Le 19 octobre 2015 22:11:04 GMT+02:00, Cor Nouws <cor.no...@documentfoundation.org> a écrit : >Dear Community, > >We hereby officially announce the upcoming elections for the next Board >of Directors of The Document Foundation. > >As per § 7 II of our statues, [1] the Board's term lasts two years. The >current board started its duty on February 18, 2014. Therefore, the old >board remains in charge until the end of February 17, 2016, so the new >board will be in charge the day after that, which is February 18, 2016. > >As per § 6 III, only members of the Board of Trustees of The Document >Foundation, as well as current members of any of its bodies, are >eligible to be elected into the Board of Directors, and the election is >overseen by the Membership Committee (§ 7 II). > >The active electoral right is reserved to those who have been members >of >the Board of Trustees before this announcement (§ 7 II). > >§ 6 III also states that members of the Board of Directors or their >deputies may not be members of the Membership Committee and vice versa. >This means that current members of the Membership Committee are >eligible >to be elected, but given that with the acceptance of their new role >they >lose their current role in the MC, they would have to step down from >the >Membership Committee the minute before accepting to become a member of >the Board of Directors. > >There is one more notable limitation: Per § 8 IV of the statutes, a >maximum of 1/3 members of the Board of Directors is allowed to work on >an employment basis for the same company, organization, entities, >affiliates or subdivisions. > >Nomination of candidates fulfilling the above requirements, as well as >self nomination is welcome. In total, at least seven Board of Directors >members are required, and given there are enough candidates, up to >three >deputies can be elected (§ 7 II). > >Re-election of current members of the Board of Directors is explicitly >permitted (§ 7 II). > >Please send nominations and self-nominations via e-mail to >electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Membership >Committee >in private) and also (!) to board-discuss@documentfoundation.org (which >is a public mailing list). >We kindly ask nominees who would like to stand for elections to provide >a 75 words statement on their candidacy as continuous text (so no >bullet >lists or multiple paragraphs). In addition, please also provide your >full name, e-mail address and your corporate affiliation, if any. > >Discussions with the candidates and questions to them as well as >questions about the elections should take place on the public >board-discuss@documentfoundation.org mailing list. For details on how >to >use the mailing list, see >http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/ > >Eligible voters will receive further details via e-mail prior to the >start of elections, including a summary of the candidates, details on >how to access the voting system, and instructions on how to >independently verify the vote count. Please ensure the Membership >Committee has your recent and correct e-mail address on file. For >questions, you can reach the Membership Committee in private at >electi...@documentfoundation.org > >Following the time line set forth in § 7 II, requiring a 45 day advance >notice, we hereby announce the following time line for the elections: > >1. 2015-10-19: announcement of the elections (this e-mail); and start >of >the nomination phase >2. 2015-11-26, 24:00 CET/UTC+1: end of the nomination phase (one week >before the election starts, as per § 7 II) >3. 2015-12-04, 00:00 CET/UTC+1: official start of the elections (at >least 45 days after #1, as per § 7 II) >4. 2015-12-11, 24:00 CET/UTC+1: end of the elections >5. 2015-12-12: announcement of the preliminary results >6. 2015-12-14, 00:00 CET/UTC+1: start of the challenging phase >7. 2015-12-18, 24:00 CET/UTC+1: end of the challenging phase >8. afterwards: official announcement of the final results > >Be advised that the newly elected Board of Directors will only be in >charge beginning from February 18, 2016. The current Board of Directors >will however include them in the decision making process, to easen up >the transition. > >Challenges to this announcement with respect to the deadlines outlined >have to happen no later than seven (7) days after this announcement, >via >e-mail to electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the >Membership >Committee in private). > >Challenges to the preliminary results of the election have to happen >until the deadline set forth above, via e-mail to >electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Membership >Committee >in private). > >On behalf of the Membership Committee, > >Cor Nouws > >[1] http://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf (binding version) and >http://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf (non-binding >translation)
Hello everyone, Thank you for all your hard work organising the elections! I just had one small questions: when will the (possible) discussions take place? During the nomination phase or after it? Thanks ! Charles. -- Envoyé de mon appareil Android avec K-9 Mail. Veuillez excuser ma brièveté. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
