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<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><B>Elections Announcement</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The first-ever elections for the GNOME
Foundation's Board of Directors will be held November 1-8. The GNOME
Foundation will coordinate GNOME releases, speak on behalf of the
GNOME project and more.
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Anyone who has contributed in any way
to GNOME is welcome to vote, but first you must register.
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><B>Register to vote</B> by October 30
as follows:</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">send email to <A HREF="mailto:membership@gnome.org">membership@gnome.org</A>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; margin-bottom: 0in">with your name,
email address, and a short list of how you contributed to GNOME.
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; margin-bottom: 0in">eg: Havoc
Pennington &lt;hp@no_spam.redhat.com&gt; (GConf, GTK+, gnome-libs,
odd jobs)</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Please respect this format or you're
going to drive Martin and Dan crazy! People with CVS accounts can
just add themselves to membership.txt in the gnome-foundation module.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Everyone who is registered to vote can
also submit their candidacy for the election. There are 11 slots on
the board, so the 11 candidates with the highest number of votes will
be elected. To <B>announce your candidacy</B>, please check out the
<A HREF="overview.html">overview page</A>. The deadline to submit
candidacies is October 23.
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Ballots will be sent to all registered
voters via email. The list of candidates will also be posted on
foundation-announce and Gnotices on October 25.</P>
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