| [sdv-wg] Software Defined Vehicle Election - Candidate Announcement |
The Software Defined Vehicle Working Group Nomination Phase comes to an end and an election is going to be held for the two Participant Member seats on the Steering Committee.
This email communication introduces the standing candidates and provides an overview of how the election process will work:
Standing Candidates:
We are extremely pleased and excited to announce the candidates listed below. Please note each candidate's name contains a link to their biography. We encourage you to read about these candidates. And thank you to all candidates for your interest to participate.
Please note Martin Schleicher, Jeffrey Oiser-Mixon, Pete LeVasseur, Holder Dormann (TAC) and Lutz Niebergal’s (TAC) nominations were not contested; and as a result, they are all acclaimed into their seats. The Marketing and Brand Committee additional Participant Member Representative and the Committer Member Representative are vacant.
Ballot Distribution:
You will receive a ballot if you are the company representative for a Participant member company of the Software Defined Vehicle Working Group.
Election Information:
Eclipse Working Group elections are performed using a process known as Single Transferable Vote, which requires each voter to complete a ranked ballot. By ranked ballot we mean that each voter ranks the candidates in their order of preference.
The advantage of this approach is being able to elect multiple candidates at the same time which reflect the voters’ preferences.
The Eclipse Foundation uses a third party election system [1] that performs the election calculations. Elections are performed with high integrity where a unique link is created with a random and secret access key for each voter. Additionally, voter anonymity uses secret ballots ensuring voters’ choices cannot be linked to voters. Voters must rank all candidates and cannot award two candidates the same ranking.
If you are a standing candidate in an election, please know you can certainly vote for yourself! In fact, it is quite normal to rank yourself (or the organization you are voting on behalf of) as your #1 (highest) selection.
Ballots will be distributed on March 21st and the voting period will remain open until March 28th 2025. If you expect to receive a ballot but do not, please check your spam filter.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
[1] https://electionbuddy.com/
Best Regards,
Zahra
Zahra Fazli
Membership Process Lead | Eclipse Foundation
Eclipse Foundation: The Platform for Open Innovation and Collaboration