governance/reference/tc-chair-elections.rst

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TC Chair Election Process
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As mentioned in `TC charter <https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/charter.html#tc-chair>`_,
in case of multiple candidates for TC chair, we need to conduct the election.
This document defines the process and timeline for the TC Chair election.
TC Chair Nomination
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* TC chair nomination will be open for three business days after the TC
elections are closed.
* Each candidate will propose a gerrit change to add their nomination as
a text file (with name <email_address>.txt) containing the candidate
statement to the ``openstack/governance/reference/tc-chair-candidates/<cycle>/``
repository.
* Current TC chair will merge the nominations by confirming that they are from
the elected TC members.
TC Chair Election
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* In case of single nomination, no election is needed and candidate can propose
a patch to the member list to add "chair" status next to their name and use
`election-results` as gerrit topic name.
* If there are multiple nominations, select a TC member who is not running for
the TC chair to establish a CIVS poll to choose the single winner.
* All the elected TC members including the TC chair candidates will be the
electorates for chair election.
* Election poll will be open for seven days or until all the TC members have
voted.
* Winner will propose a patch to the member list to add "chair" status next to
their name and use `election-results` as gerrit topic name.