Re: Official Ballot for 2004 GNOME Foundation Elections

[Hugo Varela P <hugo gnome cl>]

> [This is the actual ballot - please ignore the earlier one (if any)]
>
>
> Dear Hugo Varela Placencia,
>
> It is with great pleasure that the GNOME Membership Committee is
> announcing the start of the 2004 GNOME Foundation Election voting
> period. Your vote should be received by Monday, December 6th 2004,
> 23:59 UTC.
>
> This is your ballot for voting in the elections for the GNOME
> Foundation Board of Directors.
>
>
> About the elections
> ===================
>
> As a reminder, more information about the candidates can be found at
> this URL:
>
>   http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2004/candidates.html
>
> Information about the GNOME Foundation is here:
>
>   http://foundation.gnome.org/
>
> Also, general discussion of the candidates can be found in the 2004
> November (and possibly December) 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 and aspirations as members of the GNOME Foundation Board.
>
>
> Voting instructions
> ===================
>
> You may vote for up to 11 different candidates. The 11 candidates with
> the most votes will become the new board, subject to a maximum of four
> board members with the same company affiliation.
>
> 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  Preliminary results will be announced as soon as
> possible after voting closes (most probably on December 6th). Challenges
> to these preliminary results should be sent prior to December 17th.
>
> To vote, send an email to vote gnome org (you can just reply to this
> mail: the '> ' coming from the reply are okay). Your mail should contain
> the following three personalized authentication lines, unmodified:
>
> Member: Hugo Varela Placencia
> Member Address: hugo gnome cl
> Validation Token: 0c5ca3c378044d7a27ac721ec331e207
>
> These three lines allow us to verify that you are a foundation member
> and that your email came from you.
>
> Try not to include any text in your email other than the three
> authentication lines followed by the choice you're voting for.
>
> 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 three authentication lines followed by the
> candidates you're voting for.
>
> You shall receive a confirmation for your vote.
>
>
> Invalid vote
> ============
>
> Your ballot will be considered invalid if one of these conditions has
> been violated:
>
> * there is no member e-mail address
> * the member e-mail address is not the e-mail address this ballot was
>   sent to
> * there is no validation token
> * the validation token is not valid
> * there are too many candidates chosen (more than 11)
>
>
> Your ballot
> ===========
>
> >> DO NOT DELETE THIS <<
> Member: Hugo Varela Placencia
> Member Address: hugo gnome cl
> Validation Token: 0c5ca3c378044d7a27ac721ec331e207
> >> DO NOT DELETE THIS <<
>
> The candidates are:
>
>  Anne Ã?stergaard (ID# 14)
>  Germán Poó-Caamaño (ID# 15)
>  Leslie Proctor (ID# 16)
>
> Deadline
> ========
>
> Votes will not be accepted after Monday, December 6th 2004, 23:59 UTC,
> so make sure you vote before this time.
>
>
> The GNOME Foundation Election & Membership Committee
>
>   Eric Baudais <baudais kkpsi org>
>   Gael Chamoulaud <strider gnome org>
>   Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu randomink org>
>   Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc linuxweasel com>
>   Vincent Untz <vincent vuntz net>
>