Upcoming DMB election planning

[Lukasz Zemczak]

As I already +1'ed this with my DMB hat, +1 from the TB POV.

Cheers,

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 00:52, Alex Murray <alex.murray at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2024-03-22 at 18:03:30 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 04:47:08PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote:
> >> Dear Technical Board,
> >
> >> The DMB have agreed to my proposal below. Please could you now consider
> >> approving it?
> >
> > +1.
>
> +1 from me too. Thanks for taking the lead on this from the DMB side
> Robie.
>
>
> >
> >> 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).
> >> >
> >> > 5) We'll extend the terms of the existing DMB members until the election
> >> > is complete. If individual members wish to stand down, then we'll have
> >> > to run the board with a reduced number of members until the election is
> >> > complete.
> >> >
> >> > 6) If existing DMB members stand for election again (as I hope they
> >> > will!), it may happen that some or all of the top three ranked
> >> > candidates would end up with two seats at once. To avoid this
> >> > contradiction, if this situation does arise then we'll instead extend
> >> > the term of any affected expiring seats until 2024-06-17, assuming that
> >> > the incumbent agrees to serve on the board until then. If not, then the
> >> > elected candidate shall continue with only one seat, with a reduced
> >> > number on the DMB, until 2024-06-17.
> >> >
> >> > 7) Various specifics above are beyond the remit of the DMB to determine
> >> > and require TB approval. If the DMB agree to some or all of the above,
> >> > I'll then ask the TB on behalf of the DMB to approve. This is the
> >> > minimal effort resolution of the various issues that I think will work
> >> > fairly for everyone, but if you can think of a better way to do it, or
> >> > would prefer to defer some aspects for now, then please do speak up.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Robie
> >>
> >>
> >>
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