Nominations Open for 2013-2014 Plone Foundation Board of Directors

 Please consider nominating yourself to serve on the Plone Foundation's
Board of Directors.

If you have an interest in helping the governance of Plone, and
particularly the energy and time to pitch in, please consider nominating
yourself to serve on the Plone Foundation board of directors for 2013-2014.
Nomination Process

   1. Log in on plone.org and go here:

   http://plone.org/foundation/meetings/membership/2013-membership-meeting/nominations
   2. Add a page there with your name in the title.
   3. For the body, discuss:
   -- Who you are
   -- Why you're interested
   -- What you think you can add to the Plone Foundation*
   -- Most importantly*, the name(s) of one or more Plone Foundation
   members that "second" your nomination
   4. Once ready, click "submit" in the workflow drop-down menu to get a
   reviewer to look at your nomination.
   5. Nominations will be accepted until *October 1*,* 23.59, BRT (UTC-3). *The
   election will be conducted in conjunction with the annual meeting. All
   active members of the Plone Foundation will be eligible to vote.*
   *

About Board Membership

The Plone Foundation is a not-for-profit, public-benefit corporation with
the mission to "promote and protect Plone". That has meant that the board
is involved in:

   - protecting the trademark, copyrights and other intellectual property,
   including considering licensing and usage issues;
   - hiring the release manager;
   - working with various committees, including marketing and membership;
   - handling "other stuff in the community" as needed. For example,
   helping craft policy on plone.org about commercial listings, etc
   - *but **not*: directing Plone development. The board facilitates, but
   does not direct, the development of Plone itself.

While there's lots of work that happens online, *much of the critical
business of the board is conducted during phone meetings every two weeks* —
typically, board meetings last about an hour to 90 minutes though
occasionally they can run over to handle time-critical issues.  Please
consider whether this fits your schedule, since missing more than an
occasional meeting severely limits the ability of the board to reach quorum
and conduct business. Historically, board meetings have been organized to
occur during daytime hours in America and evening hours in Europe.

In addition, there is a board mailing list (private), where we discuss
things in addition to the meetings.

This is a working board. Be ready to regularly take on and complete
responsibilities for board business.

The board writes no code and makes no development decisions. It is much
more concerned with marketing, budgets, fund-raising, community process and
intellectual property considerations.

You *do not* need to be a foundation member to serve on the board (in fact,
board leadership is an excellent way to become a foundation member). All
you need is to get an active foundation
member<http://plone.org/foundation/members> to
second your nomination.

The Plone Foundation is interested in broadening the diversity of our
leadership, with regards to gender, ethnicity, and geography.

If you have questions about the nominations process, contact the board:
board-z4DKO/[email protected]

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