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Subject: Hyperledger TSC TOC Election Candidates and Start of Voting
Dear Hyperledger Community Members,
candidates and how to vote
I'd like I am pleased to announce the following slate of candidates for the 2020-2021 2022 Hyperledger Technical Steering Oversight Committee (TSCTOC) election. Voting will begin at 12:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7) on Saturday, September 26th 2020 and continue until 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7) on Saturday, October 10th 2020. Here are the candidates:
- Andrei Lebedev, Soramitsu
- Aneena Ann Alexander, Saintgits
- Angelo De Caro, IBM
- Arnaud J Le Hors, IBM
- Artem Barger, IBM
- Arun S M, Walmart
- Baohua Yang, Oracle
- Bill Katsak, Taekion
- Bobbi Muscara, Intel
- Bruno Vavala, Hyperchain Labs
- Chris Gabriel, Esatus
- Christopher Hempel, Consensys
- Danno Ferrin, IBM
- Dave Enyeart, Bosch
- Gari Singh, IBM
- Grace Hartley, Consensys
- Hart Montgomery, Fujitsu
- María Teresa Nieto, Telefonica
- Mark Wagner, Redhat
- Nathan George, Kiva
- Peter Somogyvari, Accenture
- Rebecca Aspler, Unbound Tech
- Sara Garifullina, Soramitsu
- Sean Young, Independent
- Sownak Roy, Accenture
- Taku Shimosawa, Hitachi
- Tracy Kuhrt, Accenture
- Troy Ronda, SecureKey
- Yuxiang Liu, MediConCen
We are voting to elect 15 people from the 29 candidates listed above. We use ranked voting that allows you to ... < coach them on ranked voting? > ... We are seeking to capture a broad range of voices from across the Hyperledger community and member organizations. I encourage you to take the time to read the candidate statements linked to from this email and consider your vote carefully. The TSC is responsible for setting the direction and character of our community and this is your chance to have an influence on that.
Thank you,
There are 17 people running this year. As a reminder, with the recent changes to the Charter there will be 6 people selected for the TOC based on the votes of maintainers and then the Governing Board will select 5 more people from the list of nominations.
This election is a chance for you to influence the direction and character of the Hyperledger community. I encourage you to take the time to read the following candidate statements linked from this email and consider your vote carefully. The nominees are:
You will be using the Helios election tool. It is a voting system that is integrated with Github.
Details about how to vote have been sent through Github to all eligible voters on Monday, November 1 and voting will remain open until 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7) on Wednesday, November 30. If you are expecting a ballot and don't see one, first check your spam boxes as it may come from an unrecognized source. If you don't find it there, please send an email to election@lists.hyperledger.org.
Thank you,Brian Behlendorf
Hyperledger Executive Director