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<title>GNOME Foundation Election Rules</title>
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<h1>GNOME Foundation Election Rules & Timeline</h1>
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<h2>Election Rules</h2>
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See the <a href="../../about/charter/">GNOME Foundation charter</a> for
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general rules.
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There are 11 board slots that are to be filled during this election.
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Elections are for registered voters (future members of the GNOME
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Foundation) only. Anyone who has made a contribution to GNOME can
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register. You may do so by sending email to <a
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href="mailto:membership-committee@gnome.org">
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membership-committee@gnome.org</a>. People with CVS accounts can add
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themselves to membership.txt in the gnome-foundation module. People who
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register to vote will automatically become members of the
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yet-to-be-incorporated GNOME Foundation, although anyone can withdraw
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their membership at any time.
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An election committee consisting of Dan Mueth, Martin Baulig, Russell
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Steinthal, Chris DiBona and Sergey Panov is in charge of reviewing
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registration/membership requests and will monitor the membership list
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for abuse, in accordance with the charter.
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To be on the ballot, anyone who is a member can announce their
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candidacy, in accordance with the timeline below, by sending mail to <a
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href="mailto:foundation-announce@gnome.org">foundation-announce@gnome.org</a>,
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including their name, e-mail address, contributions to GNOME, and why
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they want to be on the board of directors. Candidacies will be
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cross-posted on <a
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href="mailto:foundation-list@gnome.org">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>,
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where they can be discussed.
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Ballots will be sent via e-mail to all members. To vote, members return
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ballots, selecting up to 11 candidates who will receive their vote.
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Members may not vote more than once for the same candidate.
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The 11 candidates who receive the most votes will be elected.
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Not more than 4 slots may be occupied by individuals affiliated with
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any one company.
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See charter for definition of affiliation and process for enforcing
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this rule.
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If there is a tie for the 11th slot, the candidates who are tied may
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choose to let the already elected board members resolve the tie, or, at
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the request of any of the tied candidates, run-off elections to resolve
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the tie may be held.
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Votes shall be e-mailed to a publicly archived mailing list. The
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archive shall be made publicly accessible at the conclusion of the
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elections.
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The votes will be tallied automatically, with the election committee
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stepping in to decide on misformatted returns.
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foundation-list@gnome.org is the mailing list to discuss
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election-related issues. The election committee will resolve
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election-related disputes that are not readily resolved on the list.
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The election committee will announce the results of the elections.
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Summary Statements: All candidates should submit 75-word max summaries
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of their candidacy statement for inclusion in the ballot information
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sheet that will be posted on 10/25. The deadline for this is Tuesday
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10/24, noon pacific time. Candidates should also state their corporate
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affilitions. Statements that are longer than 75 words will be edited
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down by the elections committee. Summary statements should be
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continuous text: bullet lists etc. will be converted to continuous
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text. For candidates who do not submit a summary statement, the
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elections committee will use a snippet from their full candidacy
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statement instead. If we do not receive a sufficient number of these
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summary statements, the elections committee reserves the right to post
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these summaries elsewhere.
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<h2>Timeline</h2>
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October 23 (Monday): Deadline for candidate nominations for the
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elections. Deadline for making changes to the charter.
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October 25 (Wednesday): Candidate list posted on Gnotices and
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foundation-announce.
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October 30 (Monday): Deadline to register to vote.
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November 1 (Wednesday): Elections begin.
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November 8 (Wednesday): Elections end.
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