Re: Draft: Announcement of Change to Bylaws Announcement



On 9/12/07, Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr> wrote:

Please proofread the announcement mail, if everything looks alright, we
can announce the referandum on Friday.

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GNOME Foundation Membership Committee

Announcement of Change to Bylaws Referandum
--------------------------------------------

The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is proud to
announce the beginning of the Change to Bylaws Referandum. You can

pleased to announce ? Guess that's the standard format :)

find some context information about this referendum at
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-September/msg00017.html
and
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-August/msg00025.html

Relevant information regarding discussions on this referendum can be
read at the following URLs:

<insert URL>

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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
referandum. For example, a member whose membership ends on September 21th
2007 won't be able to vote for the referandum.

referendum (there's 2 instances of typographical omission in the above
paragraph)

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 referandum.

referendum

Timeline
--------
(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 close (21st)
 28 29 30 31

In the case of a tie, another round of votes will happen after the
preliminary results are announced.

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



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