Re: Official Ballot for 2003 GNOME Foundation Elections

[Eric Baudais <baudais kkpsi org>]

Guys-

I would just like to be the first to say I am an idiot.  Hopefully
I'll vote correctly now.

Eric Baudais

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:56:04PM -0600, Eric Baudais wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 02:59:21PM -0500, GNOME Foundation Elections wrote:
> > Dear Eric Baudais,
> > 
> > It is with great pleasure that the GNOME Membership Committee is
> > announcing the start of the 2003 GNOME Foundation Election voting
> > period. Your vote should be received by Friday, December 5th 2003,
> > 23:59 UTC.
> > 
> > This is your ballot for voting in the elections for the GNOME
> > Foundation Board of Directors.
> > 
> > 
> > About the elections
> > ===================
> > 
> > As a reminder, more information about the candidates can be found at
> > this URL:
> > 
> >   http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2003/candidates.html
> > 
> > Information about the GNOME Foundation is here:
> > 
> >   http://foundation.gnome.org/
> > 
> > Also, general discussion of the candidates can be found in the 2003
> > November (and possibly December) archives for foundation-list at:
> > 
> >   http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/
> > 
> > Please take the time to learn about the candidates and their expected
> > tasks and aspirations as members of the GNOME Foundation Board.
> > 
> > 
> > Voting instructions
> > ===================
> > 
> > You may vote for up to 11 different candidates. The 11 candidates with
> > the most votes will become the new board, subject to a maximum of four
> > board members with the same company affiliation. 
> > 
> > At the end of the voting period, all votes will be posted publicly
> > for verification; this is NOT a secret ballot. At that time, please
> > verify that your vote was received and counted and alert
> > elections gnome org if it was not.
> > 
> > Concerns or questions about the voting process should be sent to
> > elections gnome org  Results will be announced as soon as possible
> > after voting closes (most probably on December 8th).
> > 
> > To vote, send an email to vote gnome org (you can just reply to this
> > mail: the '> ' coming from the reply are okay). Your mail should contain
> > the following three personalized authentication lines, unmodified:
> > 
> > Member: Eric Baudais
> > Member Address: baudais kkpsi org
> > Validation Token: 9f2375db9af3f5c5eb43dfc317c1c20f
> > 
> > These three lines allow us to verify that you are a foundation member
> > and that your email came from you.
> > 
> > The remainder of your email should name up to 11 candidates you wish
> > to vote for. The order of the names is not relevant. Please include
> > both the name and ID number of each candidate exactly as they appear
> > below, one candidate per line. Try not to include any text in your
> > email other than the three authentication lines followed by the
> > candidates you're voting for.
> > 
> > You shall receive a confirmation for your vote.
> > 
> > Invalid vote
> > ============
> > 
> > Your ballot will be considered invalid if one of these conditions
> > has been violated:
> > * there is no member e-mail address
> > * the member e-mail address is not the e-mail address this ballot was
> > sent to
> > * there is no validation token
> > * the validation token is not valid
> > * there are too many candidates chosen (more than 11)
> > * there is no candidate chosen
> > * there is a duplicate vote for a candidate
> > 
> > 
> > Your ballot
> > ===========
> > 
> > >> DO NOT DELETE THIS <<
> > Member: Eric Baudais
> > Member Address: baudais kkpsi org
> > Validation Token: 9f2375db9af3f5c5eb43dfc317c1c20f
> > >> DO NOT DELETE THIS <<
> > 
> > The candidates are: 
> > 
> >  GLYNN FOSTER (ID# 2)
> >  LUIS VILLA (ID# 3)
> >  LESLIE PROCTOR (ID# 5)
> >  NAT FRIEDMAN (ID# 6)
> >  JODY GOLDBERG (ID# 7)
> >  JONATHAN BLANDFORD (ID# 8)
> >  OWEN TAYLOR (ID# 9)
> >  DAVE CAMP (ID# 10)
> >  SRI RAMKRISHNA (ID# 11)
> >  MALCOLM TREDINNICK (ID# 12)
> >  JEFF WAUGH (ID# 13)
> >  
> > 
> > Deadline
> > ========
> > 
> > Votes will not be accepted after Friday, December 5th 2003, 23:59 UTC,
> > so make sure you vote before this time.
> > 
> > 
> > The GNOME Foundation Election & Membership Committee
> >  
> >   Eric Baudais <baudais kkpsi org>
> >   Andy Tai <atai atai org>
> >   Ghee Teo <ghee teo sun com>
> >   Vincent Untz <vincent vuntz net>
> 
> -- 
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> truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
>                                              --Tennessee Williams
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