Re: Draft: Announcement of Change to Bylaws Announcement

["Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay" <sankarshan randomink org>]

On 9/12/07, Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr> wrote:

> Please proofread the announcement mail, if everything looks alright, we
> can announce the referandum on Friday.
>
> --
>
> GNOME Foundation Membership Committee
>
> Announcement of Change to Bylaws Referandum
> --------------------------------------------
>
> The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is proud to
> announce the beginning of the Change to Bylaws Referandum. You can

pleased to announce ? Guess that's the standard format :)

> find some context information about this referendum at
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-September/msg00017.html
> and
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-August/msg00025.html

Relevant information regarding discussions on this referendum can be
read at the following URLs:

<insert URL>

> --
> Who can vote?
> -------------
>
> To be able to vote, you need to be a member of the GNOME Foundation and
> your membership needs to be valid at least until the end of the
> referandum. For example, a member whose membership ends on September 21th
> 2007 won't be able to vote for the referandum.

referendum (there's 2 instances of typographical omission in the above
paragraph)

> If you're not a member of the GNOME Foundation or if you need to renew
> your membership, you have to apply at
> http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.php before September
> 21th 2007 (23:59 UTC).
>
> If you have applied before this date and if you are accepted, then you
> will be able to vote for these referandum.

referendum

> Timeline
> --------
> (all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)
>
>     September 2007
>  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>                     1
>   2  3  4  5  6  7  8
>   9 10 11 12 13(14)15   official proposal of bylaws amendment announced to members (14th)
>  16 17 18 19 20(21)22   membership renewals closed (21st)
>  23 24 25 26 27(28)29   amendment proposal period ends (28th)
>                         ballots are sent (28th)
>  30
>
>     October 2007
>  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>      1  2  3  4  5  6
>   7  8  9 10 11(12)13  ballots must be returned (12th)
> (14)15 16 17 18 19 20  preliminary results announced (15th)
> (21)22 23 24 25 26 27  challenges to the results close (21st)
>  28 29 30 31
>
> In the case of a tie, another round of votes will happen after the
> preliminary results are announced.

Announcement for the second round of votes, if required, would follow
in due course.



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