The Tauri Board is the central decision making body for the Tauri Programme and is responsible for the overall health and stability of the Tauri Programme. It consists of up to 7 elected Board Directors. This year is the first election where we invite Working Group members to cast their vote on which candidates they prefer. This document provides more information to help you orient.
Places you can reach out: Discussion #31 | #general-wg
All candidates met the threshold and were elected! 🎉
We received 15 votes. Meaning >= 8 votes is the confidence threshold.
| Name | Elected | Positive votes | Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Lemarier | Yes | 15 | 8 |
| Jacob Bolda | Yes | 15 | 8 |
| Robin van Boven | Yes | 15 | 8 |
| Zack Chapple | Yes | 12 | 8 |
| Bill Avery | Yes | 10 | 8 |
- Raw votes:
votes.ndjson - Review: #38
Taking as reference, currently 46 people (and 1 bot) have the Discord working-group role.
A ~33% turnout for the vote based on that number.
The official end of term for the current Directors is on July 16th. After this and after making sure they've signed the Pledge the new Directors can take office.
Candidate applications: until July 2nd, 2023
Voting dates: July 5th through July 12th, 2023
Results: on or before July 16, 2023
- David Lemarier - Candidate for a second term.
- Bill Avery - New Candidate.
- Jacob Bolda - Candidate for a second term.
- Zack Chapple - New Candidate.
- Robin van Boven - Candidate for a second term.
We're hoping to provide clear and complete information. If you have any questions after reading this section, don't hesitate to ask!
Currently all 7 Director positions are filled. For 5 Directors their term ends this July. This election determines who is appointed those 5 seats for the next 2 years (a full term).
The minimum is 3 Directors total. So not all 5 seats have to be filled. Only when at least half of the voters indicate they're for appointing a candidate, would a seat be filled.
In other words candidates will not be appointed "by default" to fill as many seats as possible. Only when they have the confidence of voters.
In this election we have 5 seats available and 5 candidates. For each candidate voters indicate whether they're for or against that candidate becoming a Board Director. Each candidate needs to meet a "confidence threshold", meaning at least (>=) 50% of voters have voted "Yes" for that candidate.
You can use the voting tool that lets you drag and drop candidates to create your vote. To submit your vote, it generates an email for you to send with a human and machine readable format. When the voting period ends, those votes are counted and compiled into a result.
As per Tauri's statutes:
Directors are permitted to seek office for multiple terms, however, when running against other candidates the amount of terms they have consecutively served is deducted from the votes cast in their favour. This provides a balance between continuity, equal opportunities and renewal of qualities and competences.
This year the election happens to have 5 seats and 5 candidates. So only confidence needs to be considered.
You may have encountered technical discussions talking about ordering by preference and using this to select the most preferred candidates. That aspect of the voting system is intended to handle a situation where there are more candidates than seats. Because we know that is not the case for this election, sorting by preference becomes unnecessary.
This voting process is new for Tauri. It was the initiative of the current Board to enable the Working Group to vote, realizing there was little time to prepare. So after the election we would like to review whether the election was executed well enough and validate the results.
We're still looking for people who want to join this committee: #24