The CNCF has established a new Code of Conduct Committee (see our prior blog post about CNCF’s new system for resolving incidents). The CNCF Code of Conduct Committee (“CoC Committee”) will respond to, investigate, and resolve Code of Conduct (“CoC”) incidents that occur in the CNCF community. Under the Code of Conduct Committee Charter, the committee will consist of 3 elected community members and 2 CNCF-appointed staff members, plus alternates.
The community representatives will be elected by a vote of the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC).
The 3 candidates receiving the highest number of votes will serve as primary representatives of the CoC Committee, and the 3 candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve as alternates.
Nomination of Community Member Representatives
The TOC is requesting nominations of eligible individuals. The TOC encourages nominations of individuals who are members of the following committees and groups within CNCF:
- The Technical Oversight Committee
- Project maintainers
- TAG-Contributor Strategy
- CNCF Ambassadors
- End User community
Furthermore, nominations of individuals who do not belong to any of the groups above but nonetheless meet the eligibility criteria described in the Code of Conduct Committee Charter will be considered.
The TOC will accept nominations for interested individuals until noon Pacific time on September 19, 2023. An eligibility verification period of two weeks will be in place after the nomination period. After the announced eligibility verification period closes, the TOC will hold a private ballot election using time-limited Condorcet ranking and use the Schulze method to break ties. The TOC will publicly announce the winners of the election.
Qualifications
To be eligible to serve as a primary or alternate member of the CoC Committee, an individual must not have violated the CNCF Code of Conduct within the prior 18 months.
Additionally, elected community member representatives are subject to the following eligibility criteria:
- Must be an active participant in the CNCF community or have previously been an active participant.
- Previous experience on an ethics committee or code of conduct committee, or other experience related to legal, HR, compliance, or supporting DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, & belonging) is valued but is not required.
- Must be a generally responsible human as demonstrated by the integrity of commitment to responsibilities the individual has taken on previously and general trustworthiness by the community.
- Demonstration of integrity, professionalism, and positive influence within the CNCF community or other communities is highly valued.
Process for nominations
The TOC will open the call for nominations on the TOC mailing list.
Interested parties must provide:
- Evidence of participation in the CNCF community, past or present
- Biography
- Any additional information to support eligibility verification
- A statement of agreement to be nominated by the nominee if nominating anyone other than themselves
Information may be submitted to cocc-elections@cncf.io by the nominee. Individuals interested in nominating another candidate must show that the nominee agreed to be nominated.
CoCC Election Schedule:
- Call for Nominations opens: September 8
- Call for nominations closes: September 19 at noon Pacific time
- Eligibility verification period opens: September 19 (21 days prior to the election completing (2 week qualifying period))
- Eligibility verification period closes: October 3rd (7 days for election period)
- Ballots will be distributed: October 3rd (7 days for elections)
- Election closes, results announced: October 10, noon Pacific