election, we should select the 7th from those results to serve a
> half term. I think this is Thierry’s option 2, isn’t it?
> 
> First of all Morgan, sad to see you go. Glad you are making a decision that
> is responsible regarding the way you want to use your time.
> 
> I would consider Morgan's seat to be up for by-election, which can take place
> any time, including congruent with the election of the other 6 seats. But
> like any other time a term is not finished, I consider the situation to be a
> by-election.
> 
> I think the 6 seats that are up for re-election are renewed as usual and that
> Morgan's seat is a by-election, which means that person filling the role
> does so for the remainder of the term Morgan was to serve.
> 
> They by-election could be held any time and separately.

^^^
Yes, this.

Agreed that this is a by-election situation, and the remainder of the
original term should be filled.

Also it would seem to me fairest to go ahead immediately with this
by-election for a single seat, and keep that separate from the upcoming
Northern Fall election.

That way the length of the partial term for the by-election winner would
be maximized, to give them the best chance of making an impact and getting
re-elected in Northern Spring 2017.

Cheers,
Eoghan

> If it is held at the
> same time as the election to renew 6 seats as scheduled then selecting the
> candidate that ranks 7th overall certainly is an option.
> 
> Thanks,
> Anita.
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> 2/ hold a normal 6-seat election in fall and give Morgan's seat for 6
> months to whoever ranks 7th
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> I'm fine with both, but if we do (1) we'll have to update the charter
> (which explicitly says "6 seats are renewed every (Northern hemisphere)
> Fall, and 7 seats are renewed every Spring"). So it may be simpler to do
> (2).
> 
> Thoughts ? I added this to the agenda for next meeting (which I'll miss).
> Put this up for the sake of voting/discussing this argument:
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/351104/
> <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/351104/> Happy to help with this change,
> Flavio
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