Upcoming DMB election planning

[Brian Murray]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 08:18:38PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The terms of three current DMB members will come to an end on
> 2024-03-29, and the remaining four on 2024-06-16.
> 
> Further to the DMB's meeting today, I propose the following:
> 
> 1) Nobody else has volunteered so I will run the election (though if
> someone else would like to do so instead, volunteers are still
> welcome to step forward!).
> 
> 2) I will combine the two elections to avoid having to run two DMB
> elections a month apart.
> 
> 3) To make that work, since the results are ranked, the top three ranked
> candidates shall take their seats immediately, and the further four
> shall take their seats on 2024-06-17.
> 
> 4) We shall re-stagger the terms by giving the top three candidates a
> (approximately) two year term, and the further four winning candidates a
> one year term. We'll align the expiry dates a year apart by extending
> the terms of the first batch as needed, so they'll end up being a little
> over two years. (Rationale: better than reducing the terms of the second
> batch to less than even a year and it makes sense to give the higher
> ranked candidates the longer term).

Does this mean that the new expiry dates would occur in June of 2025 and
2026? I ask as I think it would be useful to have them at a "quieter"
point in the six month release cycle.

I'm fine with the plan either way though.

Thanks,
--
Brian Murray