Re: Beginning of the 2003 GNOME Foundation elections

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Vincent:

I have tried to renew my membership three times, and sent mail directly
to you personally more than once.  Something seems to be wrong with the
php renewal scripts or their interaction with our firewalls.  I am still
not on the list of eligible Foundation members!

Please rectify this, thank you.

- Bill

On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 17:32, Vincent Untz wrote:
> The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is proud to
> announce the beginning of the 2003 elections for the Foundation's Board
> of Directors. A description of the role of the Board can be found at
> http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2003/overview.html.
>
>
> Who can vote?
> -------------
>
> 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
> elections. For example, a member whose membership ends on December 3rd
> 2003 won't be able to vote for the elections.
>
> 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-form.php before October 31st 2003
> (23:59 UTC). If you have applied before this date and if you are
> accepted, then you will be able to vote for these elections.
>
> Note that it is possible that the processing of your application takes
> some time and that your application may be accepted only in November.
> This won't prevent you to vote: you will be able to vote if you have
> applied before the deadline and if your membership is accepted.
>
> You can look at http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2003/voters.html
> to see people who will be able to vote as of October 22nd. This list
> will be updated on November 1st, once we'll know the full list of
> voters. If you think you are able to vote, we encourage you to verify
> that you are in this list and that your e-mail address is correct.
> Please report any problems to elections gnome org 
>
>
> Being a candidate
> -----------------
>
> If you are a member of the GNOME Foundation and 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
> before November 7th 2003 (23:59 UTC).
>
> You should also send a summary of your candidacy announcement (75 words
> or less) to elections gnome org  If you are not yet a GNOME Foundation
> member and would like to stand for election, you must first apply for
> membership and be accepted to be eligible to run. (You may, however,
> announce your candidacy prior to formal acceptance of your application;
> should your application not be accepted, you will not be included on the
> ballot.)
>
>
> Timeline
> --------
> (all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)
>
>     October 2003
> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>           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   list of candidates opened (24th)
> 26 27 28 29 30(31)     applications/renewals closed for elections (31st)
>
>     November 2003
> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>                    1
>  2 (3) 4  5  6 (7) 8   start collecting questions for the candidates
> (3rd)
>                        all candidates must be announced (7th), questions
>                        to be sent to the candidates are choosed (7th)
>  9(10)11 12 13 14 15   announce list of candidates running for election,
>                        questions emailed to all candidates (10th)
> 16 17 18 19 20(21)22   ballots go out (21st)
> 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
> 30
>
>     December 2003
> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>     1  2  3  4 (5) 6   all ballots must be returned (5th)
>  7 (8) 9 10 11 12 13   preliminary election result announced (8th)
> 14 15 16 17 18(19)20   challenges to election results close (19th)
> 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
> 28 29 30 31
>
> In the case of a tie, there's another round of votes starting December
> 8th and ending December 15th.
>
>
> Questions
> ---------
>
> For more information, please look at the elections procedures at
> http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2003/rules.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
>
> -- 
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