Re: Reminder - Official Ballot for GNOME Foundation Elections

[Eric Baudais <baudais okstate edu>]

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:30:21AM -0500, GNOME Foundation Elections Committee wrote:
> According to our records, you haven't yet voted in the GNOME
> Foundation board of directors election. The deadline for voting is
> Wednesday, November 8, at midnight Pacific time; you have
> approximately 2.5 days left to send in your vote. If you've already
> sent in a ballot, something may have gone wrong - please mail
> elections gnome org and ask them to check that your ballot was
> received.
> 
> Since there are occasionally problems with ballots or delays in email
> arrival, it's probably a good idea to vote sooner rather than later.
> 
> The rest of this mail contains another copy of the ballot you received
> last week, for your convenience.
> 
> 
> 
> This is your ballot for voting in the elections for the GNOME
> Foundation Board of Directors. 
> 
> As a reminder, more information about the candidates can be found at
> this URL:
> 
>   http://foundation.gnome.org/ballot-summary.html
> 
> Information about the GNOME Foundation is here:
> 
>   http://foundation.gnome.org
> 
> Also, general discussion of the candidates can be found in the October
> archives for foundation-list at:
> 
>   http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list
> 
> Please take the time to learn about the candidates and their expected
> tasks as members of the GNOME Foundation Board.
> 
> You may vote for up to 11 different candidates. The 11 candidates with
> the most total votes will become the new board, subject to a maximum
> of four board members with the same company affiliation. Votes must be
> received by midnight Pacific time (California, USA) on Wednesday,
> November 8.
> 
> At the end of the voting period, all votes will be posted publicly
> for verification; this is NOT a secret ballot. At that time, please
> verify that your vote was received and counted and alert
> elections gnome org if it was not.
> 
> Concerns or questions about the voting process should be sent to
> elections gnome org  Results will be announced as soon as possible
> after voting closes.
> 
> To vote, send an email to vote gnome org (you can just reply to this
> mail). The first two lines in the email should be the following two
> personalized authentication lines, unmodified:
> 
> Member Address: baudais okstate edu
> Validation Token: 5c46dd42d39e2445d872bd4a90c627ed
> 
> These two lines allow us to verify that you are a foundation member
> and that your email came from you.
> 
> The remainder of your email should name up to 11 candidates you wish
> to vote for. The order of the names is not relevant. Please include
> both the name and ID number of each candidate exactly as they appear
> below, one candidate per line. Try not to include any text in your
> email other than the two authentication lines followed by the
> candidates you're voting for.
> 
> Again, your authentication lines are:
> 
> Member Address: baudais okstate edu
> Validation Token: 5c46dd42d39e2445d872bd4a90c627ed
> 
> The candidates are:
> 
> MARTIN BAULIG (ID# 1)
> CHEMA CELORIO (ID# 2)
> KENNETH CHRISTIANSEN (ID# 3)
> RHETT CREIGHTON (ID# 4)
> BART DECREM (ID# 5)
> MIGUEL DE ICAZA (ID# 6)
> CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL (ID# 7)
> JUANTOMAS GARCIA (ID# 8)
> JIM GETTYS (ID# 9)
> BERTRAND GUIHENEUF (ID# 10)
> THOMPSON HAYNER (ID# 11)
> JOHN HEARD (ID# 12)
> JAMES HENSTRIDGE (ID# 13)
> KEVIN KNERR (ID# 14)
> TUOMAS KUOSMANEN (ID# 15)
> GEORGE LEBL (ID# 16)
> ELLIOT LEE (ID# 17)
> RAPH LEVIEN (ID# 18)
> KJARTAN MARAAS (ID# 19)
> MICHAEL MEEKS (ID# 20)
> DAN MUETH (ID# 21)
> ESKIL HEYN OLSEN (ID# 22)
> HAVOC PENNINGTON (ID# 23)
> ETTORE PERAZZOLI (ID# 24)
> BRUCE PERENS (ID# 25)
> LESLIE PROCTOR (ID# 26)
> FEDERICO MENA QUINTERO (ID# 27)
> ARIEL RIOS (ID# 28)
> ARLO ROSE (ID# 29)
> JOE SHAW (ID# 30)
> MACIEJ STACHOWIAK (ID# 31)
> OWEN TAYLOR (ID# 32)
> DANIEL VEILLARD (ID# 33)
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to vote!

My vote is:

31
29
21
19
1
9
12
5
25
33
2