[WOU-20240519-1] Project Manager

[Elvish_Hunter]

SUMMARY:

Informs of the Project Manager Election results and designates the Wesnoth Project Manager

TYPE:

Executive Order

SOURCE:

Board of Directors

DECISION PROCESS & RESULTS:

Constitutional Vote - Article 12

Board Vote - Article 12

CONTENTS:

Taking into consideration the recent publishing of the first stable version of the Wesnoth 1.18.x maintenance series on all major platforms, a Project Manager Election process was held by the Wesnoth, Inc. Board of Directors to allow the Battle for Wesnoth Project to elect its Project Manager for the 1.19.x development cycle. This was done through a Constitutional Vote as stipulated by Article 12 of the Constitution.

The results of the Constitutional Vote are as follows:

* Procedure: Voluntary Majority
* Electorate: 17 (Article 12 point b)
* Candidacy Period: March 29 2024 00:05 UTC - April 27 00:00 UTC
* Candidates: Pentarctagon, Vultraz
* Voting Period: April 27 2024 18:44 UTC - May 12 2024 00:00 UTC
* Votes: Pentarctagon (8), Vultraz (1)
* Abstentions: 8

Article 12 requires the Board of Directors to hold a Board Vote to confirm and legitimize the Project's choice. The results of the Board Vote are as follows:

* Procedure: Two-thirds Supermajority
* In Favor/Against/Abstentions: 3/0/0

The Board of Directors hereby recognizes Pentarctagon to be the elected Wesnoth Project Manager, with the full attributions and responsibilities granted to them by the Project Constitution. It is now their responsibility to appoint their Project Council and prepare the Development Roadmap for Wesnoth 1.20 in cooperation with the Development Team. It is also recommended to them to publish any status reports, technical recommendations and executive orders resulting from their administration's decision-making processes through the same WOU format and channel used up to this point by the Board of Directors.