Paul Moore
securepaul@fosstodon.org
I'm a little surprised and disappointed that the 2023 Linux Foundation TAB election only has five candidates running for the five open seats. All five of the candidates are existing TAB members.
It would seem like one of the issues the TAB should focus on this year is getting more people interested in TAB participation.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/e851a8e5-c4c2-4b5d-887a-509e591cff49@intel.com
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Looking at the results email, it appears that of the 992 eligible voters, only 203 voted. That's not a great stat, and it may help explain why there were only five candidates, all existing TAB members.
There are probably a few things one can take from this, but I can't help but wonder if the core issue is that the majority of Linux kernel developers simply don't care about the Linux Foundation's TAB?
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Farce Majeure
vathpela@better.boston@securepaul I suspect that's it, yeah. I think most people think it's completely inconsequential resume padding.
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Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) 
Conan_Kudo@fosstodon.org
@kees @securepaul I think that would help a lot.
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Paul Moore
securepaul@fosstodon.org@kees I think working to make TAB more visible would be worthwhile. I would also like to see some focus on why normal developers and maintainers should care about the TAB.
The Linux kernel exists, and has succeeded, because of the community that contributes to it. I often worry that the LF, and to some extent the TAB, is intended to represent, and speak for, the Linux kernel community. Perhaps with newer and smaller communities that works, but I worry that this is the wrong approach for Linux.
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