The staff and board of the Drupal Association would like to congratulate our newest At-Large board member:
Leslie Glynn
Leslie has more than 30 years of experience in the tech field as a software developer and project manager. She has been a freelance Drupal Project Manager and Site Builder since 2012. Glynn is very active in the Drupal community as an event organizer (Design 4 Drupal, Boston and NEDCamp), sprint organizer, mentor, trainer and volunteer. She is the winner of the 2019 Aaron Winborn Award. This annual award recognizes an individual who demonstrates personal integrity, kindness, and above-and-beyond commitment to the Drupal community.
Being a volunteer at numerous Drupal camps and DrupalCons has given me the opportunity to meet and learn from many diverse members of the Drupal community. I hope to bring that knowledge and experience to my work on Drupal Association initiatives. One of the things I would like to help with is growing Drupal adoption through new initiatives that reach out to under-represented and diverse groups through an increased presence at secondary schools and universities and to groups such as "Girls Who Code" and other groups in the tech space.
We are all looking forward to working with you, Leslie.
Thank you to all our candidates
On behalf of all the staff and board of the Drupal Association, and I’m sure the rest of the Drupal community, I would like to thank all of those people who stood for election this year. It truly is a big commitment to contribution and one to be applauded. We wish you well for 2019 and hope to see you back in 2020!
About the Elections Methodology: Instant Run-off Voting (IRV)
Elections for the Community-at-large positions on the Drupal Association Board are conducted through Instant Run-off Voting. This means that voters can rank candidates according to their preference. When tabulating ballots, the voters' top-ranked choices are considered first. If no candidate has more than 50% of the vote, the candidate with the lowest votes is eliminated. Then the ballots are tabulated again, with all the ballots that had the eliminated candidate as their first rank now recalculated with their second rank choices. This process is repeated until only two candidates remain and a clear winner can be determined. This voting method helps to ensure that the candidate who is most preferred by the most number of voters is ultimately elected. You can learn more about IRV (also known as Alternative Vote) in this video.
Detailed Voting Results
There were 12 candidates in contention for the single vacancy among the two community-at-large seats on the Board. 1,050 voters cast their ballots out of a pool of 49,498 eligible voters (2.2%).
The full results output is below. The system allows for candidates to keep their name hidden, if they choose, so we replaced the names of those who did with a candidate number:
The number of voters is 1050 and there were 998 valid votes
and 52 empty votes. Removed withdrawn candidate Tushar Thatikonda from
the ballots.
Counting votes using Instant Runoff Voting.
R|Candi|Candi|Imre |Brian|Candi|Shada|Ahmad|Candi|Alann|Manji|Lesli|Exhau
|date |date |Gmeli| Gilb|date |b Ash| Khal|date |a Bur|t Sin|e Gly|sted
|4 |3 |g Mei|ert |2 |raf |il |1 |ke |gh |nn |
| | |jling| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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1| 71| 74| 166| 119| 36| 45| 7| 115| 67| 116| 182| 0
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| Count of first choices.
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2| 71| 75| 167| 120| 36| 46| | 116| 67| 117| 183| 0
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| Count after eliminating Ahmad Khalil and transferring votes.
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3| 72| 76| 177| 124| | 47| | 118| 68| 117| 185| 14
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| Count after eliminating Candidate 2 and transferring votes.
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4| 74| 76| 178| 125| | | | 132| 70| 130| 186| 27
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| Count after eliminating Shadab Ashraf and transferring votes.
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5| 89| 77| 183| 133| | | | 142| | 131| 211| 32
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| Count after eliminating Alanna Burke and transferring votes.
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6| 93| | 192| 134| | | | 151| | 134| 217| 77
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| Count after eliminating Candidate 3 and transferring votes.
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7| | | 199| 149| | | | 177| | 136| 248| 89
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| Count after eliminating Candidate 4 and transferring votes.
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8| | | 208| 163| | | | 228| | | 254| 145
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| Count after eliminating Manjit Singh and transferring votes.
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9| | | 239| | | | | 247| | | 296| 216
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| Count after eliminating Brian Gilbert and transferring votes.
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10| | | | | | | | 288| | | 359| 351
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| Count after eliminating Imre Gmelig Meijling and transferring votes.
| Final round is between Candidate 1 and Leslie Glynn.
| Candidate Leslie Glynn is elected.
Winner is Leslie Glynn.