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<title>GNOME Foundation Reducing Board Size Referendum</title>
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<h1>GNOME Foundation Reducing Board Size Referendum</h1>
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Any member of the GNOME Foundation can suggest a referendum. To be
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accepted, a request for a referendum must be endorsed by 10% of the
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Membership. The overall referendum process is overseen by the
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Membership and Elections Committee, which can be reached at <a
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href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>.
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In September 2005, some Foundation members discussed a possible reduction
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of size of the GNOME Foundation board of directors. The discussion took
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place on <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>.
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After much discussion, a petition was made to request a referendum. <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2005-October/msg00010.html">More
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than 10% of the Membership</a> signed the petition.
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2005-11-14 18:18:05 +00:00
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<h2>Reducing Board Size Referendum Results:</h2>
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<strong>
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Should the board size be reduced from its current 11 directors to 7 directors?
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</strong>
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<p>
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188 members voted for this referendum. The repartition of the votes is:
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<em>yes</em> (<strong>117</strong> votes)<br />
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<em>no</em> (<strong>70</strong> votes)<br />
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<br />blank votes: <strong>1</strong><br />
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<h2>Reducing Board Size Referendum Materials:</h2>
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<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2005-November/msg00009.html">Referendum results announcement</a>
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2005-11-07 07:49:10 +00:00
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<a href="../../vote/votes.php?election_id=1">Archive of all votes</a>
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<a href="../../vote/results.php?election_id=1">Preliminary results</a>
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<a href="voters.html">List of registered voters</a>
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2005-10-20 09:21:26 +00:00
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<a href="rules.html">Referendum Rules and Timeline</a> (webcal <a
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href="webcal://foundation.gnome.org/vote/2005-10/timeline.ics">timeline</a>)
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<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2005-September/msg00082.html">Original discussion about reducing the board size</a>
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