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Voter Registration for Jenkins Board and Officer Elections 2024

Mark Waite
Mark Waite
Basil Crow
September 25, 2024

Voter registration has started for the 2024 Jenkins Governance Board and Officer elections!

Voter registration

Nominations for the 2024 Jenkins Governance Board and Officer elections have finished. Voter registration opened September 16, 2024 and closes on October 31, 2024.

Participation in the election process requires registering an account on the Jenkins community forums and at least one contribution made before September 1, 2024. When registering, you can use an existing GitHub account or create a new account specifically for Jenkins community forums.

register button

All community members who meet the requirements and are interested in voting should join the election-voter-2024 group during the registration period. Previous elections utilized their own groups, so joining the election-voter-2024 group is required for participation.

Refer to the voter registration tutorial for detailed registration steps.

We have made the decision to trust participants and not require that you provide evidence of contribution as part of your voter registration. We reserve the right to ban any account from the election process if we identify abuse. Once registration is over, a list of email addresses will be sent to the Condorcet Internet Voting Service (CIVS).

Nominees

We will be electing three members of the Jenkins Governance Board from among six candidates. The six candidates for the Jenkins Governance Board are:

We will be electing the Jenkins Release Officer from among two candidates:

Candidate statements, affiliations, and profile links will be provided later.

The following officer positions are uncontested, so no election is needed for:

Election

Voter registration closes on October 31. Voting begins November 1. Registered voters will be notified by email to participate using the Condorcet Internet Voting System. All votes must be submitted by end of day November 30.

Results

Election results will be published December 1. The new term starts on December 1, when the newly elected members will transition to their roles.

Important Dates

Important Dates Time

Nomination of candidates open

August 1

Nomination of candidates closes

September 15

Voter registration opens and candidates announced

September 16

Voter registration closes

October 31

Voting starts

November 1

Voting closes

November 30

Results announced

December 1

Troubleshooting

If you are new to Jenkins elections, unfamiliar with the Condorcet Internet Voting Service (CIVS) or the community forums, or feel overwhelmed with the process, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We published a step-by-step guide, outlining how to to join the election-voter-2024 group, activate your CIVS account and cast your vote.

If you encounter issues still or need assistance, don’t hesitate to contact the election committee.

Thank you, as always, and don’t forget to register to vote by October 31!

About the authors

Mark Waite

Mark Waite

Mark is a member of the Jenkins governing board, a long-time Jenkins user and contributor, a core maintainer, and maintainer of the git plugin, the git client plugin, the platform labeler plugin, the embeddable build status plugin, and several others. He is one of the authors of the "Improve a plugin" tutorial.

Basil Crow

Basil is a long-time Jenkins user and contributor, a Jenkins core maintainer, and the maintainer of the Email Extension, Timestamper, and Swarm plugins (among others). Basil enjoys working on open source software in his free time.

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