The Akraino Community functions as an open source Project, with a set of rules and leaders elected and approved from within the participants of the project. This page serves as a summary of the community governance. The following serve as the official sources for Akraino Governance.

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Who will run the election Process: An Election Coordinator will be designated from volunteers within the Akraino Community. The Election Coordinator should be a non-running member. Instructions on how to use the CIVS voting system are available here. 

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• Self Nomination Phase

  • When appropriate a call for nominations will be sent by the Election Coordinator to the appropriate sub-committee mail list. Individuals interested in running for the Sub-Committee Chair position must reply-all to that email with their intention to run. It is recommended that candidates include a biography and statement of intent on why they would be a good person to hold this position.

  • The nomination phase begins with the receipt of the announcement (as verified by checking the appropriate mail list within the Akraino Groups.io)

  • The nomination phase ends four (4) full business days after the announcement in the same time zone the poll was initiated from.

• Election Phase
  • A Condorcet election will be held using the CIVS voting system.

  • All sub-committee members (as indicated above) will receive an invitation to vote.

  • The election phase will begin with the distribution of the CIVS poll via email.
  • The election phase will end four (4) full business days later in the same time zone the poll was initiated from.
• Election Results
  • The individual receiving the highest number of votes from all votes cast shall be declared the winner.
  • The Election Coordinator will update the Voting Results History Page page with the applicable name, date, and link to the publicly viewable CIVS results.
  • The Election Coordinator will then send an email to the sub-committee mail list and to the tsc mail list. 

Note: Make sure your spam filter does not block mail from civs@cs.cornell.edu or you may not receive a ballot if you are authorized to vote. Ballots can only be resent from the tool, they cannot be sent as a forward from an individual.

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TSC Member Elections

Details for the election process for this leadership role will follow.

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