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OPNFV community elections are executed in a transparent and fair manner in accordance with the OPNFV bylaws complete by-laws.

OPNFV community elections are held annually with elected nominees service a one year term where possible. Elections are traditionally held during September at the end of the previous term for elected roles in accordance with OPNFV's annual cycle beginning October 1st.

The process is defined as follows to ensure community members are aware of an election, have an opportunity to check the voter roster, and are aware of candidates who have already nominated before themselves nominating to run.

For all OPNFV community elections full (anonymized) results are published to allow independent verification of the results.

Elections for the community board seat are held annually.

• Elections are announced on the 1st of September, or the date of the first TSC meeting after September 1st, on the opnfv-tech-discuss mailing list.
  • At this time the list of eligible voters, who are also eligible to be candidates, will be published to the OPNFV web-site allowing one week for errors and omissions to be corrected.
• The nomination period will begin one week after announcing the election and will continue for one week, until 14 days after the election announcement. Nominations of candidates can be made either as self-nominations, or by any candidate on their behalf although the nomination must be accepted by the nominee to be valid.
• The list of valid nominees will be announced on opnfv-tech-discuss at the end of the nomination period and posted to the community wiki. One week will be allowed for community debate and discussion.
• Polls will be open for one week, from the 21st day after announcing the election until the 28th day at which point results will be sent to opnfv-tech-discuss and posted on the wiki.

Elections for the community board seat are held annually. (this is according to current bylaws, assuming we would aim at the same election cadence even if we don't start there.)

• Elections are announced on the 1st of September, or the date of the first TSC meeting after September 1st, on the opnfv-tech-discuss mailing list.
  • At this time the list of eligible voters, who are also eligible to be candidates, will be published to the OPNFV web-site allowing one week for errors and omissions to be corrected.
• The nomination period will begin one week after announcing the election and will continue for one week, until 14 days after the election announcement. Nominations of candidates can be made either as self-nominations, or by any candidate on their behalf although the nomination must be accepted by the nominee to be valid.
• The list of valid nominees will be announced on opnfv-tech-discuss at the end of the nomination period and posted to the community wiki. One week will be allowed for community debate and discussion.
• Polls will be open for one week, from the 21st day after announcing the election until the 28th day at which point results will be sent to opnfv-tech-discuss and posted on the wiki.

• Elections are announced on the 7th of September, or the date of the first TSC meeting after September 7th, on the opnfv-tech-discuss mailing list.
• The nomination period will begin one week after announcing the election and will continue for one week, until 14 days after the election announcement. The nomination process for the TSC chairperson is by self-nomination.
• Polls will be open for one week, from the 21st day after announcing the election until the 21st day at which point results will be sent to opnfv-tech-discuss and posted on the wiki.