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Rules & Timeline for the GNOME Foundation 2006 Elections

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Elections Rules

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  1. + See the GNOME Foundation charter for + general rules. +
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  2. + There are 7 board slots that are to be filled during these elections. +
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  3. + Members of the GNOME Foundation as of November 8, 2006 are eligible to + vote in the elections. Anyone who has made a contribution to GNOME can + apply for membership by completing the application. +
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  4. + 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 16, 2006, 23:59 UTC. +
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  5. + 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 elections. +
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  6. + All discussion related to the elections should be held on + foundation-list@gnome.org. + Members are invited to ask questions to one or all candidates on that + list. +
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  7. + Instructions explaining how to vote will be sent via e-mail to all + eligible voters on November 26, 2006, and votes must be returned by + December 10, 2006, 23:59 UTC (18:59 EST). +
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  8. + Votes will be held confidential during the elections, but an anonymized + archive of all submitted votes will be made publicly accessible at its + conclusion. +
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  9. + The Elections Committee is responsible for counting the votes. +
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  10. + The 7 candidates who receive the most votes will be elected, except + that no more than two/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. +
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  11. + In the event of a tie for the final slot on the board, the Elections + Committee will schedule run-off elections as soon as possible. +
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  12. + The Elections Committee will announce preliminary results as soon as + possible after the elections close, along with instructions on how to + access the votes archive and how to independently verify the vote + count. +
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  13. + Any eligible voter may challenge the preliminary results by e-mailing + elections@gnome.org + prior to December 24, 2006. 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. +
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  14. + 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 elections. +
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Timeline

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(all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)

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