[cab-discuss] Nominations?

[Glynn Foster]

Hey Stephen,

I've tried making some changes that you suggested, and put it onto the wiki -
I'd be more than happy people editing it as appropriate.

http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolarisElectionDraft


Glynn

Stephen Hahn wrote:
> * Glynn Foster <Glynn.Foster at Sun.COM> [2007-01-31 00:30]:
> 
>   Thanks for writing this up.
> 
>> The OpenSolaris Governing Board is pleased to announce the start of
>> the annual elections to elect a governing board for 2007, under the
>> terms and conditions as set out in the OpenSolaris constitution.
>>
>> Who can vote?
>>
>> To be eligible to vote, you must be a current member of the OpenSolaris 
>> community, as defined in the constitution, and be present on the current 
>> voting list as prepared by the Secretary no more than 10 days before the
>> the start of the voting period for the elections.
>>
>> If you are not a member, you may either need to apply for membership, or
>> renew an expired membership and be present on the voting list no less than 
>> 3 days prior to the start of the voting period for the elections.
> 
>   I would suggest capitalizing Member, Constitution, etc.  I think a
>   link to the draft Constitution on genunix.org is needed, at least as a
>   footnote.  Probably also an excuse about the bootstrap nature of this
>   election.
> 
>> Being a candidate
>>
>> Candidates for election to the OpenSolaris Governing Board must be
>> nominated by a current member, or themselves providing they are a
>> member, and be registered as an OpenSolaris participant. All
>> candidates should send an e-mail to
>> opensolaris-announce at opensolaris.org with your name, e-mail address,
>> corporate affiliation (if any), along with a description of why you'd
>> like to serve.
>>
>> If you are not a member and would like to stand for the election, you
>> must first apply for membership and be accepted to be eligible to run.
> 
>   I think the ordering here is backwards:  any Participant can be
>   nominated, but must be nominated by a Member.
> 
>> The OpenSolaris Governing Board shall consist of 3 and a maximum of 7
>> people elected by the members of the community. You may vote for up to
>> 7 people.
> 
>   I think we need to pick a specific number of seats, unless we're
>   proposing something new.  Seven was the result of discussions that led
>   to the current draft.
>  
>   Well, the dates below will all have to slip now.
> 
>> Timeline
>> (all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)
>>
>>     February 2007
>>   S  M Tu   W  Th F  S
>>               (1) 2  3   Candidate nominations open
>>   4  5   6  7  8  9 10
>> (11)(12)13 14 15 16 17   Candidate nominations close (11th)
>>                          Campaigning begins (12th)
>>  18 19  20 21 22 23 24
>>  25 (26)27(28)           Voting list finalized (26th)
>>                          Campaigning finishes (28th)
>>
>>    March 2007
>>  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
>>             (1) 2  3     Elections begin
>>  4  5  6  7 (8)(9)10     Elections finish (8th)
>>                          Election results announced (9th)
>> 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
>> 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
>> 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
> 
>   I guess we can open on (8) February, so a one week slip.
> 
>   - Stephen
>