[announce] Election Timeline Reminder

*Apologies for the second post to general. This repost is for the Announce list*

Since elections are quickly approaching and our June Monthly meeting is
tomorrow night. I wanted to post this information regarding the Election
Timeline and Procedures. The voting will be part of the July Monthly
Meeting.

See you at the meeting.
http://www.personaltelco.net/static/news.html

A-

http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/ElectionTimeline


Eligibility

     1. In order to run for president you must be an active member of
        Personal Telco and must have another member publicly nominate
        you (you may not self-nominate). 
     2. To nominate someone for the presidential election you must be an
        active member and send an email stating your nomination to the
        general mail list with a subject of "PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION:
        <name>". [EMAIL]Send an email now. 
     3. You must be present at the July monthly meeting to vote. No
        proxy votes or absentee ballots will be accepted. 
General Timeline

      * At the May monthly meeting, and at every montly and weekly
        meeting thereafter, we will accept membership applications (see
        MembershipAgreement for more information). 
      * From the May MonthlyMeeting to the day before the June monthly
        meeting we will accept nominations. 
      * At the June MonthlyMeeting (but no sooner) the candidates may
        begin campaigning by giving a five minute speach and by posting
        their platform and qualifications on their wiki home page and by
        sending a single message to the general list. The candidates may
        campaign in person and by personal email as much as they wish. 
      * The election will be held at the July MonthlyMeeting. 
      * The new president will assume the role of president at the
        August monthly meeting. 
July Meeting Details

      * At the beginning of the meeting each member will be given a
        ballot listing all of the candidates. 
      * Each candidate will be allowed to speak for five minutes about
        their platform. The order of presentations will be determined
        randomly. 
      * At end of the presentations all members will have time to decide
        who to vote for and can put their ballot into the ballot box.
        Members should be prepared to provide proof of identity if
        requested. 
      * After all ballots have been collected, the number of ballots
        will be counted. If there is an even number of ballots, Adam
        Shand will also submit a ballot prior to them being tallied. 
      * Ballots will be tallied by the board of directors (Lucas
        Sheehan, the secretary,will be in charge). 
      * The winner is the candidate with the most votes (a majority is
        not required). The winner will be announced at the meeting. 
      * The winner will be declared on the announce mailing list and the
        web site. 


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Aaron Baer
[email protected]
http://www.cat.pdx.edu/~baera/

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