Call for votes: Developer Membership Board restaffing

[Dan Streetman]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 9:45 AM Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 09:19:31AM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
> > For example, in this situation; carrying out an election really
> > shouldn't be an exceptional event.
>
> Normally it isn't. Previous elections have run smoothly and with no
> issues that I'm aware of.
>
> However we now have an interaction between the following exceptional
> situations, none of which were predicted:
>
> 1) The sudden apparent inability to send out announcements in the usual
> way.
>
> 2) The sudden (for us) change in CIVS to require email pre-approval.
>
> 3) Our existing email-gathering system means that people now don't
> necessarily know their own ballot email alias and figuring that out is
> particularly difficult.
>
> This is exceptional and requires exceptional consideration. Nothing we
> might have had in rules or policies previously could reasonably have
> predicted this.
>
> You seem to be suggesting that the current situation demonstrates that
> the existing documentation, process or policy around running a DMB
> election is somehow inadequate. But since this exceptional situation
> couldn't reasonably have been accommodated in hindsight, I don't think
> this is the case.
>
> > My feedback would be that this election should stick to the process
> > already in place at the start of the election. There should be no
> > changes to the process while the election is ongoing. If you think the
> > election process should change, that should be discussed, agreed on,
> > and documented. Then the next election can use the new process.
>
> Thank you for your feedback.
>
> > Can you imagine if a government decided to change the election process
> > during an election?
>
> For a fair comparison, you'd have to imagine what would happen if during
> a government election it turned out that most of the electorate found
> themselves unable to receive a ballot and therefore couldn't vote.

Do you have evidence that has actually happened to anyone in this
case? I was able to vote quite easily, and it seems (from your ML
comments) that both Christian and yourself were as well, and Christian
provided explicit steps earlier in this email thread.

Can you clarify what will happen at the announced end of the election
tomorrow? Will the election end, or will you extend it? What is the
criteria you will use to decide to extend or adjust the election?
What's the next steps if the election is extended?