Re: Announcing Board of Directors Elections 2012

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

Reminder that the list of candidates for the board of directors opened
yesterday on May 7th.  If you are interested in running for the board
of directors, then I very much encourage you to do so.  It is a great
way to deepen ones involvement with GNOME and free software communities.

If you would like to see an example of how to announce your candidacy,
I will share a link to the one I wrote last year:


https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2011-May/msg00010.html

What does it take to be a good board member?  In my experience,
effective board members:

- Have the time to dedicate to The GNOME Foundation and community.  For
  example, I have found that I dedicate roughly 6-10 hours a week on
  GNOME Foundation activities.
- Have a productive volunteer ethic, are involved with GNOME teams,
  participate in IRC meetings, etc.
- Are effective and diplomatic communicators.  The sort of people you
  often find helping to moderate difficult community discussions or
  helping to organize GNOME projects and committees.
- Have experience working on the sorts of projects that The GNOME
  Foundation is involved with.  For example, the GNOME Foundation
  invests a lot of energy organizing events, so having event planning
  experience can be a big help.  Other examples would include experience
  with fund raising (Friends of GNOME), working with GNOME User's
  Groups, GNOME merchandise, etc.

Brian


On 04/17/12 05:14 PM, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Dear Foundation Members,
>
> The GNOME Foundation board of directors and the GNOME Foundation
> Membership and Elections Committee are pleased to announce the upcoming
> elections for the Board of Directors in Spring 2012.
>
> The most important deadlines (UTC) in the timeline are the following:
>
> *GNOME Board Elections 2012*
> 2012-05-20: List of candidates closed
> 2012-05-27: Voting Begins
> 2012-06-10: Voting Ends
> 2012-06-19: Challenges End
>
>
> ELECTIONS
> =========
>
> The seven members of our current Board of Directors have been ruling
> GNOME for 12 months now. We, the GNOME Foundation Members, will have
> to elect a the board of directors for the next year.
>
>
> CANDIDACY
> =========
>
> If you want to run for one of the seven positions on The GNOME
> Foundation Board of Directors, then send an email to
> foundation-announce gnome org and elections gnome org with your full
> name, e-mail, corporate affiliation (if any), and your reasons for
> wanting to serve as a director.
>
> Candidacies must be announced prior to 2012-05-20, 23:59 UTC.
>
> All discussion related to the elections should be held on
> foundation-list. Members are invited to ask questions to one or all
> candidates on that list (see below).
>
> A list of candidates will be announced on 2012-05-23.
>
> At this point, you are invited to ask the candidates questions by
> sending them to foundation-list. These candidates might become your
> representative, so do not hesitate to ask them questions.
>
> Please try to avoid asking duplicate questions that others have
> already asked. Also, bear in mind that the candidates invest a lot of
> time answering questions, so please be reasonable with the amount and
> scope of the questions. You can also send your questions to
> membership-committee gnome org instead, so that the committee can
> collect, sift and sort the questions before sending them to
> foundation-list for the candidates to respond. Though, if you
> prefer to ask your questions directly, please do so.
>
>
> ELECTORATE
> ==========
>
> Every GNOME foundation member whose membership is valid in the range of
> the full voting period, including challenges (2012-05-27 - 2012-06-19)
> is eligible to vote.
>
> If you are not a member yet, please consider applying for membership
> ASAP. Late applications will most likely not be processed in time.
>
> The GNOME Foundation Membership and Elections Committee will inform
> those people who might need to renew via email. We recommend that
> members also double check this to avoid a missed opportunity to vote.
> Please verify that the email address that is associated with your GNOME
> Foundation membership is valid and that you are able to read emails sent
> to this address.
>
>
> VOTING
> ======
>
> The Electorate will receive complete instructions on how to vote by
> 2012-05-27 via email.
>
> The 7 candidates who receive the most votes as counted by a single
> transferable vote system (Scottish STV) will be elected, except that no
> more than two individuals affiliated with any one corporation may be
> elected.
>
> In the event of a tie for the final slot on the board, the Elections
> Committee will schedule run-off elections as soon as possible.
>
>
> May 2012
> Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
> 1 2 3 4 5 6
> (7) 8 9 10 11 12 13 Announcements and list of candidates opens
> (7th)
> 14 15 16 17 18 19 (20) List of candidates closed (20th)
> 21 22 (23) 24 25 26 (27) List of candidates announced (23rd)
> Instructions to vote are sent (27th)
> 28 29 30 31
>
> June 2012
> Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
> 1 2 3
> 4 5 6 7 8 9 (10) Votes must be returned (10th)
> 11 (12) 13 14 15 16 17 Preliminary results are announced (12th)
> 18 (19) 20 21 22 23 24 Challenges to the results closed (19th)
> 25 26 27 28 29 30
>
> ---
>
> More information about The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee
> and the voting process can be found here:
>
> https://live.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee
> http://vote.gnome.org
>
> ---
>
> Happy Voting,
>
> Brian
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