Re: 'oops'- bylaws pointing at wrong URL

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Bruno Boaventura
<brunoboaventura gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Bruno Boaventura
>  <brunoboaventura gmail com> wrote:
>  > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org> wrote:
>  >  >  Any news? Need any help?
>
>  Lucas,
>
>  I think that's all (attached).

These generally look great, Bruno- thanks! Something we've needed to
fix for a long time even if we didn't know it ;)

I've made a couple of small changes in the following, but nothing big-
charter->bylaws everywhere, discussed the Election Committee more
prominently (as is fitting), and particularly clarified point 10 to
make sure it was correct acc. to the bylaws.

thanks again- look forward to seeing these go up.

Luis
   1. See the GNOME Foundation Bylaws for general rules. Where there is a conflict between these rules and the Bylaws the Bylaws take precedence.
   2. The Elections Committee is responsible for setting an election calendar, coordinating information, and counting votes.
   3. The GNOME Foundation board has 7 seats that are filled during the elections.
   4. Members of the GNOME Foundation are eligible to vote in the elections. Anyone who has made a contribution to GNOME can apply for membership by completing the application. There will be a deadline to apply for membership before the elections.
   5. Any eligible voter is eligible to be elected to the Board of Directors. To announce your candidacy, send a message to foundation-announce gnome org with your full name, e-mail, corporate affiliation (if any), and a description of your reasons for wanting to serve as a director, within the deadlines set by the Elections Committee.
   6. All candidates should mail a summary of their candicacy announcement (see previous rule) to elections gnome org  Summaries should be no more than 75 words of continuous text (i.e. no bullet lists or multiple paragraphs) and must be received by the nomination deadline. A compilation of the summaries will be mailed to all registered voters several days prior to the elections.
   7. All discussion related to the elections should be held on foundation-list gnome org  Members are invited to ask questions to one or all candidates on that list.
   8. Instructions explaining how to vote will be sent via e-mail to all eligible voters, and votes must be returned by the date set by the Election Committee.
   9. Votes will be confidential, but an anonymized archive of all submitted votes will be made publicly accessible at the conclusion of the election.
  10. The seven candidates who receive the most votes will be elected, except that no more than forty percent of the board may be affiliated with any one corporation. In the event that affiliates of a single entity representing win more than than forty percent of Board seats, than the nominee representing that entity receiving the least number of votes, shall be replaced by the nominee receiving the greatest number of votes who was not elected to the Board. For a full definition of corporate affiliation, see the GNOME Foundation Bylaws, Art. VIII, Sec. 2, part (d).
  11. 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.
  12. The Elections Committee will announce preliminary results as soon as possible after the elections close, along with instructions on how to access the votes archive and how to independently verify the vote count.
  13. Any eligible voter may challenge the preliminary results by e-mailing elections gnome org in the challenge period. The decision of the Elections Committee as to any challenge shall be final. Once any challenges have been resolved, the Elections Committee shall announce the final results.
  14. Any questions regarding these procedures should be directed to the Elections Committee by e-mail to elections gnome org  The committee shall have the power to make any necessary changes or clarifications to these rules at any point during the elections.