SIG-Core Nomination/Election (2023-02-13 to 2023-03-03)

[lemonade-dm]

Current Chair: @amzn-pratikpa (discord: AMZN-pratikpa [Amazon])
Current Co-Chair: @lumberyard-employee-dm (discord: geds-dm [Amazon])
Election Official: @amzn-phist (discord: amzn-phist [Amazon] )

Nomination Timeline: February 13th, 2023 - February 24th, 2023
Election Timeline: February 27th, 2023 - March 3rd, 2023

SIG-Core Chair/ Co-Chair roles

The chair and co-chair serve equivalent roles in the governance of the SIG and are only differentiated by title in that the highest vote-getter is the chair and the second-highest is the co-chair. The chair and co-chair are expected to govern together in an effective way and split their responsibilities to make sure that the SIG operates smoothly and has the availability of a chairperson at any time.
Unless distinctly required, the term "chairperson" refers to either/both of the chair and co-chair. If a chair or co-chair is required to perform a specific responsibility for the SIG they will always be addressed by their official role title.
In particular, if both chairpersons would be unavailable during a period of time, the chair is considered to be an on-call position during this period. As the higher vote-getter they theoretically represent more of the community and should perform in that capacity under extenuating circumstances. This means that if there is an emergency requiring immediate action from the SIG, the chair will be called to perform a responsibility.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the SIG-Core group are detailed in the SIG-Core Charter: https://github.com/o3de/sig-core/blob/main/governance/SIG%20Core%20Charter.md#scope
SIG-Core weekly Triage is every Wednesday at 9:00 AM PST/ PDT

Nomination Process

Nomination may either be by an O3DE community member or self-nomination. A nominee may withdraw from the election at any time for any reason until the election starts on February 27th, 2023.

Nomination requirements

The only other nomination requirement is that the nominee agrees to be able to perform their required duties and has the availability to do so, taking into account the fact that another chairperson will always be available as a point of contact.

How to nominate

Nominations will be accepted for 2 weeks from February 13th, 2023 12:00AM PST to February 24th, 2023 11:59PM PST.
Nominate somebody (including yourself) by responding to this issue with:

• A statement that the nominee should be nominated for a chair position in SIG-Core. Nominees are required to provide a statement that they understand the responsibilities and requirements of the role, and promise to faithfully fulfill them and follow all contributor requirements for O3DE.
• The name under which the nominee should be addressed. Nominees are allowed to contact the election proctor to have this name changed.
• The GitHub username of the nominee (self-nominations need not include this; it's on your post.)
• Nominee's Discord username (sorry, but you must be an active Discord user if you are a chairperson.)

Election Process

The election will be conducted for one week from February 27th, 2023 12:00AM PST to March 3rd, 2023 11:59PM PST and held through an online poll. Votes will be anonymous and anyone invested in the direction of O3DE and SIG-Core may vote. If you choose to vote, we ask that you be familiar with the nominees.
If there is a current interim chair, they will announce the results in the Discord SIG channel as well as the SIG O3DE mailing list no later than March 7th, 2023 1:00PM PST. If there is no interim chair, the executive director will announce the results utilizing the same communication channels. At that time if there is a dispute over the result or concern over vote tampering, voting information will be made public to the extent that it can be exported from the polling system and the SIG will conduct an independent audit under the guidance of a higher governing body in the foundation.
The elected chairpersons will begin serving their term on March 8th, 2023 at 9:00AM PST. Tentatively SIG chairs will be elected on a yearly basis.

Other Links

SIG-Core Mailing List: https://lists.o3de.org/g/sig-core/topics
O3DE Calendar: https://lists.o3de.org/g/o3de-calendar/calendar

[lemonade-dm]

Calling @amzn-pratikpa
@aFinchy Would you be willing to be an Election Official for the upcoming SIG-Core election?

@burelc-amzn @amzn-phist Would you be willing to be an Election Official as well?

The nomination and election process is following the O3DE Elections Guide and is slated to begin February 13th.

[amzn-phist]

I can help out with this.

[kberg0]

I nominate lumberyard-employee-dm.

[lemonade-dm]

@o3de/sig-core FYI: We need at least 2 nominees to have enough candidates for chair and co-chair.

[aFinchy]

Hi @lumberyard-employee-dm If there is an issue getting Chair members, I would suggest reaching out to @Naomi-Wash for assistance in getting more notice on the wider networks.

[lemonade-dm]

Hi @lumberyard-employee-dm If there is an issue getting Chair members, I would suggest reaching out to @Naomi-Wash for assistance in getting more notice on the wider networks.

Hello @aFinchy I have reached out in order to gather a wider net of candidates that would be interested in chair membership for SIG-Core

[Naomi-Wash]

Thank you for letting me know. I'm recording a list of all open seats across the SIGs and will send an email out to the community asking for those who are interested.

[lemonade-dm]

Thank you for reaching out.