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<p>Hey Ben,</p>
<p>Don Marti of the Mozilla Foundation is running this election. He
also helped out with last year's election.</p>
<p>--Patrick<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/14/19 3:12 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hey Patrick,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">thanks for the work on this.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Who is in charge of the voting
process this year? It was first Gerv, then somebody else from
Mozilla.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Obviously, it cannot be a Council
member that is in charge of its own re-election and the process.
Not that we accuse anybody of anything bad, but from serving in
the role of assistant in the previous years, I know that there
are sometimes difficult judgement questions to make, and it's
important to have somebody impartial and unbiased to make the
decisions, oversee it, and double-check everything.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">A community member or a Council
member can be an assistance to the election overseer, as long as
the overseer double-checks everything, including the actual vote
count, and the technical and organizational processes.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ben<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Patrick Cloke wrote on 14.02.19
14:33:<br>
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<p dir="ltr"
id="docs-internal-guid-e13e2c40-7fff-8129-0b6b-4cc7e1c6f19e"><span>Hello
Mozillians and friends of Thunderbird,</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"><span>The next Thunderbird Council election is
coming up. As in previous years, people eligible to vote and
to stand as candidates need to be on an electoral roll.
Contributors are eligible to be an elector if they have
contributed 10 or more hours per year of involvement in the
Thunderbird project. To illustrate this, if a contributor
first became involved three years ago then the expected
contribution is at least 30 hours, if two years ago then at
least 20 hours, and if one year ago or less then at least 10
hours. Contributors may self-nominate, and on request must
submit examples that illustrate their level of involvement.</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Contribution can be any of the following:</span></p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span>triaging bugs;</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span>fixing, or reviewing code changes;</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span>providing support on SUMO or other
forums;</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span>localizing Thunderbird, related websites,
or extensions;</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span>testing, writing, or reviewing add-ons;</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span>furthering the Thunderbird cause by
constructive contributions to tb-planning; or public
relations, including writing blog posts, posting on
social media, artwork, etc.</span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"><span>People working for Mozilla who dedicate time
to Thunderbird are also eligible.</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"><span>This simple rule will spare us any
complicated metric, such as “x number of patches submitted”,
“x bugs submitted” or “x SUMO comments written”, etc. If we
have missed a group of contributors, or if you are unsure if
your contribution qualifies, please reach out to the
Council, or me personally.</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Since we already know the people who are
dedicating time, their most precious asset, to Thunderbird,
we have prepared a preliminary electoral roll based on
previous years. This is available at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Council_Elections_2019"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Council_Elections_2019</a>.
Note that new additions have the year they were added in
parentheses after their names, e.g. “(2019)”.</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"><span>We ask voters who were previously added to
the electoral roll to check for themselves whether they
still fulfill the criteria mentioned above and inform us
know if are no longer contributing to the Thunderbird
project at the required level.</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"><span>To reiterate, people who are not on the
preliminary electoral roll can contact the Council or me and
ask to be included, mentioning their contribution. The idea
is not to make it hard to be on the electoral roll.</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"><span>In general, the election process will work as
in past years, follow-up emails will include more
instructions on the exact timeline, but you will have until
</span><span><span>Wednesday, February 20, 2019</span> to be
added to the electoral roll.</span><span> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Thanks,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Patrick Cloke</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Thunderbird Council member</span></p>
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tb-planning mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tb-planning@mozilla.org" moz-do-not-send="true">tb-planning@mozilla.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/tb-planning" moz-do-not-send="true">https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/tb-planning</a>
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tb-planning mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tb-planning@mozilla.org">tb-planning@mozilla.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/tb-planning">https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/tb-planning</a>
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