Security/OSSG Lead Election Fall 2014

Officials
The role of officials is to administer the election process. To ensure that all candidates who announce themselves are eligible as per the criteria below and to generally oversee and improve the election process. Anyone can volunteer to be an official so long as they meet the same requirements as candidates, listed below.


 * Dr Bryan Payne (bdpayne on irc)
 * Abu Shohel Ahmed (shohel02 on irc)

Election system
Elections will be held using CIVS and a Condorcet algorithm (Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD variant). Any tie will be broken using Governance/TieBreaking.

Timeline

 * October 2nd-19th: Open candidacy to OSSG lead position
 * October 20th-26th: Elections
 * October / November: Leadership transition period

Elected positions
This election is for a person to lead the OpenStack Security Group (OSSG). The term for this position will begin at the Kilo Summit in Paris (November 2014) and end at the 'L' Summit in Vancouver (May 2015). The elected leader will be responsible for holding a new election to fill the OSSG Lead position for the following term. There are no term limits (an individual may be re-elected as many times as the community chooses).

Electorate
The electorate for this election are members of the OSSG Launchpad group (https://launchpad.net/~openstack-ossg) who have played an "active role" in the OSSG community. Active role is defined as at least one of the following between the creation of OSSG and October 1, 2014:


 * attend 3 or more IRC meetings
 * write or review an OSSN
 * write or review the OpenStack Security Guide
 * participate in security code reviews
 * submit or review vulnerabilities
 * write security enhancing code for OpenStack
 * attend an OSSG mid cycle meetup
 * other contributing activities as defined at the discretion of the election officials

Candidates
Any member of the election electorate (as defined above) can propose his/her candidacy for the same election. No nomination is required. They do so by sending an email to the openstack-security@lists.openstack.org mailing-list, using the subject: "OSSG Lead Candidacy". The email may include a description of the candidate platform. The candidacy is then confirmed by one of the election officials, after verification of the electorate status of the candidate.

Confirmed Candidates for Fall 2014 OSSG Lead Elections:
 * Rob Clark
 * Cody Bunch

Results

 * TBD