The TAC will elect from amongst the voting TAC members a chairperson and vice-chairperson for a term of one year. The TAC shall hold elections to select a TAC Chair annually; there are no limits on the number of terms a TAC Chair may serve. 

Eligible candidates:

• TAC Voting Members

Eligible voters:

• TAC Voting Members

Election process:

• The LFN Program Manager responsible for the TAC (LFN PM) – or a representative appointed by the TAC to conduct the election  - kicks off the election process, announcing the start of a nomination period via email to the TAC mailing list.

• Nomination period will last 2 weeks.

  • Nominees must self-nominate by updating the election page with their name, company, bio, and statement of intent.

• Once the nomination period is closed, the LFN PM (or the appointed representative), starts the election

• Election uses the OpaVote or Single Transferable Vote method.

• The election period is 2 weeks.

• Once the election period is closed, the LFN PM (or the appointed representative) submits the nominee to the LFN GB for approval. Once approved, the chairperson is announced via email to the TAC mailing lists.

Eligible candidates:

• Candidates must be active committers to at least one LFN project. 

• Candidates can self-nominate, or be nominated by other community members. In the latter case, candidates must accept the nomination before the election is conducted.

• Candidates must be an active committer to a LFN project which differs from the LFN project that the currently servicing LGBMCR is an active committer of.

Eligible voters:

• Any person who is an “active contributor” to any LFN project (i.e. LFN TAC-projects as well as any other LFN projects) is eligible to vote for the election. 

  • An "Active Contributor" is defined as anyone that has made a code contribution to any LFN project in the past 12 months.

Election process:

• The LFN Program Manager responsible for the TAC (LFN PM) – or a representative appointed by the TAC to conduct the LGBMCR election  - kicks off the election process, announcing the start of a nomination period via email to all technical-discuss and TSC mailing lists of all LFN project.

• Nomination period (see above) is 2 weeks.

• Once the nomination period is closed, the LFN PM (or the appointed representative), starts the election

• Election uses the OpaVote or Single Transferable Vote method.

• The election period is 2 weeks.

• Once the election period is closed, the LFN PM (or the appointed representative) submits the nominee to the LFN GB for approval. Once approved, the LGBMCR is announced via email to the above mentioned mailing lists.

The TAC may itself appoint up to two members at the needs of the TAC.

Number of TAC Appointed Members

• The TAC may at any point by majority vote add up to two TAC Appointed member seats to the TAC.

• The TAC Appointed seat expires at the conclusion of the term of the person selected to fill it.

TAC Appointed Candidates

• Candidates for TAC Appointment to the TAC are nominated by the existing TAC members.

• A nomination page will be created for each candidate, including a supporting statement and contact information

• Candidates must accept nomination prior to consideration.

• Failure to accept within two weeks is considered declining the nomination.

• Once the candidates' nomination period is complete, there will be a 14-day period for the TAC to contact and evaluate candidate submissions.

TAC Appointed Member Voters

• Existing TAC members may vote on admitting a candidate

  • In the event that there are more candidates under consideration than available TAC Appointed seats, the election should use a multiple-candidate method, e.g.:

    • OpaVote or

    • Single Transferable Vote

TAC Appointed Member Term

• TAC Appointed Members shall serve a one-year term.

• As an appointed seat's term expires, the TAC may re-evaluate the criteria for a seat or determine that a seat is no longer needed.