DRAFT: Initial files for 2023 TOC Elections

elections/2023-TOC/OWNERS

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+# The OWNERS file is used by prow to automatically merge approved PRs.
+
+approvers:
+- geekygirldawn
+- jberkus
+- aliok
+reviewers:
+- geekygirldawn
+- jberkus
+- aliok

elections/2023-TOC/README.md

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+---
+title: "Knative TOC Election - 2023 Voters Guide"
+linkTitle: "2023 Voters Guide"
+weight: 30
+type: "docs"
+---
+
+# 2023 Voters Guide - Knative TOC Election
+
+## Purpose
+
+The role of this election is to fill the one (1) seat due for election this year on the [Knative Technical Oversight Committee]. The elected
+member will serve a two (2) year term.
+
+## Background
+
+This election will shape the future of Knative as a community and project.
+While WGs help shape the individual direction of the project, the
+[TOC Charter] covers the technical direction, health of the project
+and community as a whole.
+
+## Eligibility
+
+Please refer to the [TOC Election Charter] for:
+
+- [Eligibility for candidacy]
+- [Eligibility for voting] 
+
+The list of eligible voters is stored [in the community repository](https://github.com/knative/community/elections/2023-TOC/), but it is easier
+to check if you are eligible by logging into [Elekto]. See Voting Process below for more details.
+
+### Schedule
+
+| Date         | Event                    |
+| ------------ | ------------------------ |
+| May 3        | Announcement of Election |
+| May 10       | All candidate nominations are due by 23:59 UTC (4:59pm Pacific) |
+| May 13       | Election Begins via Elekto UI |
+| May 24       | Voting exception forms are due by 23:59 UTC (4:59pm Pacific)
+| May 27       | Election Closes by 23:59 UTC (4:59pm Pacific) |
+| June 1       | Announcement of Results |
+
+## Election Officers
+
+In an effort to run a fair and transparent election, the following people
+have been asked by the Steering Committee to run this election:
+
+- [Dawn Foster](https://github.com/geekygirldawn)
+- [Ali Ok](https://github.com/aliok)
+
+You can reach us by emailing [email protected]
+
+## Candidacy Process
+
+**Nomination**
+
+If you want to stand for election, open a PR against the
+[knative/community repository](https://github.com/knative/community) to include
+your candidate profile in the `/elections/2023-TOC` folder, with the following
+filename format:
+
+```
+candidate-yourname.md
+```
+
+`yourname` in the template file should match your GitHub handle.
+
+We have included a template file as an example. This profile should include:
+
+* Your name
+* Your company affiliation (employer or otherwise)
+* Your contributions to Knative
+* Why you are running
+
+You can find [examples from the last TOC election](https://github.com/knative/community/tree/main/elections/2022-TOC).
+
+Once you have created the PR, you may email [email protected] and/or
+[email protected] *once* to let people know about your candidacy
+and encourage endorsements as comments on the PR.  Please use something like
+the text below for your email in order to encourage endorsements in GitHub and
+not on the mailing list:
+
+```
+Fellow Knative community members,
+
+My name is {your name} and I am running for TOC.  You can read
+my profile here: {link to PR}.  If you support my candidacy, please endorse me
+by commenting on that PR.  Please don't reply to endorse me on this list.
+```
+
+After a candidate has met all election requirements, the Election Officers will
+merge the profile PR.
+
+If you want to nominate someone else, you may do so, but PLEASE talk to them
+first.
+
+**Campaigning**
+
+Please refer to the [TOC Election Charter] and understand
+that we care deeply about [limiting corporate campaigning]. The election
+officers and members of the Steering Committee [pledge to recuse] themselves
+from any form of electioneering.
+
+You should be running as a "brand free" individual, based on your contribution
+to the project as a member of this community, outside of whatever corporate
+roles you may hold.
+
+## Voting Process
+
+Elections will be held once again using [Elekto], an online voting tool created
+as a CNCF internal project. As a reminder it relies on GitHub Oauth to log you
+in to vote, instead of relying on email.
+
+Thus, when you go to [Elekto] you will be prompted to log in your GitHub account.
+Please do so, and then click on "Explore Election" to look at the list of 
+elections.  From there you can click on the "2023 Knative TOC Election."
+
+The election page will, among other things, tell you if you are eligible to vote,
+via a button at the top of the screen. Due to limitations in our contributor
+data, many contributors may have been unfairly missed; if you are one of these,
+please [file a voting exception] by the deadline above so that we can enfranchise you.
+
+As candidates file their candidate statements in the community repo, they will
+become visible in the [Elekto] UI.  You may click through to any candidate
+to see their profile.
+
+Once the vote begins, you will be able to rank the candidates in the order of
+your preference, and submit your ballot.  When you submit, you will be offered
+a chance to set a password, which is required if you want the ability to return
+and re-cast your ballot before the voting deadline above.
+
+Our Elekto system runs on a server blade in the Red Hat Open Source Community Infrastructure (OSCI) 
+lab, and data is not shared with third parties.  Individual ballot data is encrypted, and not retrievable 
+by anyone except in aggregate form.
+
+### Decision
+
+Ballots are compiled by Elekto and all candidates are ranked using the [Condorcet]
+method, Schultze variant.
+
+For more information, definitions, and/or detailed election process, please refer to
+the [TOC Election Charter].
+
+[Knative Technical Oversight Committee]: https://github.com/knative/community/blob/master/TECH-OVERSIGHT-COMMITTEE.md
+[TOC Charter]: https://github.com/knative/community/blob/main/TECH-OVERSIGHT-COMMITTEE.md#charter
+[TOC Election Charter]: https://github.com/knative/community/blob/master/mechanics/TOC.md
+
+[limiting corporate campaigning]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering/blob/master/elections.md#limiting-corporate-campaigning
+[pledge to recuse]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering/blob/master/elections.md#steering-committee-and-election-officer-recusal
+
+[Eligibility for candidacy]: https://github.com/knative/community/blob/master/mechanics/TOC.md#candidate-eligibility
+[Eligibility for voting]: https://github.com/knative/community/blob/master/mechanics/TOC.md#candidate-eligibility#voter-eligibility
+[Elekto]: https://elections.knative.dev
+[file a voting exception]: https://elections.knative.dev/app/elections/2023-TOC/exception
+[Condorcet]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method

elections/2023-TOC/election.yaml

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+name: Knative 2023 TOC Election
+organization: Knative
+start_datetime: 2023-05-13 00:00:01
+end_datetime: 2023-05-27 23:59:00
+no_winners: 1
+allow_no_opinion: True
+delete_after: True
+show_candidate_fields:
+  - affiliation
+  - owners
+election_officers:
+  - geekygirldawn
+  - aliok
+eligibility: All Knative contributors with more than 50 contributions are eligible to vote
+exception_description: If you should be eligible to vote, and find that you are unable to, please fill out the exceptions form.    Otherwise, contact [email protected].
+exception_due: 2023-05-24 23:59:00

elections/2023-TOC/election_desc.md

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+# 2023 Voters Guide - Knative TOC Election
+
+The role of this election is to fill the one (1) seat due for election this year on the [Knative Technical Oversight Committee](https://github.com/knative/community/blob/master/TECH-OVERSIGHT-COMMITTEE.md). The elected member will serve a two (2) year term.
+
+This election will shape the future of Knative as a community and project.
+While working groups help shape the direction of individual subprojects, the
+TOC Charter covers the technical direction, health of the project
+and community as a whole.
+
+This is a brief summary of the election; for more details, such as how to become a candidate, [see the README](https://github.com/knative/community/blob/main/elections/2023-TOC/README.md).
+
+## Eligibility
+
+All Knative contributors with [50 or more contributions](https://knative.devstats.cncf.io/d/9/developer-activity-counts-by-repository-group-table?orgId=1&var-period_name=Last%20year) over the last year are eligible to vote.  You will see either ELIGIBLE or NOT ELIGIBLE at the top of this screen.  If you are not eligible, but should be, please [file an exception request](https://elections.knative.dev/app/elections/2023-TOC/exception) or contact [email protected].
+
+### Schedule
+
+* May 3  - Announcement of Election 
+* May 10 - All candidate nominations are due by 23:59 UTC (4:59pm Pacific)
+* May 13 - Election Begins via Elekto UI
+* May 24 - Voting exception forms are due by 23:59 UTC (4:59pm Pacific)
+* May 27 - Election Closes by 23:59 UTC (4:59pm Pacific)
+* June 1 - Announcement of Results
+
+## Changing Your Vote
+
+With Elekto, you may revoke and re-cast your ballot until the election deadline above.  To do so, set a passphrase when you cast your ballot; as long as you have that passphrase, you may re-cast your ballot by returning to the site.

elections/2023-TOC/nomination-template.md

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+-------------------------------------------------------------
+name: Your Name
+ID: GithubID
+info:
+  - affiliation: Employer or other org affiliation
+  - owners: an owners file you're an approver in
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Here's a paragraph about my contributions to Knative.
+
+Here's a paragraph about why I'm running.
+
+(Copy this as candidate-yourname.md and create a PR. `yourname` in the filename should match your Github handle)

elections/2023-TOC/voters.yaml

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+eligible_voters:
+ - pierDipi
+ - dprotaso
+ - psschwei
+ - matzew
+ - lance
+ - evankanderson
+ - matejvasek
+ - nak3
+ - davidhadas
+ - aliok
+ - abrennan89
+ - cardil
+ - kvmware
+ - upodroid
+ - gab-satchi
+ - lkingland
+ - houshengbo
+ - aavarghese
+ - zroubalik
+ - dsimansk
+ - skonto
+ - creydr
+ - nader-ziada
+ - lionelvillard
+ - gabo1208
+ - mgencur
+ - csantanapr
+ - maximilien
+ - jwcesign
+ - ReToCode
+ - carlisia
+ - rhuss
+ - salaboy
+ - liuchangyan
+ - aslom
+ - mattmoor
+ - AngeloDanducci
+ - KauzClay
+ - chzhyang
+ - jrangelramos
+ - snneji
+ - haubenr
+ - daisy-ycguo
+ - vyasgun
+ - astelmashenko
+ - vaikas
+ - grafvonb
+ - Vishal-Chdhry
+ - chizhg
+ - geekygirldawn
+ - k4leung4
+ - ricardozanini
+ - nainaz
+ - kahirokunn
+ - xxinran
+ - puerco
+ - mchmarny
+ - smoser-ibm 

groups/committee-steering/groups.yaml

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     members:
       - [email protected]
       - [email protected]
-      - [email protected]
+      - [email protected]