The Jenkins community is conducting the 2019 elections for Board and Officer positions. The call for nominations has concluded. We received many nominations. Based on the people who are willing to accept their nomination and the uncontested officer positions, we will have 3 votes:
A vote to elect 3 board members
A vote to elect the Jenkins security officer
A vote to elect the Jenkins events officer
Candidates
Each candidate has provided a statement to help guide voters on why they should vote for the candidate. Refer to the candidate statements for more details. The candidates running for a board position are:
Alex Earl
Oliver Gondza
Ullrich Hafner
Oleg Nenashev
Mark Waite
Zhao Xiaojie (a.k.a. Rick to many of you)
The candidates running for Security Officer are:
Daniel Beck
Wadeck Follonier
The candidates running for Events Officer are:
Alyssa Tong
Zhao Xiaojie (a.k.a. Rick to many of you)
Voter Registration
This is the first time in a while that we are running a Jenkins election; we are learning as we go. Jenkins elections aim to be very inclusive. We do not restrict elections to just code committers. Anyone who has a Jenkins account registered before September 1, 2019 is eligible to vote. Jenkins, being the successful project it is, has approximately 100 000 accounts that meet that criteria. As a result we are contacting eligible voters and requesting that they explicitly ‘opt-in’ to participate in the voting.
If you meet the criteria, you will receive an email at your registered jenkins.io email address. It will be from elections@jenkins.io with the title ‘2019 Jenkins Election - Invitation to Participate’. The email will provide election details and will include an "I want to participate" button.
Voter Confirmation
Once you click on the link, you should see a confirmation screen as follows:
If you do not receive the email by November 14, 2019 or if you have any problems voting, please comment on the Jenkins Election 2019 Jira issue.
Voting
The voting will officially open on November 11, 2019. Candidates will receive an email from the Condorcet internet voting sent by Kohsuke Kawaguchi. One email will be sent for each vote (so 3 in total: 1 for board, 1 for event officer and 1 for security officer). The vote will ask to rank the candidates using a screen like this:
Election Dates
Here is a summary of the key election dates:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Now | Voter registration ongoing |
Nov 11, 2019 | Voting begins |
Nov 17, 2019 | Voter registration closes |
Nov 24, 2019 | Voting closes a 5:00 PM Pacific Time |
Dec 3, 2019 | New representatives announced |
Uncontested Officer Positions
When an officer position has only one candidate that is willing to accept the nomination, there is no reason to vote on that position. The individual becomes an officer as the sole candidate for the position.
Uncontested officers include:
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
Olivier Vernin | Infrastructure Officer |
Oliver Gondza | Release Officer |
Mark Waite | Documentation Officer |