Call for votes: Developer Membership Board restaffing

[Dan Streetman]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 10:22 AM Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 10:14:06AM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The low turnout so far suggests that there might be a problem. I've
> additionally had one piece of feedback ending in "...so I gave up. Maybe
> others did too"[1].
>
> > 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?
>
> I have yet to decide. Feedback from others appreciated.
>
> One thing I might try to do

whatever you decide to do, my feedback is that you should decide it
and announce it, with specific details, before the previously-stated
end of the election. If you feel the election process must change, I
personally trust you to make a good decision on what new
rules/procedures need to be adjusted for this election (but as
previously stated I also pretty strongly feel that the election should
end at its previously stated end date).

After the modified election rules/process are announced, including a
new end date (if applicable), I suggest not making any more changes.

> is arrange a mailshot directly myself -
> perhaps using my @canonical.com address - since I think that might get
> through to Gmail users OK. This would be just to alert the electorate to
> the existing posts to ubuntu-devel-announce@ and ubuntu-devel at . I could
> just provide archive links. I can't differentiate between people who
> have voted and people who have not, so this would have to go to everyone
> I have down as eligible (for whom I have a valid address).
>
> Robie
>
> [1] With my help in identifying the correct alias this person reports
> they have now voted, so that's good.