OpenSolarisElectionDraft

From Genunix

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

http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolaris_Governance_Draft_03

Moreover, you will be asked whether you also agree with the current draft for use as the Constitution of the OpenSolaris Community.

Contents 1 Who can vote? 2 Being a candidate 3 How to vote? 4 Timeline

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.

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@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 current Member and would like to stand for the election, you may still be nominated by an existing Member. The OpenSolaris Governing Board shall consist of 7 people elected by the Members of the community. The Board will be elected by single transferable vote, and you will be asked to submit an ordered list of candidates by preference.

How to vote?

The vote will be conducted using opensolaris.org's voting system. You must have an SSH public key registered on opensolaris.org to connect to the voting system...

(More to come.)

Timeline

(all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)

    February 2007 
  S  M Tu   W  Th F  S
               1  2  3   
  4  5   6  7 (8) 9 10   Candidate nominations open
 11  12 13 14 15 16 17   
(18)(19)20 21 22 23 24   Candidate nominations close (11th)
                         Campaigning begins (12th)
 25  26 27 28

   March 2007
 S  M Tu  W Th  F   S
             1  2   3    
 4 (5) 6 (7)(8) 9  10    Voting list finalized (5th)
                         Campaigning finishes (7th)
                         Elections begin (8th)
11 12 13 14(15)(16)17    Elections finish (15th)
                         Election results announced (16th)
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31