Re: membership requirement for candidates

[Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org>]

Bart Decrem <bart eazel com> writes:

> there's a request that we make being a member of the GNOME Foundation a
> formal requirement for running for election on the board.  This is
> currently not provided for in the Charter, although it is specified in
> the election rules:
> 
> > 5. To be on the ballot, anyone who is a member can announce their candidacy, in accordance with the timeline below, by sending mail to
> > foundation-announce gnome org, including their name, e-mail address, contributions to GNOME, and why they want to be on the
> > board of directors. Candidacies will be cross-posted on foundation-list gnome org, where they can be discussed.
> >
> 
> Unless someone objects, I'm going to make the change in the charter.

Good point. We really need to do this change in the charter.

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