Reminder - GNOME Foundation elections

[GNOME Membership Committee <membership-committee gnome org>]

Hi all,

This is a reminder for the elections for the GNOME Foundation.

If you want to be able to vote or to be a candidate for the elections,
please apply for membership before October 31st, 23:59 UTC. There's only
3 days left to apply before the membership committee closes the
applications for the elections. You can apply using the form at:
http://foundation.gnome.org/membership-form.php

If you want to be a candidate, please announce your candidacy before
November 4th, 23:59 UTC. In one week, all candidates must be announced.
You may nominate yourself to run for election 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 

Calendar
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     October 2002
  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
        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 26
-27-28-29-30(31)------ WE ARE HERE
                       applications/renewals close for elections

    November 2002
  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
                 1  2
  3 (4) 5 (6) 7  8  9  all candidates must be announced (4th)
                       announce official list of candidates running for
                       election (6th), questions emailed to all
                       candidates (6th)
 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
 24(25)26 27 28 29 30  ballots go out

    December 2002
  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
  1 (2)(3) 4  5  6  7  all ballots must be returned (2nd), preliminary
                       election result announced (3rd)
  8  9 10 11 12 13 14
 15 16 17 18 19(20)21  challenges to election results close
 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
 29 30 31

In the case of a tie, there's another round of votes starting December
3rd and ending December 9th.


Questions
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For the complete announcement of the elections, please see:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2002-October/msg00022.html

For more information, please look at the updated elections procedures at
http://foundation.gnome.org/electionrules.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 & Elections Committee
  Eric Baudais
  Andy Tai
  Ghee Teo
  Vincent Untz