Procedures/Timeline for 2001 GNOME Foundation Elections

[rms39 columbia edu (Russell Steinthal)]

The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is proud to 
announce the beginning of the 2001 elections for the Foundation's 
Board of Directors.  All eleven spots on the Board are up for 
election.  A description of the role of the Board can be found at 
http://foundation.gnome.org/overview.html.

If you are interested in running for election, you may nominate
yourself by sending an e-mail to foundation-announce gnome org with
your name, e-mail address, corporate affiliation (if any), and a
description of why you'd like to serve.  You should also send a
summary of your candidacy announcement (75 words or less) to
elections gnome org  

The deadline for announcing candidacies is November 8, 2001.  The
election itself will be held by e-mail from November 13-November 20.

It's also not to late to register as a GNOME Foundation member; 
applications received prior to November 8 will be eligible to vote and 
stand in this election.

For full details, please see the newly updated elections procedures 
at http://foundation.gnome.org/electionrules.html.

If you have any questions, please direct them to the committee at 
elections gnome org or to foundation-list gnome org 

The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee:
	Chris DiBona
	Glynn Foster
	Dan Mueth
	Mike Newman
	Russell Steinthal


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Russell Steinthal		Columbia Law School, Class of 2002
<rms39 columbia edu>		Columbia College, Class of 1999
<steintr nj org>		UNIX System Administrator, nj.org