I'm not sure what's up or down after going through this today. Can someone capture all this in an easier to follow manner? I'd normally volunteer but, I'm behind on everything as it is. Chris

If I remember correctly (as I don't have a reference to point to), Joe is right that the GB and end user community do not need endorsements. Do we know of a reason the maintainers need endorsements

The explanation so far on this email is confusing to me also. One clarification on the summary Matt put together: my understanding is that the endorsements from other project maintainers is only for

Thanks so much. With all these clarifications would someone be willing to write down a Guide that lays out the steps as simply as possible? On one page, in a numbered sequence would be ideal. Then

I was sure that I had already voted on this (after doing the DD!) but I can't find the mail. So let's make it all official: +1 binding Joe

The qualification process is the same for all of the TOC nominees. -- Amye Scavarda Perrin | Program Manager, CNCF | amye@...

This is a great question! In order to "stand", you need to self-nominate, get another maintainer to nominate you, get a GB member or end user member to nominate you. There are no prerequisites for

One thing is not entirely clear... The charter notes that: For the non-sandbox project maintainers the criteria that the person be a maintainer was publicly documented in the publicly documented

Another one that i saw in the charter was the section that says - "Qualification: After the Evaluation Period, the Governing Board and the TOC members shall vote on each nominee individually to

yes this helps can anyone stand? <amye@...> wrote:

1. If you want to stand, talk to: a) a governing board member, b) a member of the end-user community, or c) a maintainer for a graduated or incubating project. You can also nominate yourself if you

<amye@...> wrote: it's too complicated, sorry please can we avoid all processes that require in-person explanation, or in-slack, since these repel applicants

this helps a lot! thank you the explanation is missing two things - 1. if you wish to stand, what should you do in simple steps 2. if you wish to help, what should you do in simple steps

There is an #elections channel on the CNCF slack for questions, I am also going to reserve time on Tuesday's TOC meeting for questions. Happy to talk this through so that it makes sense. -amye

Also, the maintainer election policy can be found at https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/maintainers-election-policy.md

I have been asking a bunch of questions so far and here's what I've learned... 5 seats are up for election. 3 elected by the GB, 1 elected by the end user community, and 1 elected by the maintainers

amye, 100% respectfully to you and to all those who drafted the language below: i have no idea what those words mean. sorry. a <ascavarda@...> wrote:

The blog post goes into more detail about the different seats open: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2019/12/06/cncf-toc-governance-structure-elections-2020/ re: timing, we don't expect to have any problem

Thanks for reaching out! There are 5 seats to nominate: 3 from the General Board, 1 from the end user community, 1 from the maintainers group of Graduating + Incubating projects. We have 9 days to

hi folks please can someone explain, in plain language, what this means i am unable to make sense of the written materials presented thus far, which may well be due to my own inadequacy in