Re: Official Ballot for GNOME Foundation Referendum

[Stephane Wirtel <stephane wirtel belgacom net>]

On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 05:43:31PM +0200, GNOME Foundation Elections wrote:
>> Dear Stéphane Wirtel,
>> 
>> It is with great pleasure that the GNOME Membership Committee is
>> announcing the start of the Anonymous Voting Referendum period. Your
>> vote should be received by Friday, October 8th 2004, 23:59 UTC.
>> 
>> This is your ballot for voting in the referendum.
>> 
>> 
>> About the Referendum
>> ====================
>> 
>> In September 2003, the board discussed a possible move toward an
>> anonymous voting scheme for the annual GNOME Foundation board of
>> directors elections and brought it to the members on
>> foundation-list gnome org  
>> 
>> You can read this thread here:
>> 
>> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2003-September/msg00008.html
>> 
>> After much discussion, it was agreed that there was significant
>> objection to this so that the GNOME Foundation should hold a referendum
>> to decide whether future elections should use an anonymous voting
>> mechanism.
>> 
>> Anonymous voting would allow members to vote for the board of directors
>> in privacy. While the breakdown of results will be open, the individual 
>> who voted for a given list of people will not be named.
>> 
>> Information about the GNOME Foundation is here:
>> 
>>   http://foundation.gnome.org/
>> 
>> Voting instructions
>> ===================
>> 
>> Do you agree with an anonymous voting process for any future GNOME
>> Foundation elections and referenda?
>> 
>> The choices are:
>> 
>> *YES* or *NO*
>> 
>> 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 October 11th). Challenges
>> to these preliminary results should be sent prior to October 22th.
>> 
>> 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: Stéphane Wirtel
>> Member Address: stephane wirtel belgacom net
>> Validation Token: e2756253043115cf349c37e8213e2d38
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> Your ballot
>> ===========
>> 
>> >> DO NOT DELETE THIS <<
>> Member: Stéphane Wirtel
>> Member Address: stephane wirtel belgacom net
>> Validation Token: e2756253043115cf349c37e8213e2d38
>> >> DO NOT DELETE THIS <<
>> 
>> Do you agree with an anonymous voting process for any future GNOME
>> Foundation elections and referenda?
>> 
>> The choices are: 
>> 
>> NO  # keep this line if you want to vote for no, else you should drop it
>> 
>> Deadline
>> ========
>> 
>> Votes will not be accepted after Friday, October 8th 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>
>>