Announcing Board of Directors Elections 2020
Andrea Veri <[email protected]> Mon, 18 May 2020 15:17:10 +0200
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The GNOME Foundation Membership and Elections Committee are pleased to
announce the upcoming elections for the Board of Directors in Spring 2020.
The most important deadlines (UTC) in the timeline are the following:
*GNOME Board Elections 2020*
2020-05-18: List of candidates opens.
2020-05-29: Last day to announce candidacies, submit
summary statements.
2020-05-30: Final list of candidates.
2020-06-01: Instructions mailed to eligible voters, voting
begins.
2020-06-14: Voting closes.
2020-06-15: Preliminary results are announced.
2020-06-22: Last day to challenge preliminary results.
ELECTIONS
=========
Four of the seven members of our current Board of Directors have been
ruling GNOME for 12 months now. We, the GNOME Foundation Members, will have
to elect what will be the Board of Directors for the next year.
Why elections are going to renew four out of seven seats this year? Please
read below under the VOTING session.
CANDIDACY
=========
If you want to run for one of the seven positions on The GNOME
Foundation Board of Directors, then send an email to
[email protected] with your full name, e-mail, corporate
affiliation (if any), and your reasons for wanting to serve as a director.
Candidacies must be announced prior to 2020-05-29, 23:59 UTC.
All discussion related to the elections should be held on
foundation-list. Members are invited to ask questions to one or all
candidates on that list (see below).
A list of candidates will be announced on 2020-05-30.
At this point, you are invited to ask the candidates questions via
Discourse at:
https://discourse.gnome.org/c/community/elections-and-referendums/336
These candidates might become your representative, so do not hesitate to
ask them questions.
Please try to avoid asking duplicate questions that others have
already asked. Also, bear in mind that the candidates invest a lot of
time answering questions, so please be reasonable with the amount and scope
of the questions.
ELECTORATE
==========
Every GNOME Foundation member whose membership is valid as of
2020-05-30 is eligible to vote in the elections. Please note that
Emeritus members won't have voting rights. More details about what
Emeritus members can and can't do are available at
https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/EmeritusMembers.
If you are not a member yet, please consider applying for membership
as soon as possible at
https://www.gnome.org/foundation/membership/apply
Late applications will most likely not be processed in time.
The GNOME Foundation Membership and Elections Committee do inform members
they need to renew by mailing them once a month both on their personal
e-mail and on the foundation-list mailing list. We recommend that members
to also double check this to avoid a missed opportunity to vote. Please
verify that the email address that is associated with your GNOME Foundation
membership is valid and that you are able to read emails sent to this
address. With the introduction of https://account.gnome.org verifying this
information is now possible by just logging in with your GNOME Account.
Your password can be reset with the following command:
ssh -l gnome_userid account.gnome.org
A new password will be e-mailed directly to the registered e-mail for
your account. In case the above solution won't work or you don't know
what your username is please get in touch with the GNOME Accounts Team at
[email protected].
You can verify your membership status by visiting
https://foundation.gnome.org/membership/members.php and looking for your
name, surname on the list of members. You can also verify your last renewal
date by highlighting your name, surname with your mouse and waiting a
little second for the date to appear correctly.
VOTING
======
The Electorate will receive complete instructions on how to vote by
2020-06-01 via email.
This specific election run is the first one occurring after the following
amendments were introduced to the Foundation's Bylaws. The aforementioned
changes introduced the ability to only renew a subset of the available
seats of the Board. The rationale of the changes and the historical
information about these specific amendments can be found here:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2019-July/msg00007.html
The candidates voted for most as counted by a single transferable vote
system will be elected, except that no more than two individuals affiliated
with any one corporation may be sitting on the Board as Directors during
the same term. This holds true even in the case a subset of seats is up for
renewal: as an example if X is affiliated with the Example Inc. and his/her
seat is not up for renewal, the amount of possible candidates affiliated
with Example Inc. that may be elected would be 1 (one). On top of that and
as taken from the Foundation's Bylaws: "8.2.4: In the event that any
election of directors results in a single entity representing greater than
40% of the Board, than the nominee representing that entity receiving the
least number of votes, shall be replaced by the nominee receiving the
greatest number of votes who was not elected to the Board." For a full
definition of corporate affiliation, see the GNOME Foundation charter at:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Foundation/Charter
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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More information about The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee and the
voting process can be found here:
https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee
https://vote.gnome.org
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Cheers,
Andrea
Red Hatter,
Fedora / EPEL packager,
GNOME Infrastructure Team Coordinator,
Former GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Secretary,
GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman
Homepage: https://www.gnome.org/~av
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ship and Elections Committee are pleased to announce the upcoming elections=
for the Board of Directors in Spring 2020.</div><div style=3D"text-align:l=
eft"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">The most important deadlines =
(UTC) in the timeline are the following:</div><div style=3D"text-align:left=
"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 *GNOME Board El=
ections 2020*</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2020-05-18: List of candidates opens.</div>=
<div style=3D"text-align:left">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 2020-05-29: Last day to announce candidacies, submit summary =
statements.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2020-05-30: Final list of candidates.</div><di=
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s.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2020-06-14: Voting closes.</div><div style=3D"text-ali=
gn:left">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2020-06-15=
: Preliminary results are announced.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2020-06-22: Last da=
y to challenge preliminary results.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br=
></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">ELECTIONS</div><div style=3D"text-ali=
gn:left">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><b=
r></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Four of the seven members of our cur=
rent Board of Directors have been ruling GNOME for 12 months now. We, the G=
NOME Foundation Members, will have to elect what will be the Board of Direc=
tors for the next year.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div =
style=3D"text-align:left">Why elections are going to renew four out of seve=
n seats this year? Please read below under the VOTING session.</div><div st=
yle=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div>=
<div style=3D"text-align:left">CANDIDACY</div><div style=3D"text-align:left=
">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div=
><div style=3D"text-align:left">If you want to run for one of the seven pos=
itions on The GNOME</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Foundation Board of=
Directors, then send an email to</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">foundation-an=
[email protected]</a> with your full name, e-mail, corporate affiliation (if=
any), and your reasons for wanting to serve as a director.</div><div style=
=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Candidacies m=
ust be announced prior to 2020-05-29, 23:59 UTC.</div><div style=3D"text-al=
ign:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">All discussion related t=
o the elections should be held on</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">found=
ation-list. Members are invited to ask questions to one or all</div><div st=
yle=3D"text-align:left">candidates on that list (see below).</div><div styl=
e=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">A list of ca=
ndidates will be announced on 2020-05-30.</div><div style=3D"text-align:lef=
t"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">At this point, you are invited =
to ask the candidates questions via Discourse at:</div><div style=3D"text-a=
lign:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><a href=3D"https://disc=
ourse.gnome.org/c/community/elections-and-referendums/336" target=3D"_blank=
">https://discourse.gnome.org/c/community/elections-and-referendums/336</a>=
</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:lef=
t">These candidates might become your representative, so do not hesitate to=
ask them questions.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div sty=
le=3D"text-align:left">Please try to avoid asking duplicate questions that =
others have</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">already asked. Also, bear i=
n mind that the candidates invest a lot of</div><div style=3D"text-align:le=
ft">time answering questions, so please be reasonable with the amount and s=
cope of the questions.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div s=
tyle=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">ELECTORAT=
E</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</div><=
div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Ever=
y GNOME Foundation member whose membership is valid as of</div><div style=
=3D"text-align:left">2020-05-30 is eligible to vote in the elections. Pleas=
e note that</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Emeritus members won't =
have voting rights. More details about what</div><div style=3D"text-align:l=
eft">Emeritus members can and can't do are available at</div><div style=
=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><a href=3D"ht=
tps://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/EmeritusMembers" target=3D"_blank"=
>https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/EmeritusMembers</a>.</div><div =
style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">If you a=
re not a member yet, please consider applying for membership</div><div styl=
e=3D"text-align:left">as soon as possible at</div><div style=3D"text-align:=
left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><a href=3D"https://www.gnome=
.org/foundation/membership/apply" target=3D"_blank">https://www.gnome.org/f=
oundation/membership/apply</a></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></di=
v><div style=3D"text-align:left">Late applications will most likely not be =
processed in time.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=
=3D"text-align:left">The GNOME Foundation Membership and Elections Committe=
e do inform members they need to renew by mailing them once a month both on=
their personal e-mail and on the foundation-list mailing list. We recommen=
d that members to also double check this to avoid a missed opportunity to v=
ote. Please verify that the email address that is associated with your GNOM=
E Foundation membership is valid and that you are able to read emails sent =
to this address. With the introduction of <a href=3D"https://account.gnome.=
org" target=3D"_blank">https://account.gnome.org</a> verifying this informa=
tion is now possible by just logging in with your GNOME Account. Your passw=
ord can be reset with the following command:</div><div style=3D"text-align:=
left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">ssh -l gnome_userid <a href=
=3D"http://account.gnome.org" target=3D"_blank">account.gnome.org</a></div>=
<div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">A n=
ew password will be e-mailed directly to the registered e-mail for</div><di=
v style=3D"text-align:left">your account. In case the above solution won=
9;t work or you don't know</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">what you=
r username is please get in touch with the GNOME Accounts Team at <a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>.</d=
iv><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=
You can verify your membership status by visiting</div><div style=3D"text-a=
lign:left"><a href=3D"https://foundation.gnome.org/membership/members.php" =
target=3D"_blank">https://foundation.gnome.org/membership/members.php</a> a=
nd looking for your name, surname on the list of members. You can also veri=
fy your last renewal date by highlighting your name, surname with your mous=
e and waiting a little second for the date to appear correctly.</div><div s=
tyle=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div=
><div style=3D"text-align:left">VOTING</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=
=3D"text-align:left">The Electorate will receive complete instructions on h=
ow to vote by</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">2020-06-01 via email.</di=
v><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">T=
his specific election run is the first one occurring after the following</d=
iv><div style=3D"text-align:left">amendments were introduced to the Foundat=
ion's Bylaws. The aforementioned changes introduced the ability to only=
renew a subset of the available seats of the Board. The rationale of the c=
hanges and the historical information about these specific amendments can b=
e found here:</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"t=
ext-align:left"><a href=3D"https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-annou=
nce/2019-July/msg00007.html" target=3D"_blank">https://mail.gnome.org/archi=
ves/foundation-announce/2019-July/msg00007.html</a></div><div style=3D"text=
-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">The candidates voted =
for most as counted by a single transferable vote system will be elected, e=
xcept that no more than two individuals affiliated with any one corporation=
may be sitting on the Board as Directors during the same term. This holds =
true even in the case a subset of seats is up for renewal: as an example if=
X is affiliated with the Example Inc. and his/her seat is not up for renew=
al, the amount of possible candidates affiliated with Example Inc. that may=
be elected would be 1 (one). On top of that and as taken from the Foundati=
on's Bylaws: "8.2.4: In the event that any election of directors r=
esults in a single entity representing greater than 40% of the Board, than =
the nominee representing that entity receiving the least number of votes, s=
hall be replaced by the nominee receiving the greatest number of votes who =
was not elected to the Board." For a full definition of corporate affi=
liation, see the GNOME Foundation charter at:</div><div style=3D"text-align=
:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><a href=3D"https://wiki.gno=
me.org/Foundation/Charter" target=3D"_blank">https://wiki.gnome.org/Foundat=
ion/Charter</a></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D=
"text-align:left">In the event of a tie for the final slot on the board, th=
e Elections</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Committee will schedule run=
-off elections as soon as possible.</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br=
></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">---</div><div style=3D"text-align:lef=
t"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">More information about The GNOM=
E Foundation Membership Committee and the voting process can be found here:=
</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:lef=
t">=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee" target=3D"=
_blank">https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee</a></div><div style=3D"t=
ext-align:left">=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://vote.gnome.org" target=3D"_blank"=
>https://vote.gnome.org</a></div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><=
div style=3D"text-align:left">--=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">=
Cheers,</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-al=
ign:left">Andrea</div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=
=3D"text-align:left">Red Hatter,</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Fedora=
/ EPEL packager,</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">GNOME Infrastructure =
Team Coordinator,</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Former GNOME Foundati=
on Board of Directors Secretary,</div><div style=3D"text-align:left">GNOME =
Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman</div><div style=3D=
"text-align:left"><br></div><div style=3D"text-align:left">Homepage: <a hre=
f=3D"https://www.gnome.org/~av" target=3D"_blank">https://www.gnome.org/~av=
</a></div></div>
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