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Election Timeline and Nominations

Timeline

Depending on a group or committee, an election timeline may include a nomination period, an evaluation period, a qualification period, and a voting period.

The length of each period may vary by committee. Each period will be spaced by at least one week.

Example:

  • Project Election Timeline:
  • Call for nominations: Tuesday, December 5th Noon PT
  • End of call for nominations: Tuesday, December 12th Noon PT
  • A ballot will be distributed to the Voting/Primary Members on: Thursday, December 14th
  • Voting occurs by a time-limited Condorcet ranking in CIVS: December 14-20
  • The election will be completed on: Wednesday, December 20th Noon PT, election results are announced

Nominating Body

Governing Board

  • Based on membership tier (Silver, Gold, etc) or involvement in Project community (Developer/Maintainer)
  • For membership-based seats, the primary voting contact for each member may nominate and vote
  • For Developer or Maintainer seats, Project maintainers can nominate or vote, as dictated by a Project’s charter or election policies
  • Number of seats per class is defined in the Project charter

Technical Oversight Committee

  • GB-selected - anyone can nominate but GB members qualify candidates and vote
  • TOC-selected - existing TOC members nominate and vote
  • Maintainer-selected - Project maintainers nominate and vote
  • End user-selected - Project end user members nominate and vote

Committee Chairs

Members of the board or committee can nominate themselves and each member can submit a vote.

Voting and Election

  • Votes may be cast using CIVS or an alternative polling service as determined by the nominating body.