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| 22 | The PSC election 2016 starts on this Sunday (24. 07. 2016) and ends on Monday the 29th of August 2016. |
| 23 | The new committee will be formed by nine (9) members. |
| 24 | This is in accordance with the current PSC chair and the original planning when constituting the PSC. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | 1. The process |
| 28 | |
| 29 | The election process is split essentially in two phases: 1) the Nomination |
| 30 | and 2) the Voting. Final actions are announcing the results and officially |
| 31 | forming the new PSC, formed by nine (9) members. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | |
| 34 | 1.1 Nominations |
| 35 | |
| 36 | During the Nomination phase, '''any''' member of the GRASS-GIS community, |
| 37 | can nominate '''any''' community member for being a candidate for the PSC. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | To set a nomination in motion, an e-mail should be directed to the CRO |
| 40 | including '''name''', '''contact email''' and shortly '''why''' a person is recommended as |
| 41 | a PSC member. The CRO will then contact the recommended person asking for |
| 42 | confirmation. The nominated person has to accept the candidacy for the PSC. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | In short, a nomination and its acceptance '''are required to be sent directly to |
| 45 | the CRO''', in private. Following, it is the CRO's task to officially announce a |
| 46 | nomination. |
| 47 | |
| 48 | '''Note''', current PSC members will be asked if they wish to stand as a |
| 49 | candidate for the upcoming election. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | |
| 52 | 1.2 Voting |
| 53 | |
| 54 | The CRO will ensure to invite all community members. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | During the Voting period, community members can vote their preferred |
| 57 | candidate(s) via an on-line tool which will protect privacy. |
| 58 | |
| 59 | Each voter can vote one time. However, there is no limit as to how many, among |
| 60 | the candidates, a voter can select. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | |
| 63 | 2. Time frame |
| 64 | |
| 65 | If there is no objection, or other force majeure, I would like to |
| 66 | accelerate the PSC election process, starting on Sunday the 24th of |
| 67 | July. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | The absolute deadline for the whole process, including the announcement of the |
| 70 | new committee, is the 29th of August. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | |
| 73 | 2.1 Nomination Period |
| 74 | |
| 75 | The nomination starts on Sunday the 24th of July at 12:00 UTC, runs strictly |
| 76 | for 3 weeks and ends on Sunday the 14th of August. Following this period, |
| 77 | there will be a one week of no-action to have time to reflect and decide. |
| 78 | |
| 79 | You are kindly asked to refrain from canceling an already announced nomination |
| 80 | or support and request for a new nomination. Unless there are serious reasons |
| 81 | to cancel a nomination, modification of the list of nominees will not be |
| 82 | possible after the end of the 3rd week. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | |
| 85 | 2.2 Voting Period |
| 86 | |
| 87 | The voting period will run from Sunday the 21st of August at 12:00 UTC up until |
| 88 | Sunday the 28th of August. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | |
| 91 | 2.3 Results |
| 92 | |
| 93 | Votes will be counted and the top nine (9) voted candidates will fill the seats |
| 94 | to form the new PSC. In case of a vote tie, the CRO will randomise the |
| 95 | selection between the tied candidates for a PSC seat. |
| 96 | |
| 97 | Results to be announced, at latest, on Monday the 29th of August. |
| 98 | |
| 99 | Afterwards, the newly formed PSC will elect the chair person, being one of the |
| 100 | new members. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | |
| 103 | 3. Overview |
| 104 | |
| 105 | 3.1 Nomination (I) |
| 106 | |
| 107 | - from July 24th to August 14th 2016 |
| 108 | - e-mails directed to the CRO by: |
| 109 | - a community member to nominate a candidate |
| 110 | - the nominee to confirm acceptance of candidacy |
| 111 | |
| 112 | 3.2 Nomination (II) |
| 113 | |
| 114 | - from August 14th to August 21st 2016 |
| 115 | - re-think, evaluate, decide for candidate(s) |
| 116 | - email directed to the CRO by a candidate for canceling candidacy |
| 117 | (possible '''only''' for important reasons) |
| 118 | |
| 119 | |
| 120 | 3.3 Voting: from 21st of August to 28th of August 2016 |
| 121 | |
| 122 | - eligible to vote are all subscribers to either the |
| 123 | https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user or the |
| 124 | https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev list |
| 125 | - privacy/anonymity guaranteed by using an on-line voting system |
| 126 | - system currently under consideration/evaluation is https://vote.heliosvoting.org |
| 127 | - voters will be invited via email |
| 128 | |
| 129 | 3.4 Results: at latest, 29th of August 2016 |
| 130 | |