pVoting is now open for the 2012 election of at large directors of the Drupal Association. Two directors will be elected from among the ten candidates./p
h2About the Drupal Association elections/h2
pWhen we designed a new governance structure for the Drupal Association last year, we decided that most of the board is selected through a nominating committee with the goal to carefully balance many factors like needed skills and geographical and sector representation. However, it was also deemed important that we have directors chosen directly by the Drupal community to make sure that the community is always well-represented./p
pWe’re holding our first open community elections! Two community at large directors will be elected to the Drupal Association Board of Directors, and YOU can get to say who they are!/p
h2Where to find out about candidates/h2
ulliReview their a href=https://association.drupal.org/nominations rel=nofollownomination profiles/a./li
liRead the notes from the two all candidates’ meetings at a href=http://groups.drupal.org/node/207398 title=http://groups.drupal.org/node/207398 rel=nofollowhttp://groups.drupal.org/node/207398/a./li
/ulh2Who can vote?/h2
pVoting is open to all individuals who registered an account on drupal.org prior to January 18, 2012 and who have logged into that account at least once in the one-year period prior to February 3, 2012./p
pThere is no need to register to vote. The voting system has been set up and prepopulated with the list of eligible voters./p
h2How to vote/h2
ulliLog in to this site./li
liVisit the a href=https://association.drupal.org/2012-vote title=https://association.drupal.org/2012-vote rel=nofollowhttps://association.drupal.org/2012-vote/a page. After clicking through, you will be asked to rank each of the eligible voters, from 1st (top choice) to 10th (last choice). You also need to check a box confirming you’re an eligible voter. Make your selections and save the form. That’s it!/li
/ulh2How does voting work?/h2
pThe voting is done using the a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting rel=nofollowInstant Runoff/a voting method, powered by a href=http://drupal.org/project/decisions rel=nofollowDecisions/a module. For more about this method of voting, please see this helpful YouTube video which explains it with post-it notes: a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA3_t-08Vr0 title=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA3_t-08Vr0 rel=nofollowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA3_t-08Vr0/a/p
h2Can I change my mind after I’ve voted?/h2
pYes! Before the close of voting, you can return to the voting form, cancel your previous vote, and submit a new vote./p
h2When will voting close?/h2
pVoting will close at strongmidnight UTC on Tuesday, February 7, 2012./strong/p
h2How will results be determined and announced?/h2
pWhen voting closes, a four-member elections team will review the results and post them to this site (association.drupal.org). Results will then be forwarded to the Drupal Association board for ratification./p
pThe election team includes Angela Byron, DA board member; Cary Gordon, DA board member; Nedjo Rogers, DA advisory board member; and Thomas Svenson, Drupal community member who participated in the community process of planning the elections./p
h2Why was voting delayed?/h2
pWe had focused a bit too much on organizing the elections and left finalizing the actual voting system till the last minute. After several community members and Drupal Association staff pitched in, we got the elections system up about 3 hours after the planned opening of voting./p
h2Wait. Only XXX eligible voters? What gives?/h2
pDespite the fact that the voting form lists far fewer, there are actually a href=http://drupal.org/node/1404500#comment-5551180 rel=nofollow270K/a Drupal.org accounts that fit the voter eligibility criteria. Valid accounts are added to the electorate list when they visit the Association website. These shenanigans are due to the a href=http://drupal.org/project/bakery rel=nofollowBakery module/a, our single-sign on solution, and the requirement to reconcile peoples’ Association.drupal.org user IDs and their Drupal.org user IDs./p
h2Problems and solutions/h2
pIf you believe you are eligible to vote and try to vote and cannot or encounter some error, please post an issue to the a href=http://drupal.org/project/issues/drupalassociation rel=nofollowDrupal Association/a issue queue, selecting elections as the component./p
h2More about the elections/h2
ulliThe a href=https://association.drupal.org/2012-nominations-announced rel=nofollownominations announcement/a./li
liThe a href=http://groups.drupal.org/node/201753 rel=nofollow elections plan/a./li
lia href=https://association.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/196 rel=nofollowAll elections posts/a./li
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Fuente: drupal.org
Entrada original: http://drupal.org/node/1426814