2019 Drupal Association at-large election winner announced

By rachel_norfolk on 9 September 2019

The staff and board of the Drupal Association would like to congratulate our newest At-Large board member:

Leslie Glynn

Leslie Glynn portrait photo 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|     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     
  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     
==========================================================================
 1|   71|   74|  166|  119|   36|   45|    7|  115|   67|  116|  182|    0
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count of first choices.
==========================================================================
 2|   71|   75|  167|  120|   36|   46|     |  116|   67|  117|  183|    0
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Ahmad Khalil and transferring votes.
==========================================================================
 3|   72|   76|  177|  124|     |   47|     |  118|   68|  117|  185|   14
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Candidate 2  and transferring votes.
==========================================================================
 4|   74|   76|  178|  125|     |     |     |  132|   70|  130|  186|   27
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Shadab Ashraf and transferring votes.
==========================================================================
 5|   89|   77|  183|  133|     |     |     |  142|     |  131|  211|   32
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Alanna Burke and transferring votes.
==========================================================================
 6|   93|     |  192|  134|     |     |     |  151|     |  134|  217|   77
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Candidate 3 and transferring votes.
==========================================================================
 7|     |     |  199|  149|     |     |     |  177|     |  136|  248|   89
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Candidate 4 and transferring votes.
==========================================================================
 8|     |     |  208|  163|     |     |     |  228|     |     |  254|  145
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Manjit Singh and transferring votes.
==========================================================================
 9|     |     |  239|     |     |     |     |  247|     |     |  296|  216
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Brian Gilbert and transferring votes.
==========================================================================
10|     |     |     |     |     |     |     |  288|     |     |  359|  351
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  | 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.

Comments

Congrats Leslie Glynn!

samaphp

Arabic

Riyadh, SA 🇸🇦

commented 9 September 2019 at 14:29

Congrats Leslie Glynn!
You have a great experience, you will be an amazing addition.
Wishing you all the best.

Thank you

leslieg commented 9 September 2019 at 16:19

Thank you

Thank you to everyone that

leslieg commented 9 September 2019 at 16:32

Thank you to everyone that took the time to vote in the election and to all the other excellent candidates from around the world. Each of the candidates should be congratulated on running and for all the great things they do for the Drupal Community. I am surprised and honored to have been selected from such a great group of individuals. I am looking forward to serving on the board to help move the Drupal project forward. Thank you.

Congratulations, Leslie! And

rszrama commented 9 September 2019 at 18:24

Congratulations, Leslie! And welcome aboard. : )

Thanks Ryan

leslieg commented 9 September 2019 at 19:02

Thanks Ryan

Congrats Leslie Glynn!

WebKings.ca

He/Him

London (Canada)

commented 9 September 2019 at 20:26

Congrats @leslieg.. I wish you success in your new position.. All the best...

Thanks Ahmad. You were one of

leslieg commented 9 September 2019 at 21:47

Thanks Ahmad. You were one of the excellent group of candidates running this year. Thanks for all you do for the Drupal community

Thank you

WebKings.ca

He/Him

London (Canada)

commented 10 September 2019 at 18:04

Thank you for your warm words @leslieg... My passion for the Drupal project stems from the wonderful changes Drupal has made in my life and the mission statement of the origins of the Drupal project based on an open-source, open-minded, diverse & inclusive mentality...

Again, Kudos to you for your new position and looking forward to the positive impact you'll definitely have on the Drupal Association...

Congrats @leslieg. All the

gargsuchi commented 10 September 2019 at 04:55

Congrats @leslieg. All the best for the next 2 years. I am sure you will be wonderful.

Thank you

leslieg commented 10 September 2019 at 11:49

Thank you

Congratulations, Leslie! :)

shadab.ashraf

New Delhi

commented 10 September 2019 at 05:22

Congratulations, Leslie! :)

Thanks

leslieg commented 10 September 2019 at 11:51

Thanks Shadab for being one of the excellent group of candidates running this year and for all you do for the Drupal community. Keep up the good work in the Event Organizers group.