Announcing Board of Directors Elections 2021
Andrea Veri <[email protected]> Tue, 11 May 2021 11:42:36 +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 2021.
The most important deadlines (UTC) in the timeline are the following:
*GNOME Board Elections 2021*
2021-05-17: List of candidates opens.
2021-05-31: Last day to announce candidacies, submit
summary statements.
2021-06-01: Final list of candidates.
2021-06-02: Instructions mailed to eligible voters, voting
begins.
2021-06-16: Voting closes.
2021-06-17: Preliminary results are announced.
2021-06-24: Last day to challenge preliminary results.
ELECTIONS
=========
Three 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 are elections going to renew three out of seven seats this year? Please
read below under the VOTING session.
The seats that will be up for election during this run are:
1. Philip Chimento
2. Federico Mena Quintero
3. Allan Day
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 2021-05-31, 23:59 UTC.
Members are invited to ask questions to one or all candidates 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.
A list of candidates will be announced on 2021-06-01.
ELECTORATE
==========
Every GNOME Foundation member whose membership is valid as of
2021-06-01 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
email and on the foundation-list mailing list. We recommend that members
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 via:
https://password.gnome.org
A new password will be e-mailed directly to the registered e-mail for your
account.
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.
VOTING
======
The Electorate will receive complete instructions on how to vote by
2021-06-02 via email.
This specific election run will elect only three directors (instead of the
former 7), as a result of the amendments that were recently 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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ven 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.<br><br>Why are elections goin=
g to renew three out of seven seats this year? Please read below under the =
VOTING session.<br><br>The seats that will be up for election during this r=
un are:<br><br>1. Philip Chimento<br>2. Federico Mena Quintero<br>3. Allan =
Day<br><br>CANDIDACY<br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>If you want to r=
un for one of the seven positions on The GNOME<br>Foundation Board of Direc=
tors, then send an email to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
">[email protected]</a> with your full name, e-mail, corporate =
affiliation (if any), and your reasons for wanting to serve as a director.<=
br><br>Candidacies must be announced prior to 2021-05-31, 23:59 UTC.<br><br=
>Members are invited to ask questions to one or all candidates via Discours=
e at:<br><br><a href=3D"https://discourse.gnome.org/c/community/elections-a=
nd-referendums/336">https://discourse.gnome.org/c/community/elections-and-r=
eferendums/336</a><br><br>These candidates might become your representative=
, so do not hesitate to ask them questions.<br><br>Please try to avoid aski=
ng duplicate questions that others have<br>already asked. Also, bear in min=
d that the candidates invest a lot of<br>time answering questions, so pleas=
e be reasonable with the amount and scope of the questions.<br><br>A list o=
f candidates will be announced on 2021-06-01.<br><br>ELECTORATE<br>=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>Every GNOME Foundation member whose members=
hip is valid as of<br>2021-06-01 is eligible to vote in the elections. Plea=
se note that<br>Emeritus members won't have voting rights. More details=
about what<br>Emeritus members can and can't do are available at<br><b=
r><a href=3D"https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/EmeritusMembers">ht=
tps://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/EmeritusMembers</a>.<br><br>If you=
are not a member yet, please consider applying for membership<br>as soon a=
s possible at:<br><br><a href=3D"https://www.gnome.org/foundation/membershi=
p/apply">https://www.gnome.org/foundation/membership/apply</a><br><br>Late =
applications will most likely not be processed in time.<br><br>The GNOME Fo=
undation Membership and Elections Committee do inform members they need to =
renew by mailing them once a month both on their personal email and on the =
foundation-list mailing list. We recommend that members also double check t=
his to avoid a missed opportunity to vote. Please verify that the email add=
ress that is associated with your GNOME Foundation membership is valid and<=
br>that you are able to read emails sent to this address. With the introduc=
tion of <a href=3D"https://account.gnome.org">https://account.gnome.org</a>=
verifying this information is now possible by just logging in with your GN=
OME Account. Your password can be reset via:<br><br><a href=3D"https://pass=
word.gnome.org">https://password.gnome.org</a><br><br>A new password will b=
e e-mailed directly to the registered e-mail for your account.<br><br>You c=
an verify your membership status by visiting <a href=3D"https://foundation.=
gnome.org/membership/members.php">https://foundation.gnome.org/membership/m=
embers.php</a> and<br>looking for your name, surname on the list of members=
.<br><br><br>VOTING<br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>The Electorate will receiv=
e complete instructions on how to vote by<br>2021-06-02 via email.<br><br>T=
his specific election run will elect only three directors (instead of the f=
ormer 7), as a result of the amendments that were recently introduced to th=
e Foundation's Bylaws. The aforementioned changes introduced the abilit=
y to only renew a subset of the available seats of the Board. The rationale=
of the changes and the historical<br>information about these specific amen=
dments can be found here:<br><br><a href=3D"https://mail.gnome.org/archives=
/foundation-announce/2019-July/msg00007.html">https://mail.gnome.org/archiv=
es/foundation-announce/2019-July/msg00007.html</a><br><br>The candidates vo=
ted for most as counted by a single transferable vote system will be electe=
d, except that no more than two individuals affiliated with any one corpora=
tion may be sitting on the Board as Directors during the same term. This ho=
lds true even in the case a subset of seats is up for renewal: as an exampl=
e if X is affiliated with the Example Inc. and his/her seat is not up for r=
enewal, the amount of possible candidates affiliated with Example Inc. that=
may be elected <br>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 dir=
ectors results in a single entity representing greater than 40% of the Boar=
d, than the nominee representing that entity receiving the least number of =
votes, shall be replaced by the nominee receiving the greatest number of vo=
tes who was not elected to the Board." For a full definition of corpor=
ate affiliation, see the GNOME Foundation charter at:<br><br><a href=3D"htt=
ps://wiki.gnome.org/Foundation/Charter">https://wiki.gnome.org/Foundation/C=
harter</a><br><br>In the event of a tie for the final slot on the board, th=
e Elections<br>Committee will schedule run-off elections as soon as possibl=
e.<br><br>---<br><br>More information about The GNOME Foundation Membership=
Committee and the voting process can be found here:<br><br>=C2=A0 <a href=
=3D"https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee">https://wiki.gnome.org/Memb=
ershipCommittee</a><br>=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://vote.gnome.org">https://vo=
te.gnome.org</a><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr=
" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">Cheers,<br><=
br>Andrea<br><br>Red Hatter,<br>Fedora / EPEL packager,<br>GNOME Infrastruc=
ture Team Coordinator,<br>Former GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Secret=
ary,<br>GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman<br><=
br>Homepage: <a href=3D"https://www.gnome.org/~av" target=3D"_blank">https:=
//www.gnome.org/~av</a></div></div>
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