Upcoming DMB election planning

[Alex Murray]

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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