Announcement of Change to Bylaws Announcement Referendum

[Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>]

GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee 

Announcement of Change to Bylaws Referendum
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Relevant information regarding discussions on this referendum can be
read at the following URLs:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-September/msg00017.html
and
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-August/msg00025.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
referandum. For example, a member whose membership ends on September
21th 2007 won't be able to vote for the referendum.

If you're not a member of the GNOME Foundation or if you need to renew
your membership, you have to apply at
http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.php before September
21th 2007 (23:59 UTC).

If you have applied before this date and if you are accepted, then you
will be able to vote for these referendum.



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

    September 2007
 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                    1   
  2  3  4  5  6  7  8   
  9 10 11 12 13(14)15   official proposal of bylaws amendment
                        announced to members (14th) 
 16 17 18 19 20(21)22   membership renewals closed (21st)
 23 24 25 26 27(28)29   amendment proposal period ends (28th)
                        ballots are sent (28th)
 30
 
    October 2007
 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
     1  2  3  4  5  6
  7  8  9 10 11(12)13  ballots must be returned (12th)
(14)15 16 17 18 19 20  preliminary results announced (15th)
(21)22 23 24 25 26 27  challenges to the results closed (21st)
 28 29 30 31 

Announcement for the second round of votes, if required, would follow
in due course.

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