Re: CG chair election - call for candidates

čt 20. 11. 2025 v 2:38 odesílatel elf Pavlik <elf-pavlik@hackers4peace.net>
napsal:

> On 2025-11-19 17:50, elf Pavlik wrote:
>
> > For this message, I'm wearing my CG co-chair hat 🤠
> >
> > The nomination period is officially over. I would like to say a big
> > thank you to all three candidates who submitted their self-nominations
> > to the mailing list! In chronological order:
> > * Christoph Braun
> > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-solid/2025Nov/0002.html
> > * Oghenerukevwe Precious Oritsedere
> > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-solid/2025Nov/0003.html
> > * Theo - @thhck
> > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-solid/2025Nov/0004.html
> >
>
> Wearing CG co-chair hat again 🤠
>
> I will add clarification at the end, but I would like to start with a
> proposal to officially amend the list above to add a 4th candidate:
>
> * Rui Zhao
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-solid/2025Nov/0010.html
>
> If someone would like to object, PLEASE RAISE YOUR OBJECTION ASAP!!!
>
> While there are no objections, I think Rui should participate in the
> election together with other candidates.
>
> Now the clarification. Rui reached out directly to Solid CG chairs
> yesterday, before anyone else submitted their nomination, with a
> question related to changing affiliation with a W3C member and the
> possible impact on being able to act as a CG co-chair. We responded to
> the best of our capacity and knowledge, with small delays related to
> timezone differences (plus some outdated email addresses and my DNS
> configuration issues).
>
> I might have also been sloppy when communicating about candidates
> joining today's CG call, possibly suggesting it as required and not
> strongly encouraged. In the end, from all the candidates, only Precious
> was able to attend the call today.
>
> Besides that, in my official email, I wrote Nov 19th as a deadline,
> without mentioning any specific hour and timezone, leaving some
> ambiguity.
>
> Given all the above, I would like to suggest two improvements for the
> future:
> * Don't let me try to coordinate elections again - should be easy given
> my full term ending in a year
> * Let's not save all the self-nominations for the very last two days ⏰
>

Perhaps state the deadline in UTC, next time.

I'd like to say a BIG thank you, to outgoing chairs, Michiel and Hadrian. I
thought you did a brilliant job!


>
> Best regards,
> elf Pavlik
>
>