See the GNOME Foundation charter for general rules.
+There are 11 board slots that are to be filled during this election.
-Elections are for registered - voters (future members of the GNOME Foundation) only. Anyone who has - made a contribution to GNOME can register. You may do so by sending - email to membership@gnome.org. - People with CVS accounts can add themselves to membership.txt in the - Gnome-Foundation module. People who register to vote will - automatically become members of the yet-to-be-incorporated GNOME - Foundation, although anyone can withdraw their membership at any - time. + +
Members of the GNOME + Foundation as of November 8, 2001 are eligible to vote in the + election. Anyone who has made a contribution to GNOME can + apply for membership by completing the application.
-An election committee consisting - of Dan Mueth, Martin Baulig, Russell Steinthal, Chris DiBona and - Sergey Panov is in charge of reviewing registration/membership - requests and will monitor the membership list for abuse, in - accordance with the charter.
-To be on the ballot, anyone who is - a member can announce their candidacy, in accordance with the - timeline below, by sending mail to foundation-announce@gnome.org, - including their name, e-mail address, contributions to GNOME, and - why they want to be on the board of directors. Candidacies will be - cross-posted on foundation-list@gnome.org, - where they can be discussed.
-Ballots will be sent via e-mail to - all members. To vote, members return ballots, selecting up to 11 - candidates who will receive their vote. Members may not vote more - than once for the same candidate.
-The 11 candidates who receive the - most votes will be elected.
-Not more than 4 slots may be - occupied by individuals affiliated with any one company. See charter - for definition of affiliation and process for enforcing this rule.
-If there is a tie for the 11th - slot, the candidates who are tied may choose to let the already - elected board members resolve the tie, or, at the request of any of - the tied candidates, run-off elections to resolve the tie may be - held.
-Votes shall be e-mailed to a - publicly archived mailing list. The archive shall be made publicly - accessible at the conclusion of the elections.
-The votes will be tallied - automatically, with the election committee stepping in to decide on - misformatted returns. -
-Foundation-list is the mailing - list to discuss election-related issues. The election committee will - resolve election-related disputes that are not readily resolved on - the list.
-The election committee will - announce the results of the elections.
-Summary Statements: All candidates - should submit 75-word max summaries of their candidacy statement for - inclusion in the ballot information sheet that will be posted on - 10/25. The deadline for this is Tuesday 10/24, noon pacific time. - Candidates should also state their corporate affilitions. Statements - that are longer than 75 words will be edited down by the elections - committee. Summary statements should be continuous text: bullet - lists etc. will be converted to continuous text. For candidates who - do not submit a summary statement, the elections committee will use - a snippet from their full candidacy statement instead. If we do not - receive a sufficient number of these summary statements, the - elections committee reserves the right to post these summaries - elsewhere.
+ +Any eligible voter is + eligible to be elected to the Board of Directors. To announce + your candidacy, send a message to + foundation-announce@gnome.org with your full name, e-mail, + corporate affiliation (if any), and a description of your + reasons for wanting to serve as a director. Candidacies must + be announced prior to November 8, 2001, 23:59 UTC.
+ +All candidates should mail a + summary of their candicacy announcement (see previous rule) to + elections@gnome.org. Summaries should be no more than 75 + words of continuous text (i.e. no bullet lists or multiple + paragraphs) and must be received by the nomination deadline + given above. A compilation of the summaries will be mailed to + all registered voters several days prior to the election.
All discussion related to + the election should be held on foundation-list@gnome.org. + Members are invited to ask questions of one or all candidates + on that list.
+ +Ballots will be sent via + e-mail to all eligible voters on November 13, 2001, and must + be returned by November 20, 2001, 23:59 UTC (18:59 EST). Full + instructions will be included in the ballot.
+ +Ballots will be held + confidential during the election, but an archive of all + submitted ballots will be made publicly accessible at its + conclusion.
+ +The Elections Committe is + responsible for counting the ballots, after taking appropriate + action to fix misformatted ballots.
+ +The 11 candidates who + receive the most votes will be elected, except that no more + than four individuals affiliated with any one corporation may + be elected. Should more than four of the top eleven + vote-getters be affiliated with the same company, only the + four with the most votes will be considered elected. For a + full definition of corporate affiliation, see the GNOME + Foundation Charter.
+ +In the event of a tie for + the final slot on the board, the Elections Committee will + schedule a run-off election as soon as possible.
+ +The Elections Committee will + announce preliminary results as soon as possible after the + election closes, along with instructions on how to access the + ballot archive and how to independently verify the vote + count.
+ +Any eligible voter may challenge the preliminary + results by e-mailing elections@gnome.org prior to November 27, + 2001. The decision of the Elections Committee as to any + challenge shall be final. Once any challenges have been + resolved, the Elections Committee shall announce the final + results.
+ +Any questions regarding + these procedures should be directed to the Elections Committee + by e-mail to elections@gnome.org. The committee shall have + the power to make any necessary changes or clarifications to + these rules at any point during the election.
Timeline
+Timeline (all deadlines are 23:59 +UTC/18:59 EST):
October 23 (Monday): Deadline for - candidate nominations for the elections. Deadline for making changes - to the charter.
-October 25 (Wednesday): Candidate - list posted on Gnotices and foundation-announce.
-October 30 (Monday): Deadline to - register to vote.
-November 1 (Wednesday): Elections - begin.
-November 8 (Wednesday): Elections - end.
+November 8 (Thursday): Last + day to announce candidacies, submit summary statements, and + apply for membership (to be eligible for this election).
+November 10 (Saturday): + Final list of candidates, platform summaries posted to + GNotices and mailed to foundation-announce@gnome.org
November 13 (Tuesday): + Ballots mailed to eligible voters, voting begins.
November 20 (Tuesday): + Voting closes.
November 27 (Tuesday): Last + day to challenge preliminary results