2022H2 TOF Elections

[Ed Tanous]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 2:10 PM Patrick Williams <patrick at stwcx.xyz> wrote:
>
> Hello Developers,
>
> Since we are into July, the 2nd half TOF cycle starts.  See this
> document for a reminder on the process:
>
>    https://github.com/openbmc/docs/blob/master/tof/membership-and-voting.md#terms-and-elections
>
> There are 3 important points:
>
>    1. The current TOF publishes a list of eligible developers for the
>       next TOF election (that is the primary purpose of this email).
>
>    2. Nominations are open for TOF members and run through the end of
>       July.
>
>    3. The election, if necessary, is to begin September 1st.
>
> Now for the details...
>
> ## Eligible developers.
>
> Contributions made from January through June qualified for this TOF
> cycle.  We have 82 developers [currently] qualified for voting in this
> cycle and they are listed here:
>
>     https://github.com/openbmc/tof-election/blob/main/2022H2/rollcall.json
>
> Anyone who feels they made contributions to the project which did not
> show up in our metrics may request to be added to this roll-call by
> opening an issue by July 31st to the current TOF at:
>
>     https://github.com/openbmc/technical-oversight-forum/issues
>
> ## Nominations for TOF membership
>
> We currently have 2 TOF members who's term is completed and 1 open seat,
> for a total of 3 seats available during this cycle.  Nominations, either
> self-nominations or of others, should be sent to the mailing list by
> July 31st.  Remember that only those qualified to vote may be nominated,
> but anyone may nominate someone from the roll-call list.
>
> Brad and Ed are the two members who will have their term concluded and
> the open seat is due to a resignation.  If we have 3 or less developers
> nominated for the TOF then the election will not be necessary.

I'd like to nominate myself for reelection.

Thanks,

-Ed

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> Patrick Williams