[cab-discuss] election schedule

[Al Hopper]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Stephen Hahn wrote:

> * Al Hopper <al at logical-approach.com> [2007-02-21 14:35]:
> >
> > Stephen,
> >
> > Since you were designated the official record-keeper for the OGB - I want
> > to verify the election calendar and publish the official OGB election
> > schedule on the OGB pages (working on them right now).  My (sloppy) notes
> > indicate:
> >
> > NB: All times are UTC aka GMT

OK - we'll (per the suggestions and +1 votes) make all the times PST and
minimize any last minute changes in the voting software.

>   I will add code to make the UTC times more clear; the software all is
>   in terms of server time (California) at present.
>
> > Election process event                Effective Timestamp
> > --------------------------            -------------------
> > Nominations Open (begin date??)       now
> > Nominations Close                     Mon Feb 26th (midnight UTC)
>
>   My obsessive tendencies were leading to make Thursdays the "open" day
>   and Wednesdays the "close" day for any phase, but I'm not wedded to
>   that.
>
> > Campaigning open                      Tue Feb 27th (00:00 hours UTC)
> > Voter registration additions closed   Thur Mar 8th  (midnight UTC)
> > Campaigning close                     Sun Mar 11th (midnight UTC)
> >
> > Election open                         Mon Mar 12th (00:00 hours UTC)
> > Election close                        Thur Mar 22nd (midnight UTC)
>
>   (This voting period is only 10 days.)

Whoops.

> > Election results posted               Fri Mar 23rd (sometime)
>
>   To meet the two week period I would close Monday, March 26th, with
>   results on the 27th.

Yep - now I remember that we decided on 14 days (2 weeks) for voting - to
allow more time for folks on vacation (whatever that is!).

Thanks Stephen,

Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX.  al at logical-approach.com
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