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<a href="index.html">Home</a> :
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<a href="press.html">Press</a> :
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<a href="organization.html">Organization</a> :
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<a href="documentation.html">Documentation</a> :
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<a href="membership.html">Membership</a> :
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Elections :
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<a href="elections.html">General Information</a> :
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<a href="electionrules.html">Rules & Timeline</a> :
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<a href="ballot-summary.html">List of candidates</a> :
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<a href="overview.html">Director Overview</a> :
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<a href="election-2000.html">2000</a> :
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2001
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<h2 align="center">GNOME Foundation Election Rules & Timeline</h2>
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<h3>Election Rules</h3>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">See the <A HREF="charter.html">GNOME
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Foundation charter</A> for general rules.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">There are 11 board slots that are
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to be filled during this election.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Members of the GNOME
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Foundation as of November 8, 2001 are eligible to vote in the
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election. Anyone who has made a contribution to GNOME can
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apply for membership by completing the <a href="http://foundation.gnome.org/membership-form.php">application</a>.
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Any eligible voter is
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eligible to be elected to the Board of Directors. To announce
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your candidacy, send a message to
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foundation-announce@gnome.org with your full name, e-mail,
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corporate affiliation (if any), and a description of your
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reasons for wanting to serve as a director. Candidacies must
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be announced prior to November 8, 2001, 23:59 UTC.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">All candidates should mail a
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summary of their candicacy announcement (see previous rule) to
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elections@gnome.org. Summaries should be no more than 75
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words of continuous text (i.e. no bullet lists or multiple
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paragraphs) and must be received by the nomination deadline
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given above. A compilation of the summaries will be mailed to
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all registered voters several days prior to the election.</LI>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">All discussion related to
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the election should be held on foundation-list@gnome.org.
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Members are invited to ask questions of one or all candidates
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on that list.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Ballots will be sent via
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e-mail to all eligible voters on November 20, 2001, and must
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be returned by November 27, 2001, 23:59 UTC (18:59 EST). Full
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instructions will be included in the ballot.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Ballots will be held
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confidential during the election, but an archive of all
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submitted ballots will be made publicly accessible at its
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conclusion.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The Elections Committe is
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responsible for counting the ballots, after taking appropriate
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action to fix misformatted ballots.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The 11 candidates who
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receive the most votes will be elected, except that no more
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than four individuals affiliated with any one corporation may
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be elected. Should more than four of the top eleven
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vote-getters be affiliated with the same company, only the
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four with the most votes will be considered elected. For a
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full definition of corporate affiliation, see the GNOME
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Foundation Charter.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">In the event of a tie for
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the final slot on the board, the Elections Committee will
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schedule a run-off election as soon as possible.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The Elections Committee will
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announce preliminary results as soon as possible after the
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election closes, along with instructions on how to access the
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ballot archive and how to independently verify the vote
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count.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Any eligible voter may challenge the preliminary
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results by e-mailing elections@gnome.org prior to December 4,
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2001. The decision of the Elections Committee as to any
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challenge shall be final. Once any challenges have been
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resolved, the Elections Committee shall announce the final
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results.</P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Any questions regarding
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these procedures should be directed to the Elections Committee
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by e-mail to elections@gnome.org. The committee shall have
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the power to make any necessary changes or clarifications to
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these rules at any point during the election.</P>
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<h3>Timeline (all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)</h3>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">November 8 (Thursday): Last
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day to announce candidacies, submit summary statements, and
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apply for membership (to be eligible for this election).</p>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">November 10 (Saturday):
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Final list of candidates, platform summaries posted to
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GNotices and mailed to foundation-announce@gnome.org</P></LI>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">November 20 (Tuesday):
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Ballots mailed to eligible voters, voting begins.</P></LI>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">November 27 (Tuesday):
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Voting closes.</P></LI>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">December 4 (Tuesday): Last
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day to challenge preliminary results</P>
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<center><font size=-1>This site is maintained by
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<a href="mailto:membership-committee@gnome.org">the GNOME Foundation Membership and Elections Committee</a>
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and was designed by <a href="mailto:jpsc@users.sourceforge.net">JP
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Schnapper-Casteras</a> and <a href="mailto:bart@eazel.com">Bart Decrem</a>.</font></center>
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