The following elections take place in May 2018:
- FESCo (Engineering) (4 seats)
- Fedora Council (1 seat)
- Mindshare (1 seat)
Elections Schedule
All the periods below start at 00:00:00UTC and end at 23:59:59UTC)
- May 08 - May 15: Selection of questions from Questionnaire
- May 16 - May 22: Nomination period
Nomination period for FESCo elections has been prolonged till May 31st @ 23:59:59 UTC. See FESCo ticket #1895) for more details. - May 23 - May 29: Interviews
Interviews period for FESCo elections ends on June 5th @ 23:59:59 UTC - May 30 - May 30: Voting Setup & Validation & Publishing of interviews
Voting Setup & Validation & Publishing of interviews for FESCo ends on June 6th @ 23:59:59 UTC - May 31 - Jun 06: Voting period
Voting period for FESCo ends on June 13th @ 23:59:59 UTC - Jun 07: Result Announcement
Result announcement for FESCo is on June 14th
Selection of questions from Questionnaire
From the set of collected questions for nominees to FESCo (Engineering), Fedora Council and Mindshare teams, top 3 questions are going to be selected, based on Council decision, where these selected questions will be given to each candidate to answer before voting period begins as part of campaign.
Selected questions:
The top 3 selected questions for each team are published in Pagure.
Nominations for Elected Positions
During this period you may self-nominate to open seats. If you wish to nominate someone else, please consult with that person ahead of time. Wiki nomination pages carry additional details about the nominee which the nominee is expected to write.
Currently opened nominations:
- FESCo (Engineering) (4 seats)
- Fedora Council (1 seat)
- Mindshare (1 seat)
Interviews
Nominees are requested to answer selected questions using private issue in Pagure. In this way only Election Wrangler and Fedora Action and Impact Coordinator (as election wrangler substitute) are allowed to see these answers.
Voting Setup & Validation & Publishing of interviews
It is responsibility of Election wrangler to validate eligibility of nominees for elections. In compliance with Fedora Council decision #135 nominees not having completed their interviews (as a private issue in Pagure) are excluded from the list of nominees.
Election wrangler is responsible for publishing these interviews on Fedora Community Blog as well as setup of voting machine for the elections.
Voting Information
The Fedora Elections Guide has information on the voting method used in the Fedora elections and detailed instructions on how to cast your vote.
Voting Details
If you are familiar with the voting process, you may go straight to the voting site to cast your votes.
Eligible Voters
Voting eligibility is determined by a community member's Fedora Account System (FAS) memberships.
Council
To vote for the Council you must have cla_done in FAS.
FESCo (Engineering)
To vote for FESCo you must have cla_done + one other "non-cla" group in FAS.
To vote for Mindshare you must have cla_done group in FAS.
Post Election Tasks
Council
- Adjust the Council mailing list subscriptions.
- Update the Council wiki page.
- Update permissions on Council Pagure instance
FESCo (Engineering)
- Update rights on the FESCo Pagure instance.
- Update the FESCo wiki page.
- Update the FESCo history page.
- Award new members the fesco badge.
- Adjust the Mindshare mailing list subscriptions ?
- Update permissions on Mindshare Pagure instance ?
- Update the Mindshare wiki page.
Historical
- Elections in January 2018
- Elections in August 2017
- Elections in December 2016
- Elections in July 2016
- Elections in Nov/Dec 2015
- Elections in June 2015
- Elections in January 2015
- Elections in Nov/Dec 2012
- Elections in May/June 2012
- Elections in November 2011
- Elections in June 2011
- Elections in November 2010
- Elections in May 2010
- Elections in December 2009
- June2009
- December 2008