<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Ignacio,</div><br><div>Regarding the tool to be used, the decision has been completed thanks to all Committee members that gave their vote to clearly define this decision:</div><div><br></div><div>Civs now has majority of votes:</div><div><br></div><div>Ignacio, <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/systems/2017-September/005673.html">Samson</a>, <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/systems/2017-September/005677.html">Pericherla</a> and <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/systems/2017-September/005680.html">Ibiam</a></div><div><br></div><div>To read more about Civs: <a href="http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/">http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/</a><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>To create a Poll at Civs: <a href="http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/civs_create.html">http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/civs_create.html</a></b><div><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Procedure Notes:</b></div><div>01 There are <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020182.html">eight candidates</a> and <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members/List">151 voting members</a> ratified by the Membership and Elections Committee.</div><div>02 According to the calendar, election ends at the end of the day <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates">October 15, 2017</a>.<br></div><div>03 It would be ideal to have the Poll available in more languages. Please, if possible, check if there is a setting to have the Poll in multiple languages.<br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Ignacio, thank you again for doing this and please share with Systems and the Committee any need/question/report you could have on the way. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you as well to all other Committee members for your time and dedication to make this election happen. For those of you who have the technical skills, please be supportive in case Ignacio has any technical assistance setting the Poll. <br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Thank you as well to all others who contributed with their time and experience to mentor our Committee sharing their perspectives and experiences. Special thanks to Dave Crossland, James Cameron, Frederick Groose and Luke Faraone.<br></div></div><div><br></div><div>cc IAEP</div><br><div><div>Regards and happy election!</div><div><br></div><div>Laura Victoria<br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-09-30 7:10 GMT-05:00 Chihurumnaya Ibiam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com" target="_blank">ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I've been convinced that we should use Civs, so +1 or Civs.<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><pre style="color:rgb(46,52,54);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">-- <br></span></pre><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span></span><span></span>Ibiam Chihurumnaya <<a href="mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(42,118,198)" target="_blank">ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com</a>></span></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></div></div></div></div></font></span><div><div class="gmail-h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Laura Vargas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello all Committee members,</div><div><br></div><div>As the <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20171001T00&p0=" target="_blank">countdown</a> for election approaches it has become critical we decide regarding the technical tool we will use so Ignacio can set it up. <br></div><div><br></div><div>So far AFAIK we have:</div><div><br></div><div>1 vote ( <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/systems/2017-September/005655.html" target="_blank">Ibiam</a> ) for Loomio and <br></div><div><br></div><div>1 vote (<a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/systems/2017-September/005661.html" target="_blank">Ignacio</a>) for Civs. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I recused myself as I don;t have enough technical expertise to take an informed decision. <br></div><div><br></div><div><div>If you guys have made a vote (Hrishi, Pericherla, Samson) and I have miss it please share it
again. <br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><b>In the meanwhile, Ignacio since this is your task and there is no strong opposition to your preferences, please proceed to prepare for sending the elections ballots to the Sugar Labs Members List. Please share details as you go.<br></b></div><div><br></div><div>There are still memberships request in queue and I thank in advance all Committee members who are helping out attending membership's requests and keeping updated the wiki. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Once we have finished processing all memberships requested before the deadline set by SLOBs (September 27, 2017), we will be ready to share and use the updated voting members list with the Community.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We are doing a fine team work :D <br></div><div><br></div>Thank you all.<br><div><br></div><div>Laura V<br></div><div><div class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703h5"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-09-25 7:20 GMT-05:00 Samson Goddy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Yes, i remember you mention that to me. What are you proposing?</div><div class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-HOEnZb"><div class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 25, 2017 1:17 PM, "Ignacio Rodríguez" <<a href="mailto:ignacio@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">ignacio@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">tl;dr guys I don't have time to read everything now (I've got a Job and I spend my after job hours in something else).<div><br></div><div>So I would prefer if we could use something stable that has been used in the past; that doesn't require us "experimenting".</div><div><br></div><div>Thx.<br><br><br><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 5:20 AM, Chihurumnaya Ibiam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com" target="_blank">ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I just updated the wiki link, <b>@Pericherla, @Hrishi</b>, please edit it and link your name to your user page.<span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Ibiam Chihurumnaya</b><br></div></div></div></font></span><div><div class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Laura Vargas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>2017-09-19 13:47 GMT-05:00 Samson Goddy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-">On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Laura Vargas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Good day Committee, Dave, Frederick, Systems,<br></div><div><br></div>Thanks for everything you do to keep elections, memberships and wiki users and editions flowing.<br><br>I have created the following cont down to election's Stage IV on October 1-15, 2017:<br><br><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20171001T00&p0=%3A&msg=Sugar+Labs+Oversigth+Board+Election+2017-2019&ud=1&font=cursive" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/co<wbr>untdown/to?iso=20171001T00&p0=<wbr>%3A&msg=Sugar+Labs+Oversigth+B<wbr>oard+Election+2017-2019&ud=1&f<wbr>ont=cursive</a><br><br></div><div>AFAIK we only have the following pending tasks:<br><br></div>01- Definition and preparation of the platform/tool/methodology to be used during the election<br></div><div>02- Add new member's requests in a timely manner <br></div><div>03- Check for additional verified emails for the period<br></div><div><Add yours here><br></div><div><br></div><div>We thank Ignacio and Systems who will be in charge of task 01.<br></div><div><br>For task 01 there is a <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/systems/2017-August/005520.html" target="_blank">decision pending</a>: civs and loomio have been suggested as appropriate tools. <br></div></div></div></blockquote></span><div>We should decide on it asap, october is just around the corner. </div><span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br>Also Ignacio stated we could reuse <a href="http://verify.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">verify.sugarlabs.org</a> server.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><a href="http://verify.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">verify.sugarlabs.org</a> for membership? if yes. +1 from me. </div><span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br><b><br></b></div><div><b>#ACTION REQUIRED: Vote/decide on the election tool/platform/server<br></b></div><div><br><br></div><div>I support Ignacio's proposal to reuse verify. <a href="http://sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">sugarlabs.org</a> server.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Are we using it for the voting process? if yes? why? </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>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.<br><br></div><div>Meanwhile, <br></div><div><br></div><div>@Ibiam @Pericherla @Hrishi @Samson @Ignacio<br></div><div><br>Please state your <span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-il">election</span> (A or B) at your earliest convenience. <br><br><div>A) civs (has been the <span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-il">tool</span> used historically for SL <span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-il">elections</span>)<br></div><div>B) loomio (will be the first time to be used for SL <span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-il">elections</span>)<br></div><div><br></div><div>I recuse from voting so you will need 3 votes for a decision.<br><br><b><br>@Samson, @Ibiam, @Pericherla, @Hrishi </b></div><div>Some additional tasks I need your help with:<br><br></div><div><b>01 This wiki link needs to be updated</b> <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Governance/Committees#Membership_and_Elections_Committee" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/<wbr>Sugar_Labs/Governance/Committe<wbr>es#Membership_and_Elections_Co<wbr>mmittee</a> adding the new members names (Ibiam, Hrishi and Pericherla) to the Membership and Elections committee list and references links. <br><br> <br><b>02</b> Six months have passed since we started the 2017 Sugar Labs member list debug back in April. According to procedure described at the <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Sugar_Labs%2FMembers&type=revision&diff=100601&oldid=100600#Currency_assurance_policy" target="_blank">Currency assurance policy</a> we should <b>send a removal notice with an invitation to reapply to all unverified emails to date.
</b></div><div><b><br>@Ignacio<br></b>Will it be possible for you to help sending the removal notices/invitation to reapply? <br><br><b>03</b> I will send instructions for access and maintaining the SugarLabs-vote mailing list to the new Committee members.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Regards and thanks all for helping out!<span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Laura<br></div></font></span><span><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br><br></div>Hope to hear from you all soon,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards and best wishes<span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-m_6371298018249986343HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-m_6371298018249986343HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_6272443605398805703m_5906178277993113336gmail-m_-1106265917076900114m_4762008553899718000m_10678822304715314m_-6936938835551694041gmail-m_-8578315898377513084gmail-m_6371298018249986343m_7058665151058111784gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Laura V.<br><font color="#ff00ff"><b>
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