Announcing the anonymous voting referendum

["Vincent Untz" <vincent vuntz net>]

The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is proud to
announce the beginning of the Anonymous Voting Referendum. You can find
some context information about this referendum at
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-September/msg00009.html


Who can vote?
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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
elections. For example, a member whose membership ends on October 23rd
2004 won't be able to vote for the referendum.

If you're not a member of the GNOME Foundation, you have to apply at
http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.php before September
20th 2004 (23:59 UTC).
If you need to renew your membership, you have to apply at
http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.php before September
24th 2004 (23:59 UTC). Members who need to renew will shortly receive an
e-mail with some instructions to help them.
If you have applied before this date and if you are accepted, then you
will be able to vote for this referendum.


Timeline
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(all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)

   September 2004
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          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  applications closed for referendum (20th)
                      renewals closed for referendum (24th)
26(27)28 29 30        ballots are sent (27th)

    October 2004
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                1  2
 3  4  5  6  7 (8) 9  all ballots must be returned (8th)
10(11)12 13 14 15 16  preliminary results are announced (11th)
17 18 19 20 21(22)23  challenges to the results close (22th)
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31


Questions
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For more information, please look at the referendum procedures at
http://foundation.gnome.org/referenda/2004-10/rules.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 Committee

  Eric Baudais
  Gael Chamoulaud
  Sayamindu Dasgupta
  Gregory Leblanc
  Vincent Untz