Thread:Podaci/@comment-38618536-20190224013236/@comment-30544675-20190224142644

Last year we went through a lengthy series of discussions and votes. We discussed and voted on how many admins we will have, how long the terms should be, do sitting admins need to be re-elected, how the voting would work, who would adminster the vote, and a few other things.

This thread is a good place to start: Summary - the Admin discussion so far

We determined:  we will have 5 admins, they are elected to 1 year terms, all 5 positions are up for re-election each year. Each eligible member can vote for up to 5 people. (It is OK to vote for fewer.)  Sannse ran the vote last year and after a discussion that she moderated to establish the membership date for eligibility to vote. There was a concern that someone might try to influence the results by recruiting friends to sign up and vote. The eligibility date of "when the election process started" was certainly early enough to prevent that.

All 5 admins terms are expiring soon so we need to elect 5 members to serve as admins for the next year. The voting structure itself was straightforward, fair, and easy to count. Any trusted member who is not running this year can administer the vote. It's not a secret ballot and anyone can check the results themselves. Unless 5th and 6th places are very close, it should be conclusive.

Other than nominations and making a "ballot", the only remaining detail to be determined is establishing the eligibility date be for 2019. I suggest the cutoff date should be when the voting thread is posted. The vote administrator can look at any unfamiliar names and see when they joined, and compare that to the time stamp of when the vote thread was posted. It could be "when the election process started" which could be interpreted several ways. Perhaps it should be as of the time the nomination thread opens.