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This was separate because it takes less time to renew a membership. But we asked the currently existing members already to renew their membership so we can decrease the complexity by getting rid of another deadline.
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<h1>Rules & Timeline for the GNOME Foundation 2010 Elections</h1>
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<h2>Elections 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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<li>
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There are 7 board slots that are to be filled during these elections.
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<li>
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Members of the GNOME Foundation as of May 23rd, 2010 are eligible to
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vote in the elections. Anyone who has made a contribution to GNOME can
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apply for membership by completing the <a
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href="../../membership/application.php">application</a>.
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Also, your membership needs to be valid at least until the end of the
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elections (2010-06-22).
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Any eligible voter is eligible to be elected to the Board of Directors.
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To announce your candidacy, send a message to
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<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/">foundation-announce@gnome.org</a>
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with your full name, e-mail, corporate affiliation (if any), and a
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description of your reasons for wanting to serve as a director.
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Candidacies must be announced prior to May 23th, 2010, 23:59 UTC.
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All candidates should mail a summary of their candicacy announcement
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(see previous rule) to <a
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href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>.
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Summaries should be no more than 75 words of continuous text (i.e. no
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bullet lists or multiple paragraphs) and must be received by the
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nomination deadline given above. A compilation of the summaries will
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be mailed to all registered voters several days prior to the elections.
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All discussion related to the elections should be held on
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<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>.
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Members are invited to ask questions to one or all candidates on that
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list.
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Instructions explaining how to vote will be sent via e-mail to all
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eligible voters on May 30th, 2010, and votes must be returned by
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June 13th, 23:59 UTC.
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Votes will be held confidential during the elections, but an anonymized
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archive of all submitted votes will be made publicly accessible at its
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conclusion.
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The GNOME Foundation Membership and Elections Committee is
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responsible for counting the votes.
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The 7 candidates voted for most as counted by a <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2009-March/msg00012.html">single transferable
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vote system</a> will be elected, except that no more than two
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individuals affiliated with any one corporation may be elected. Should
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more than two of the top seven vote-getters be affiliated with the
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same company, only the two with the most votes will be considered
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elected. For a full definition of corporate affiliation, see the
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<a href="../../about/charter/">GNOME Foundation charter</a>.
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In the event of a tie for the final slot on the board, the Elections
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Committee will schedule run-off elections as soon as possible.
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The Elections Committee will announce preliminary results as soon as
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possible after the elections close, along with instructions on how to
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access the votes archive and how to independently verify the vote
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count.
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Any eligible voter may challenge the preliminary results by e-mailing
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<a
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href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>
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prior to June 22, 2009. The decision of the Elections Committee as
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to any challenge shall be final. Once any challenges have been
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resolved, the Elections Committee shall announce the final results.
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Any questions regarding these procedures should be directed to the
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Elections Committee by e-mail to <a
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href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>.
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The committee shall have the power to make any necessary changes or
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clarifications to these rules at any point during the elections.
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</li>
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</ol>
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<h2>Timeline</h2>
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<p><small>(all deadlines are 23:59 UTC)</small></p>
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2010-05-14 (Friday): Last day to apply for membership, including
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renewal (to be eligible for these elections).
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<!-- FIXME: We should get rid of that, because we can not guarantee anybody to become a member in time, let alone become a member at all -->
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</li>
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<!-- We do not do that in 2010, because it adds complexity
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2010-05-21 (Friday): Last day to apply for renewal of your
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membership (to be eligible for these elections).
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</li>
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-->
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2010-05-23 (Sunday): Last day to announce candidacies, submit summary
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statements.
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2010-05-26 (Wednesday): Final list of candidates, platform summaries
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mailed to <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>.
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</li>
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2010-05-30 (Sunday): Instructions mailed to eligible voters,
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voting begins.
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2010-06-13 (Sunday): Voting closes.
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</li>
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<li>
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2010-06-15 (Tuesday): Preliminary results are announced.
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</li>
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<li>
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2010-06-22 (Tuesday): Last day to challenge preliminary
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results.
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</li>
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</ul>
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