From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754405Ab0JTV5U (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:57:20 -0400 Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com ([66.63.167.143]:34420 "EHLO bedivere.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751884Ab0JTV5T (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:57:19 -0400 Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process From: James Bottomley To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Tech Board Discuss , "ksummit-2010-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org" , linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <20101020110211.92051a57.rdunlap@xenotime.net> References: <1287151254.3069.10.camel@mulgrave.site> <20101020110211.92051a57.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:57:09 -0700 Message-ID: <1287611829.16330.29.camel@mulgrave.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.1.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 11:02 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:00:54 -0400 James Bottomley wrote: > > > The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation > > Technical Advisory Board[TAB] are held every year, currently the > > election will be at the 2010 Kernel Summit in a BoF session on Tuesday > > at Jillians (The Joint KS/Plumbers Reception on 2 November). The idea > > is to be open to both KS and Plumbers attendees who wish to vote. > > > > Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination > > to: > > > > Tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org > > > I suppose that nominees will make a statement about their qualifications > (or at least be allowed to do so). Well, that's the format laid down in the charter, so yes. > What does the TAB do? What has it done in the past year or two? > > There are no recent meeting minutes at > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab > to try to evaluate anything about the TAB afaict. I updated the site with all the minutes I could find, so it's now more up to date. James