TOF elections for 2023H1

[Andrew Jeffery]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2023, at 10:17, Patrick Williams wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm behind at getting this email out.
>
> Per https://github.com/openbmc/docs/blob/master/tof/membership-and-voting.md,
> the schedule for TOF elections is suppose to be as follows:
>
>   * Jan 1st	- Developer contributions close for OpenBMC Development Community
>               membership eligibility (See “Metrics”).
>   * Jan 15th - Current TOF must publish a list of eligible voting members.
>   * Jan 30th - Nominations (self or peer) for TOF seats must be sent to the
>                mailing list.
>   * Jan 30th - Developers disputing membership eligibility must submit a
>                petition request to the current TOF.
>   * Feb 15th - Current TOF must publish a final list of eligible voting members
>                and upcoming candidates for TOF seats.
>   * March 1st - Election begins.
>   * March 7th - Election concludes.
>
> Since today is January 30th (in my part of the world) we are ~15 days
> behind.  The following will be the schedule for this half:
>
>   * Jan 30th - Current TOF must publish a list of eligible voting members.
>   * Feb 15th - Nominations (self or peer) for TOF seats must be sent to the
>                mailing list.
>   * Feb 15th - Developers disputing membership eligibility must submit a
>                petition request to the current TOF.
>   * Feb 22st - Current TOF must publish a final list of eligible voting members
>                and upcoming candidates for TOF seats.
>   * March 1st - Election begins.
>   * March 7th - Election concludes.
>
> The only real change here is that we will extend TOF membership petitions and
> TOF nominiations until Feb 15th.
>
> With that said...
>
> A. The current election roll-call is available at:
>         https://github.com/openbmc/tof-election/blob/main/2023H1/rollcall.json
>
> B. We have 4 members who's 1 year term has ended, which means there are 4
>    positions up for election.  These members have an ending term and may
>    be renominated:
>         * Andrew Jeffery
>         * Jason Bills
>         * Patrick Williams
>         * William Kennington
>
> C. Nominations for (B) may be sent to the mailing list by replying to
>    this email.  Only those eligible to vote may be nominated.

I'll also self-nominate to continue serving the community on the TOF.

Andrew