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openstack/election
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This repository contains OpenStack Elections reference documents
and tooling to run elections.
Election officials process
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Preparation
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A month before election starts:
* Edit elections details (timeline, cycle timeframe):
* edit configuration.yaml
* Prepare new election, e.g.:
* tox -evenv -- create-directories
* Update index.rst to include ptl.rst
* Commit to update website
A couple of weeks before election starts
* Send 'First announce'
PTL Candidacy round
-------------------
When PTL Candidacy start
* Send 'Opening PTL candidacy round'
During the PTL Candidacy round:
* Validate candidacy, e.g.:
* tox -evenv -- check-all-candidacies, or
* tox -evenv -- check-candidacy change_id
* To +2 a candidate:
* check commit link is indeed valid
* check filename is ircname
* cursory check the candidacy statement
* To +Workflow, checks the previous +2 details, find another commits using --limit 5 (optionals)
* Check candidate list and fixes badly generated name using the exception.txt file
Once the email deadline is reached:
* Ask the TC chair to tag the governance repository
A couple of days before the candidacy submission ends:
* Render statistics and send 'Motivation call for PTL candidacy round', e.g.:
* tox -evenv -- render-statistics
When PTL Candidacy submission ends:
* Send 'PTL nomination ending'
PTL Election round
------------------
When PreferredEmailDeadLine is reached:
* Generate ATC rolls, e.g.:
* tox -evenv -- generate-rolls
When PTL Election begins:
* Create CIVS page ( https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Election_Officiating_Guidelines#Running_the_election_itself )
* Upload rolls
* Send 'PTL election opening'
A couple of days before the PTL Election ends:
* Send 'PTL vote motivation call'
When PTL Election ends:
* close the election and udpate the results:
* tox -evenv -- close-election ptl
* edit doc/sources/pike/ptl.yaml
* update index.rst to include tc.rst instead of ptl.rst
* Commit the change and review the results
* Send 'PTL results'
TC Candidacy round
------------------
When TC Candidacy starts:
* Send 'TC Candidacy Opening'
During the TC Candidacy round:
* To +2 a candidate:
* check candidate profile using https://www.openstack.org/community/members/
* check filename is ircname
* cursory check the candidacy statement
* To +Workflow, check the previous +2 details
A couple of days before the candidacy submission ends:
* Send 'Motivation call for TC Candidacy round'
When TC Candidacy submission ends:
* Send 'TC nomiation ending'
TC Election round
-----------------
When PreferredEmailDeadLine is reached:
* Generate ATC rolls, e.g.:
* tox -evenv -- generate-rolls
When PTL Election begins:
* Create CIVS page
* Upload rolls
* Send 'TC election opening'
A couple of days before the TC Election ends:
* Send 'TC vote motivation call'
When TC Election ends:
* close the election and update the results:
* tox -e venv -- close-election tc
* edit doc/source/pike/tc.yaml
* Commit the change and review the results
* Send 'TC results'