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.
Every year the Akraino Community is required to vote on the technical leadership for the Akraino Project. There are several different areas where voting is relevant. All of these can be found in the Akraino Technical Community Document, including the following:
TSC Member - See section 4.4.2 of the Akraino Technical Community Document
TSC Chair and Co-Chair - See section 4.3.1 of the Akraino Technical Community Document
Sub-Committee Chair - See section 4.6.1 of the Akraino Technical Community Document
Project Technical Leader - See section 3.1.3 of the Akraino Technical Community Document
Coordinator - See section 4.3.3 of the Akraino Technical Community Document
Committer - See section 3.2.2 of the Akraino Technical Community Document
Election Coordinator: James Williams (As of 2018)
Who is eligible to Run: Sub-Committee members of record (as per the wiki page) effective the date the nomination process starts.
Who is eligible to Vote: Sub-Committee members of record (as per the wiki page) effective the date the nomination process starts AND as controlled within the context of Section 4.6.1 of the Akraino Technical Community Document.
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.
Note: Please ensure that both the name and email address for each member is listed on each sub-committee membership wiki page in order to properly set up CIVS voting when required. Not doing so will cause delays for the Election Coordinator in setting up and executing the voting process.
Process:
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.
All sub-committee members (as indicated above) will receive an invitation to vote.
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.
Details for the election process for this leadership role will follow.
Details for the election process for this leadership role will follow.
Election Coordinator: Preston DeLong (As of Jan 2019)
Who is eligible to Run: Committers of the Project of record (as per the wiki page) effective the date the nomination process starts. Candidates must self nominate.
Who is eligible to Vote: Committers of the Project of record (as per the wiki page) effective the date the nomination process starts AND as controlled within the context of Section 3.1.3 of the Akraino Technical Community Document.
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.
Note: Please ensure that both the name and email address for each member is listed on each project wiki page in order to properly set up CIVS voting when required. Not doing so will cause delays for the Election Coordinator in setting up and executing the voting process.
Process:
Self Nomination Phase
When appropriate a call for nominations will be sent by the Election Coordinator to the appropriate project mail list. Individuals interested in running for the Project Technical Leader 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 (or other agreed upon timeframe) after the announcement in the same time zone the poll was initiated from.
All project committers (as indicated above) will receive an invitation to vote.
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.
Details for the election process for this leadership role will follow.
Details for the election process for this leadership role will follow.