voting procedure when number of nominees equals number of vacancies

[Marc Deslauriers]

Hi,

On 2018-04-17 02:26 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> Hi Tech Board,
> 
> The initial deadline [1] for nominations for the Developer Membership
> Board (DMB) just passed yesterday. The DMB is currently composed of 7
> members. Since the terms for 5 members are expiring, we have 5
> vacancies and we have 5 nominees. [2]
> 
> I didn't see any documentation for how this situation should be
> handled. Here are some options:
> 
> 1) No vote is necessary. The 5 nominees will join the DMB upon
> confirmation by the DMB.
> 
> 2) A vote is necessary. There should a None of the Above option.
> 
> 3) We could extend the deadline in hopes of avoiding needing to do
> either of the first 2 options.
> 
> #2 is similar to how Debian votes, such as in the recently concluded
> Debian Project Leader election where there was only one nominee. I
> believe #3 is similar to what was done last year except that there
> fewer nominees than vacancies at the initial deadlines.
> 
> I am adding this question to the Agenda for the next TB meeting
> scheduled for April 24.
> 
> 
> [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2018-April/001241.html
> [2] The nominees are
> Robie Basak (incumbent)
> Eric Desrochers
> Micah Gersten (incumbent)
> Simon Quigley
> Lukasz Zemczak (incumbent)
> 
> 
> On behalf of the DMB,
> Jeremy Bicha
> 

As discussed on irc, I prefer option #2.

Marc.