Re: Official Ballot for GNOME Foundation Referendum

[Akira TAGOH <tagoh gnome gr jp>]

>>>>> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:01:25 +0200 (CEST),
>>>>> GNOME Foundation Elections <elections gnome org> wrote:

> Dear Akira Tagoh,
> It is with great pleasure that the GNOME Membership Committee is
> announcing the start of the Anonymous Voting Referendum period. Your
> vote should be received by Friday, October 8th 2004, 23:59 UTC.

> This is your ballot for voting in the referendum.


> About the Referendum
> ====================

> In September 2003, the board discussed a possible move toward an
> anonymous voting scheme for the annual GNOME Foundation board of
> directors elections and brought it to the members on
> foundation-list gnome org  

> You can read this thread here:

> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2003-September/msg00008.html

> After much discussion, it was agreed that there was significant
> objection to this so that the GNOME Foundation should hold a referendum
> to decide whether future elections should use an anonymous voting
> mechanism.

> Anonymous voting would allow members to vote for the board of directors
> in privacy. While the breakdown of results will be open, the individual 
> who voted for a given list of people will not be named.

> Information about the GNOME Foundation is here:

>   http://foundation.gnome.org/

> Voting instructions
> ===================

> Do you agree with an anonymous voting process for any future GNOME
> Foundation elections and referenda?

> The choices are:

> *YES* or *NO*

> 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  Preliminary results will be announced as soon as
> possible after voting closes (most probably on October 11th). Challenges
> to these preliminary results should be sent prior to October 22th.

> 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: Akira Tagoh
> Member Address: tagoh gnome gr jp
> Validation Token: 7d6c225d2454c0e7ac9e37af1bc937dc

> These three lines allow us to verify that you are a foundation member
> and that your email came from you.

> Try not to include any text in your email other than the three
> authentication lines followed by the choice 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

> Your ballot
> ===========

>>> DO NOT DELETE THIS <<
> Member: Akira Tagoh
> Member Address: tagoh gnome gr jp
> Validation Token: 7d6c225d2454c0e7ac9e37af1bc937dc
>>> DO NOT DELETE THIS <<

> Do you agree with an anonymous voting process for any future GNOME
> Foundation elections and referenda?

> The choices are: 

> YES # keep this line if you want to vote for yes, else you should drop it

> Deadline
> ========

> Votes will not be accepted after Friday, October 8th 2004, 23:59 UTC, so
> make sure you vote before this time.


> The GNOME Foundation Election & Membership Committee

>   Eric Baudais <baudais kkpsi org>
>   Gael Chamoulaud <strider gnome org>
>   Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu randomink org>
>   Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc linuxweasel com>
>   Vincent Untz <vincent vuntz net>