<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now that we’ve made the urgent changes to be able to hold exceptional virtual meetings, I’d like to discuss two additional sets of changes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">First, during the discussion of the virtual meetings, we realized and I mentioned that there were some minor changes necessary to the RCM/FRM procedures for completing an MPI Standard Document. Those changes are available here: <a href="https://github.com/mpi-forum/procedures/pull/6" class="">Update to RCM/FRM rules for GitHub</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Second, Martin and I have been discussing the need for a more formal elections system for a while to get ready for the next round of MPI Standard Documents so there would be a more clear process for replacing officers or confirming them in their existing roles (to avoid the more on-the-fly discussion that we had after MPI 3.1). I’m proposing some text to formalize that here: <a href="https://github.com/mpi-forum/procedures/pull/7" class="">https://github.com/mpi-forum/procedures/pull/7</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A very short version of what’s in the proposal is:</div><div class=""><ol class=""><li class="">Add a definition for MPI Forum Treasurer (to replace the current role of Meeting Convener, which has largely morphed into treasurer over the past few years anyway).</li><li class="">Officers serve through one “major release cycle” (from MPI 4.0 -> MPI 5.0) to provide longer term continuity by default.</li><li class="">Nominations open at the Release Candidate Meeting and elections occur at the Final Ratification Meeting for the major versions. Elections are a simple majority (not plurality) to avoid deadlock.</li><li class="">Officers may vacate their positions if needed and will be replaced at the next voting meeting.</li></ol></div><div class="">These rules would apply to the four “officer” positions that the MPI Forum currently recognizes:</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">Chair</li><li class="">Secretary</li><li class="">Treasurer</li><li class="">Document Editor</li></ul></div><div class="">All of the details are available in the relatively short pull request so please go over that when you have a chance.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll present both of these pull requests briefly on Wednesday during the virtual meeting before we start the main topic from Rolf on Virtual Topologies.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Wes</div></div></body></html>