Beginning of the 2002 GNOME Foundation Elections

[GNOME Membership Committee <membership-committee gnome org>]

The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is proud to
announce the beginning of the 2002 elections for the Foundation's Board
of Directors. A description of the role of the Board can be found at
http://foundation.gnome.org/overview.html.


Being a candidate
-----------------

If you are a member of the GNOME Foundation and are interested in
running for election, you may nominate yourself by sending an e-mail to
foundation-announce gnome org with your name, e-mail address, corporate
affiliation (if any), and a description of why you'd like to serve. You
should also send a summary of your candidacy announcement (75 words or
less) to elections gnome org  If you are not yet a GNOME Foundation
member and would like to stand for election, you must first apply for
membership and be accepted to be eligible to run. (You may, however,
announce your candidacy prior to formal acceptance of your application;
should your application not be accepted, you will not be included on the
ballot.)


Calendar
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    October 2002
  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
        1  2  3  4  5
  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
-20-21-22-23-24-25-26- WE ARE HERE
 27 28 29 30(31)       applications/renewals close for elections

    November 2002
  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
                 1  2
  3 (4) 5 (6) 7  8  9  all candidates must be announced (4th)
                       announce official list of candidates running for
                       election (6th), questions emailed to all
                       candidates (6th)
 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
 24(25)26 27 28 29 30  ballots go out

    December 2002
  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
  1 (2)(3) 4  5  6  7  all ballots must be returned (2nd), preliminary
                       election result announced (3rd)
  8  9 10 11 12 13 14
 15 16 17 18 19(20)21  challenges to election results close
 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
 29 30 31

In the case of a tie, there's another round of votes starting December
3rd and ending December 9th.


Questions
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For more information, please look at the updated elections procedures at
http://foundation.gnome.org/electionrules.html. If you have any
questions, feel free to send them to elections gnome org or to
foundation-list gnome org 


The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee
  Eric Baudais
  Andy Tai
  Ghee Teo
  Vincent Untz