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Core team election 2006

I am pleased to announce the results of the 2006 FreeBSD core team
election. Counting the ballots reveals that the votes are allocated
as follows,

    New Core Team
    =============
    Robert Watson  (194)
    Warner Losh  (186)
    Murray Stokely  (182)
    Wilko Bulte  (159)
    Wes Peters  (149)
    George V. Neville-Neil  (129)
    Hiroki Sato  (126)
    Brooks Davis  (110)
    Giorgos Keramidas  (100)

    Runners Up
    ==========
    Ade Lovett  (98)
    Colin Percival  (98)
    Mike Silbersack  (79)
    David E. O'Brien  (71)
    Tom Rhodes  (45)
    Tilman Linneweh  (19)

Congratulations to Wilko, George, Hiroki, Brooks and Giorgos who
will be joining the core team, and of course to Robert, Warner,
Murray and Wes who retain their seats.  Our thanks also must go to
Peter, John, Scott, Mark and Jun for all their hard work over the
last two years.

The election schedule has the new core team taking office on Thursday
27 July 2006, although I'm sure that there will be a gradual handing
over of the reins between now and then.

I'll finish on some stats.  Of the 308 committers entitled to vote,
217 (68%) committers logged into the election server, and 208 (65%)
committers voted, which is down about 10% from the last election.
However it is still a better turn out than most elections :).

Many thanks to everyone for making the effort to vote.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.  It looks like my work
here is done.

Regards,
Joe

Hello,

Welcome to election.uk.FreeBSD.org. This server is dedicated to running the 2006 FreeBSD core election.

The voting schedule is as follows: 

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Request for candidates:		Tuesday 6 June 2006, 23:59 +0000 (GMT)
Close for candidates:		Tuesday 20 June 2006, 23:59 +0000 (GMT)
Voting starts:			Thursday 22 June 2006, 00:00 +0000 (GMT)
Voting ends:			Wednesday 19 July 2006, 23:59 +0000 (GMT)
Result announced:		Thursday 20 July 2006, evening (GMT)
New core take office:		Thursday 27 July 2006.
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All committers should be able to log into this machine via ssh using the same credentials that they use to log into Freefall. 

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** It is advised that all committers confirm that they are able to **
** log into election.uk.FreeBSD.org in advance of the time that    **
** they'd like to vote -- please mail me (joe@FreeBSD.org) if you  **
** have authentication woes.                                       **
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All election functions are performed by running commands on the election server. These are all documented in the message of the day (/etc/motd) which is displayed when you log in. The voting commands will be announced once the vote start date arrives.

Voting will only be allowed by "active committers". The bylaws state:

  • "Active committers have made a commit to the tree in the last 12 months."

    • For the purposes of this election an active committer will be one that has committed to the tree within 12 months of the election start date. The definitive source of this information will come from:

  • http://election.uk.freebsd.org/cutoff/

    • Information about who is standing and their statements are available on the command line, as described in the motd, and additionally at http://election.uk.FreeBSD.org/ augmented by various statistics.

    Please note that candidates are allowed to refine their statements throughout the election period, and voters are allowed to change their votes as often as they want.

    I hope that the voting process is enjoyable to everyone, and may I take this opportunity to wish the best of luck to all the brave souls who have put themselves up to our scrutiny. It's normal to say "may the best man win", but I think that it's more appropriate in this case to say "may we vote the best team in". Please use your votes wisely and take your time to select the kind of leadership you would like to shape the project.

    I look forward to announcing the results at the beginning of July.

    Regards,
    Josef Karthauser,
    2006 Election Manager.