Re: Draft: Announcement of Change to Bylaws Announcement

[Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>]

Thanks Sankarshan, I'll change the format accordingly. Anything else?

On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 11:30 +0530, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > --
> >
> > 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>
>
> > --
> > 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.