-1 (iJUG)
Sorry for putting some salt into the soup:
Regarding to letting the community to vote for the logo I would
vote for a strong +1.
But regarding the tooling and use I have to vote with -1:
Voting and service use are defined in the EF Working Group
Operations Guide in general:
https://www.eclipse.org/org/workinggroups/operations.php#votes
https://www.eclipse.org/org/workinggroups/operations.php#other-resources-and-services
(SurveyMonkey not already listed here so falls under "other")
The intention is, as far as I know, to make the vote result for
choosing the logo be transparent at end of the voting period only
- not during the ongoing ballot.
The Eclipse Foundation AISBL as legal entity operating the MPWG is
located in Europe and must follow the GDPR.
This means the EF must have take care of use of personal data
(i.e. Names, Email, IP) according to GDPR by contracts with all
entities processing the personal data - which is on my opinion
impossible now with corporations form the US since the last
decisions of the European courts...
Another option is to let all user opt-in and accept the terms of
the service - but sharing the personal data before (let all users
of the Google Groups get invited or checked for being allowed to
vote by the external service) it not allowed!
Instead a list where users register themself in an informed way
could be an option or filter valid votes from the result data
outside the external service.
Another low barrier level option to get the voting done would be
to send the votes via email to the EMO with a special address
(when this server fulfil the requirements mentioned above).
Of course there is a difference in getting opinions instead of
making ballots and also agree in a small group to rules of the
group to fulfil the role within it - but I think, when the
intention is to get a vote by the wide community, we should not
establish barriers that prevent parts of community to vote or even
the risk to create legal issues.
I think having a GDPR conform tool allowing hidden votes available
as a service by the EF would be nice in the future, may be where
it is only necessary to login in with the Eclipse account?
Best,
Jan
During a prior marketing meeting, and generally
discussed in the Live Hangout as well, we agreed to allow the
community to vote on the compatibility logo from the list of
options in the attached PDF, with additional information
available in a
git issue We agreed to
run it by the Steering Committee for a vote for formal
approval.
Additional information:
* The compatibility logo applies MicroProfile
Platform specification only.
* Future discussions will decide if the logo will
also apply to component and standalone specifications.
* MicroProfile Google Group subscribers are
eligible to vote
* Survey Monkey will be used to conduct the vote
* Please vote by Tuesday, August 24th
Please vote on the ballot text below.
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RESOLVED,
the MicroProfile Steering Committee approves that the outcome of the MicroProfile Platform Compatibility Logo community voting will be a binding vote.
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