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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [Tech-board-discuss] Linux Foundation
 Technical Advisory Board Elections -- Change to charter
From:   James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>,
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On Fri, 2020-03-13 at 17:08 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2020, "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 04:10:29PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > > 
> > > Have you considered whether the eligibility for running and
> > > voting should be made the same? As it is, absolutely anyone can
> > > self-nominate and run.
> > 
> > That's always been the case.  However, at least historically,
> > people who weren't physically present has never been successful.
> 
> Oh? May I ask for that to be clarified in the TAB charter, please.

It's a historical observation, not a rule.  In fact, it does have an
exception: GregKH was elected in Edinburgh in 2012 without being
physically present at the voting (although he was in Edinburgh at the
time).

James