I'll stay on till then and put my hat in for another term. On Aug 28, 2017 7:20 PM, "Clive Johnston" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Kubuntu community! > > Unfortunately, we overlooked that three (3) of our Kubuntu Council > members are expiring shortly! It was only brought to our attention today > (big heart felt apologies for that!). > > The terms for the following Council members are due to expire on the 9th > September 2017: > > Aaron Honeycutt > Clay Weber > Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan > > I hereby call for nominations for the Kubuntu Council to elect three (3) > members > and hope that Aaron Honeycutt, Clay Weber and Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan will > continue to serve until we have the names of the new Council members. > > I will update the Kubuntu Calendar to reflect these new dates, and include > deadlines for announcing the next election/call for nominations. > > The term is for two years, spanning 11th September 2017 to 11th September > 2019. > > As in the past, the election will be conducted using CIVS (Condorcet Internet > Voting Service) - http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html and the top > three ranking vote recipients will be elected. Good stuff! > > *Schedule:* > > Nomination period: Now to the 4th September 2017 > Ballot Preparation: 4th September to the next day > Voting Period: 4th September to 11th September > End Poll/Results Announced: 11th September > New Term Begins: 11th September 2017 > > This schedule shortens all the timelines. Please nominate yourselves or > others quickly, so we can get to voting quickly. Please mention what you > would like to accomplish within the Kubuntu project (Why people should vote > for you) > > *Eligibility:* > > All Kubuntu Members ( https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/+members ) > are eligible to be nominated and to vote. If you have a public email address > in Launchpad, you need take no further action to receive your voting > ballot. If you do not have a public email address, please > contact me off-list with the address you'd like your ballot sent > to, otherwise you will be unable to vote. > > *Nominations:* > > All Kubuntu members are eligible. The Kubuntu Council is intended to represent > all of the Kubuntu community. Applications from involved non-developers > are encouraged. If you are nominating someone else, please confirm their > willingness to serve before nominating them. > Nominations should be done in public via either kubuntu-users or kubuntu-devel > mailing lists. If there is some extraordinary reason that precludes that, > contact me directly. > > *Commitment:* > > The Kubuntu Council is the leadership body of Kubuntu. Members of the council > are expected to be active in the Kubuntu community/project. It has three > primary roles: > > - Approve development plans for future Kubuntu releases > - Approve Kubuntu membership applications > - Resolve disputes within the Kubuntu project > > The time commitment is not large. Meetings are generally only once every > several months and conducted via IRC. However, we do need the Kubuntu > Council to lead the community, not sit back and only attend meetings. > > *Questions:* > > If there are questions, you can contact me (preferably) via this mailing > list or (if really necessary) via direct mail. I can also be found on > Freenode IRC in #kubuntu, #kubuntu-council or #kubuntu-devel, nickname: > clivejo > > Many thanks to all and please remember "time is of the essence". > > Happy nominating and voting, > Clive > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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