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2003-11-01 Glynn Foster <glynn.foster@sun.com> * Merge the new-template branch in to HEAD. The branch is now defunct, and we have a live updated foundation.gnome.org. Yay!
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<h1>GNOME Foundation Election Rules & Timeline</h2>
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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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Members of the GNOME Foundation as of November 8, 2001 are eligible to
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vote in the election. 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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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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foundation-announce@gnome.org with your full name, e-mail, corporate
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affiliation (if any), and a description of your reasons for wanting to
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serve as a director. Candidacies must be announced prior to November
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8, 2001, 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 elections@gnome.org. Summaries should be no more
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than 75 words of continuous text (i.e. no bullet lists or multiple
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paragraphs) and must be received by the nomination deadline given
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above. A compilation of the summaries will be mailed to all registered
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voters several days prior to the election.
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All discussion related to the election should be held on
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foundation-list@gnome.org. Members are invited to ask questions of one
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or all candidates on that list.
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Ballots will be sent via e-mail to all eligible voters on November 20,
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2001, and must be returned by November 27, 2001, 23:59 UTC (18:59 EST).
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Full instructions will be included in the ballot.
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Ballots will be held confidential during the election, but an archive
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of all submitted ballots will be made publicly accessible at its
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conclusion.
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The Elections Committe is responsible for counting the ballots, after
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taking appropriate action to fix misformatted ballots.
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The 11 candidates who receive the most votes will be elected, except
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that no more than four individuals affiliated with any one corporation
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may be elected. Should more than four of the top eleven vote-getters be
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affiliated with the same company, only the four with the most votes
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will be considered elected. For a full definition of corporate
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affiliation, see the GNOME Foundation Charter.
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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 a run-off election 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 election closes, along with instructions on how to
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access the ballot 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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elections@gnome.org prior to December 4, 2001. The decision of the
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Elections Committee as to any challenge shall be final. Once any
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challenges have been resolved, the Elections Committee shall announce
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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 elections@gnome.org. The committee
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shall have the power to make any necessary changes or clarifications to
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these rules at any point during the election.
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</ol>
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<h2>Timeline</h2>
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<p><small>(all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)</small></p>
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November 8 (Thursday): Last day to announce candidacies, submit summary
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statements, and apply for membership (to be eligible for this
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election).
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November 10 (Saturday): Final list of candidates, platform summaries
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posted to GNotices and mailed to foundation-announce@gnome.org
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November 20 (Tuesday): Ballots mailed to eligible voters, voting
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begins.
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November 27 (Tuesday): Voting closes.
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December 4 (Tuesday): Last day to challenge preliminary results
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