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authorJorge O. Castro <jorge.castro@gmail.com>2018-08-14 11:59:17 -0400
committerJorge O. Castro <jorge.castro@gmail.com>2018-08-14 11:59:17 -0400
commit0ae1bf8f347f0b8cfa38a565098236799aa41c35 (patch)
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parentcdbb2b3e19c8e47d252862f4b0d9494a8987b986 (diff)
Clarify election office role
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diff --git a/events/elections/README.md b/events/elections/README.md
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--- a/events/elections/README.md
+++ b/events/elections/README.md
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
This document will outline how to conduct a Kubernetes Steering Committee Election. See the [Steering Committee Charter](https://git.k8s.io/steering/charter.md) for more information of how the committee decides when to have an election, the method, and the maximal representation.
-## Steering Committee chooses Election Deadlines and Officers
+## Steering Committee chooses Election Officers
- Steering Committee selects the Election Officers
- Dates should be in UTC time, use a [world clock service](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Election+Test&iso=20181101T00&p1=%3A&ah=10) in documentation and email announcements so that end users see the correct time and date based on where they live.
-### SC Selects the following dates:
+### Election Officers select the following dates:
- Recommend the month of October to not collide with a release or end of a quarter.
- Nomination and Voter Registration period start
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ This document will outline how to conduct a Kubernetes Steering Committee Electi
- Election period stop
- CIVS needs to be manually stopped, so an actual person needs to click for the poll to stop, so this needs to be a human friendly time.
- Results announcement date
+- Draft dates will then be passed to the Steering Committee for final approval
## Process
@@ -62,9 +63,8 @@ This document will outline how to conduct a Kubernetes Steering Committee Electi
### Steering Committee
-- Select election dates
- Select Election Officers
-- Select criteria for Kubernetes Members of Standing
+- Select criteria for who can vote in the upcoming election
- Must refrain from endorsing or otherwise advocating for any candidate
- Is allowed to vote in the election
- Announces results of the election to the community
@@ -72,11 +72,12 @@ This document will outline how to conduct a Kubernetes Steering Committee Electi
### Election Officers
+- Recommend election dates to be approved by the Steering Committee
- Must be a Kubernetes Member of Standing
- Cannot be running for office in the current election
-- Cannot be a current member of the steering committee
+- Cannot be a current member of the steering committee
- Generates the voter guide
-- Tracks candidates
+- Tracks candidates
- Monitors kubernetes-dev for nominations
- Keeps track of nominees in a spreadsheet
- Ensures that each nominee has the required nominations from three different employers (as stated in the charter)