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On 09/06/2012 07:35 PM, Dan Wendlandt wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Thierry Carrez<thierry at openstack.org>  wrote:
>> Dan Wendlandt wrote:
>>> I must admit even I was unaware of the requirement to be a individual
>>> foundation member in order to vote in PTL elections (I personally
>>> happen to be a member already).  There are definitely at least a few
>>> people on the list below that I feel should be able to vote but can't,
>>> including two core members, Sumit and Aaron.
>> It's a requirement that was set upon us by the Foundation bylaws, and
>> that was communicated on the wiki page describing the election process
>> (and in one of my subsequent nagging emails). I agree it could have been
>> communicated a bit more clearly, but hey, I was in vacation :)
> and a well deserved vacation at that :)
>
>>> This is not the end of the world, but I'm guessing both Gary and I
>>> would both feel better if people had a chance to revisit their
>>> foundation status.  Is there anything we can do about this?
>> The wording in the rules on the wiki is slightly ambiguous as it
>> mentions a clear cut-off dates for commits, but no cut-off date for
>> Foundation individual membership.
>>
>> My suggestion would therefore be to give Quantum committers until the
>> end of the day to sign up for the Foundation as an individual member if
>> they want to participate in the election.
>>
>> We would enable that interpretation of the election rules if both
>> candidates agree, and the other election officials agree.
>>
>> Would that work for you ?
> That would be fantastic.  To a large degree, I feel bad that I was
> unaware of this rule and therefore didn't alert the rest of the
> Quantum team members at the team meeting to make sure they were aware
> of the voting requirement.
>
> I spoke with Gary on IRC and I believe he would agree with this.  He
> was away from computer for a bit, but I asked him to chime in on the
> thread when he was back online.

I agree. I too was not aware of the rule. There are quite a few people 
who are unable to vote and they are core contributors. It would be great 
if they could also take part.
>
> Thanks for the flexibility.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>> In all cases, we'll clarify this for the upcoming TC elections.
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
>> Election official
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