ZCG Committee Election (June 2023)

Governance ZCG Elections
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Agree 100%. That’s why we’re letting the poll run its course.

The potential (but I think unlikely) scenario that we face here is one where Beth receives more approval votes than one (or both) of the other candidates.

Fortunately, we have somewhat of a precedent in how SJL’s seat on the committee was filled after she resigned - the seat was offered to the first runner up in the election (DC from ECC) who declined, leading to it being offered to the second runner up (@ml_sudo), who accepted. I see no reason not to take the same approach here.

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I think we should collaboratively draft an “MGRC Elections Process” ZIP to govern future ZCG elections.

I’ve created a new topic for this.

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I will not vote in this performative election. I encourage other community members to abstain from this pointless vote.

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I don’t think it matters. What it does expose is how non-independent they truly are. It’s a good sign, because in the end it will allow ZCG to grow its reach.

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It would be nice if this page were updated to reflect what’s going on with Beth’s candidacy, since that’s the link sent out via email to ZCAP panelists. I don’t look at the forums very often so I had no idea.

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Try clearing your cache and reloading the page?

Also, check your Spam filter settings - an email was sent out to voters lat week notifying them of Beth’s withdrawal:

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Archive from earlier today where Beth’s name is not withdrawn: Polling Opens for the Zcash Community Grants Committee Election - Zcash Foundation

(maybe was a cache issue on the side of your CDN or something?)

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Even though I advocated for canceling the poll, I nonetheless put in my ceremonious ballot for GGuy and Wobbzz out of respect for their dedicated service to our shared mission :saluting_face:

I hope the confusion around the election doesn’t detract from their deserved appointments.

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We sometimes have to manually clear the server-side cache when we update pages. My bad - I should have confirmed the change had propagated.

Of more concern is the fact you didn’t see the email. Can you check your Spam folder?

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Of more concern is the fact you didn’t see the email. Can you check your Spam folder?

It’s not in my spam folder. I had searched “zcash foundation” earlier in my email account to find the link to the poll, and every email regarding the poll except the email discussing Beth’s withdrawal showed up because that email from “Helios Voting Bot” (the one you posted a picture of) happened to not contain the text “zcash foundation” in it.

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But just to confirm - you did receive the email? It’s just that you couldn’t find it when you searched for it?

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Yes. I didn’t see it originally because it blended in with some of the spam I get in my inbox, but it was not marked as spam.

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That’s good. We’ll try to ensure that future emails contain relevant keywords to help make it easier to find them!

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The results are in.

@wobbzz is re-elected to the committee, and they will be joined by new member @GGuy. Congratulations to you both!

I want to thank @Beth. Although she ended up withdrawing her candidacy, her ideas and contributions to the discussion were both valuable and welcome, and I particularly enjoyed her enthusiasm and positivity during the Community Call with the candidates.

@Beth: Thank you! I’m really pleased you’ll be involved in supporting ZCG going forward!

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Thanks everyone.

Second this. Genuinely excited to have the opportunity to work with @Beth. :tada:

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Awesome to have you on board GGuy!

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