Fedora Council election nominations are now open

[Ben Cotton]

Beginning today through 11 November, you may nominate candidates for
the 1 open seat on the Fedora Council.

To nominate yourself (or others, if you check with them first), visit:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations

The Fedora Council is currently selecting the questions for the
interview questionnaire, which will be finalized before the beginning
of the interview period. For more information, see the Community Blog
post:

https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-33-elections-nominations-n...

-- 
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Senior Program Manager, Fedora & CentOS Stream
Red Hat
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis

[Daniel Pocock]

On 28/10/2020 16:55, Ben Cotton wrote:
>  Beginning today through 11 November, you may nominate candidates for
>  the 1 open seat on the Fedora Council.
>  
>  To nominate yourself (or others, if you check with them first), visit:
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations
>  
>  The Fedora Council is currently selecting the questions for the
>  interview questionnaire, which will be finalized before the beginning
>  of the interview period. For more information, see the Community Blog
>  post:
>  
>  https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-33-elections-nominations-n... 

Congratulations for running free and fair elections in Fedora.

I've nominated and I look forward to meeting all the other candidates.

I was born in Melbourne and next Tuesday is the Melbourne Cup, one of
the world's biggest horse races.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Cup

Let the best horse win

Regards,

Daniel

[Tom Callaway]

I am also running for this Fedora Council seat, and even though the pandemic has my hair
as long as it has ever been, I feel obligated to inform you all that I am not a horse. I
realize this may be distressing to some of you, but I assure you, as a human, I will do my
best if elected.

Fedora has been my family for a very long time and I am pleased to know a great number of
you, but if you have any questions about me or my motivations for this opportunity, please
do not hesitate to reach out to me. Barring NDAs, I am an open book, and I look forward to
the opportunity to continue contributing to Fedora.

Thanks,
~spot

[Daniel Pocock]

On 29/10/2020 17:13, Tom Callaway wrote:
>  I am also running for this Fedora Council seat, and even though the
> pandemic has my hair as long as it has ever been, I feel obligated to inform you all that
> I am not a horse. I realize this may be distressing to some of you, but I assure you, as a
> human, I will do my best if elected.
>  
>  Fedora has been my family for a very long time and I am pleased to know a great number of
> you, but if you have any questions about me or my motivations for this opportunity, please
> do not hesitate to reach out to me. Barring NDAs, I am an open book, and I look forward to
> the opportunity to continue contributing to Fedora. 

Yes, a positive campaign will be good.  Thank you for all your
contributions to Fedora and free software.

Hopefully more competitors will join the race too

My reference to horses was not Fedora-specific, there is a Leader of
Free World election, coincidentally, on the same day as Melbourne Cup,
Tuesday, 3 November

Regards,

Daniel

[Daniel Pocock]

On 29/10/2020 20:33, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>  
>  
>  On 29/10/2020 17:13, Tom Callaway wrote:
> > I am also running for this Fedora Council seat, and even though the pandemic has my
> hair as long as it has ever been, I feel obligated to inform you all that I am not a
> horse. I realize this may be distressing to some of you, but I assure you, as a human, I
> will do my best if elected.
> >
> > Fedora has been my family for a very long time and I am pleased to know a great
> number of you, but if you have any questions about me or my motivations for this
> opportunity, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Barring NDAs, I am an open book,
> and I look forward to the opportunity to continue contributing to Fedora.
>  
>  
>  Yes, a positive campaign will be good.  Thank you for all your
>  contributions to Fedora and free software.
>  
>  Hopefully more competitors will join the race too
>  
>  My reference to horses was not Fedora-specific, there is a Leader of
>  Free World election, coincidentally, on the same day as Melbourne Cup,
>  Tuesday, 3 November
>   

Following up on my earlier post, I've decided to withdraw my nomination
and I've indicated that on the wiki.  If anybody else feels that this
leaves a void that you would like to fill with your own nomination,
please be quick as the deadline is some time tomorrow.

We are in a fast moving industry in a fast moving world.  I regret that
my availability isn't going to be what I anticipated when nominating but
I feel this is an important role and therefore I would not want to let
people down.

The delayed messages on this list also impacted my thinking about this
but it wouldn't be fair for me to use censorship as a scapegoat when
there are other demands on my time now.

Regards,

Daniel

[Ben Cotton]

As a reminder, through 11 November, you may nominate candidates for
the 1 open seat on the Fedora Council. There are currently two
candidates.

To nominate yourself (or others, if you check with them first), visit:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations

The Fedora Council is currently selecting the questions for the
interview questionnaire, which will be finalized before the beginning
of the interview period. For more information, see the Community Blog
post:
https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-33-elections-nominations-n...

-- 
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Senior Program Manager, Fedora & CentOS Stream
Red Hat
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis