[Systems] #Action Required: Election's 2017-2019 Stage IV Decision on Tool/Platform/server to be used [WAS:Re: Re[2]: Sugar Labs Oversight Board Election Candidates 2017-2019 - Stage III Closed]

[Luke Faraone]

I do not think that elections are a good place to "try new things", sorry,
especially with the date so soon in the future.

I'm a bit disinclined to use some tool that isn't explicitly designed for
elections, is heavy (requires registration), and has a paid plan*. I also
can't find examples of other open-source projects using it, which may
create a lack of trust in the veracity of it. I also would want to do
research into how private information is handled; are there mechanisms by
which the secret ballot could be later exposed by an organisation
administrator?

CIVS is used by a number of community organisations (Ubuntu uses it for all
of its elections), and is generally accepted as a "trusted third party" in
the open-source system. It's also extremely lightweight and provides a
mechanism for individuals to verify the accuracy of the vote. It's simple,
hard to screw up, and as a voter, I have no reason to doubt the tool's
impartiality.

*: While I appreciate that the software is open source, and (based on some
basic research) appears to be operated by a co-op, I can't find any
discussion of the group or its track record.


On 24 September 2017 at 20:19, Samson Goddy <samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org>
wrote:

> Loomio is cool, i think we should try it too. I suggest we do test run.
>
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Chihurumnaya Ibiam <
> ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's good to try out new things sometimes, so i think loomio would be
>> great.
>>
>> *Ibiam Chihurumnaya*
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-09-19 13:47 GMT-05:00 Samson Goddy <samsongoddy at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Good day Committee, Dave, Frederick, Systems,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for everything you do to keep elections, memberships and wiki
>>>>> users and editions flowing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have created the following cont down to election's Stage IV on
>>>>> October 1-15, 2017:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20171001T00&p0=
>>>>> %3A&msg=Sugar+Labs+Oversigth+Board+Election+2017-2019&ud=1&f
>>>>> ont=cursive
>>>>>
>>>>> AFAIK we only have the following pending tasks:
>>>>>
>>>>> 01- Definition and preparation of the platform/tool/methodology to be
>>>>> used during the election
>>>>> 02- Add new member's requests in a timely manner
>>>>> 03- Check for additional verified emails for the period
>>>>> <Add yours here>
>>>>>
>>>>> We thank Ignacio and Systems who will be in charge of  task 01.
>>>>>
>>>>> For task 01 there is a decision pending
>>>>> <http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/systems/2017-August/005520.html>:
>>>>> civs and loomio have been suggested as appropriate tools.
>>>>>
>>>> We should decide on it asap, october is just around the corner.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also Ignacio stated we could reuse verify.sugarlabs.org server.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> verify.sugarlabs.org for membership? if yes. +1 from me.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *#ACTION REQUIRED: Vote/decide on the election tool/platform/server*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I support Ignacio's proposal to reuse verify. sugarlabs.org server.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are we using it for the voting process? if yes? why?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I dream one day Sugar Labs will have trust among its members so we can
>>> develop and use sugar tools/activities to make decisions as a collective.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile,
>>>
>>> @Ibiam @Pericherla @Hrishi @Samson @Ignacio
>>>
>>> Please state your election (A or B) at your earliest convenience.
>>>
>>> A) civs (has been the tool used historically for SL elections)
>>> B) loomio (will be the first time to be used for SL elections)
>>>
>>> I recuse from voting so you will need 3 votes for a decision.
>>>
>>>
>>> *@Samson, @Ibiam, @Pericherla, @Hrishi *
>>> Some additional tasks I need your help with:
>>>
>>> *01 This wiki link needs to be updated* https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/
>>> Sugar_Labs/Governance/Committees#Membership_and_Elections_Committee
>>> adding the new members names (Ibiam, Hrishi and Pericherla) to the
>>> Membership and Elections committee list and references links.
>>>
>>>
>>> *02* Six months have passed since we started the 2017 Sugar Labs member
>>> list debug back in April. According to procedure described at the Currency
>>> assurance policy
>>> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Sugar_Labs%2FMembers&type=revision&diff=100601&oldid=100600#Currency_assurance_policy>
>>> we should *send a removal notice with an invitation to reapply to all
>>> unverified emails to date. *
>>>
>>>
>>> *@Ignacio*Will it be possible for you to help sending the removal
>>> notices/invitation to reapply?
>>>
>>> *03* I will send instructions for access and maintaining the
>>> SugarLabs-vote mailing list to the new Committee members.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards and thanks all for helping out!
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope to hear from you all soon,
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards and best wishes
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Laura V.
>>>>> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>>>>>
>>>>> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
>>>>> ~ L. Victoria
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy Learning!
>>>>> #LearningByDoing
>>>>> #Projects4good
>>>>> #IDesignATSugarLabs
>>>>> #WeCanDoBetter
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Laura V.
>>> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>>>
>>> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
>>> ~ L. Victoria
>>>
>>> Happy Learning!
>>> #LearningByDoing
>>> #Projects4good
>>> #IDesignATSugarLabs
>>> #WeCanDoBetter
>>>
>>
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