Supervisor: Mark Shuttleworth <>
Announced end of poll: 2009-08-31 20:00 UTC
Actual time poll closed: Mon Aug 31 17:25:06 2009
Private poll (130 authorized voters)
Actual votes cast: 84
Number of winning choices:
Condorcet completion rule:    (What is this?)
Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD
CIVS Ranked Pairs
MAM
Condorcet-IRV

Poll description

The Technical Board leads development policy in Ubuntu. They are responsible for the governance of the developer teams (classically ubuntu-core-dev and ubuntu-dev), they supervise Developer Membership Boards and they deal with technology choices that affect the whole platform. These candidates are nominated for a two-year term on the Technical Board. We are choosing 5 members in this election, there may be additional candidates and elections during the term of this Board.

Result

1. Martin Pitt  (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)
2. Matt Zimmerman  loses to Martin Pitt by 39–27
3. Scott James Remnant  loses to Martin Pitt by 51–17, loses to Matt Zimmerman by 40–27
4. Kees Cook  loses to Martin Pitt by 51–18, loses to Scott James Remnant by 39–34
5. Mark Shuttleworth  loses to Martin Pitt by 52–22, loses to Kees Cook by 41–32
6. Mario Limonciello  loses to Martin Pitt by 66–11, loses to Mark Shuttleworth by 52–25
7. Evan Dandrea  loses to Martin Pitt by 74–6, loses to Mario Limonciello by 40–19

For simplicity, some details of the poll result are not shown.  

Result details

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1. Martin Pitt   -39 51 51 52 66 74
2. Matt Zimmerman   27 -40 47 45 66 72
3. Scott James Remnant   17 27 -39 40 58 67
4. Kees Cook   18 23 34 -41 62 76
5. Mark Shuttleworth   22 22 29 32 -52 57
6. Mario Limonciello   11 13 19 14 25 -40
7. Evan Dandrea   6 8 10 5 21 19 -

Ballot reporting was not enabled for this poll.

The following matrix shows the strength of the strongest beatpath connecting each pair of choices. Choice 1 is ranked above choice 2 if there is a stronger beatpath leading from 1 to 2 than any leading from 2 to 1.

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1. Martin Pitt   -39–27 51–17 51–18 52–22 66–11 74–6
2. Matt Zimmerman   . -40–27 47–23 45–22 66–13 72–8
3. Scott James Remnant   . . -39–34 40–29 58–19 67–10
4. Kees Cook   . . . -41–32 62–14 76–5
5. Mark Shuttleworth   . . . . -52–25 57–21
6. Mario Limonciello   . . . . . -40–19
7. Evan Dandrea   . . . . . . -