Dear all Time goes, and this is kind reminder, if you wish to run for Council or President position, or want to nominate someone, please note it here: https://pad.openmandriva.org/p/Candidacies_and_topics_for_GA_2015
Same applied to topics for discussion during general assembly. All best Kate Begin forwarded message: > From: Raphaël Jadot <[email protected]> > Subject: [om-council] OpenMandriva General Assembly, please pay attention > Date: 4April, 2015 11:43:48 PM GMT+02:00 > To: OpenMandriva Council <[email protected]>, OpenMandriva > members <[email protected]>, Cooker OpenMandriva > <[email protected]>, OpenMandriva Workshop > <[email protected]>, OpenMandriva Infra > <[email protected]>, OpenMandriva General Discussions > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: OpenMandriva Council <[email protected]> > > Hello members and supporters of the OpenMandriva Association, > > (The most important part of this email is after “how it works”) > > Time is going, we are growing and developing, and almost unnoticed 2 years > have passed: time for our annual members general assembly (to be held in > Loomio) and elections of Council > > So what happens? > > 1. General Assembly (GA) is made by all members of the association, so we > need to know first who stays in the association. > 1. General assembly (GA) discusses and decides on global ways of > association. Any member can suggest agenda points. > 2. GA will take place in Loomio, 1 discussion/voting per issue. If you think > that IRC meeting is also essential, please propose it. > 3. We start preparations to elections of the Council and Bureau. Coucil is > the representative and executive organ of the Association. ggestions to > council ML (in adressees of this email). > > Please make sure that you check the functions of council members and bureau > in our statutes, to avoid any confusions. > http://wiki.openmandriva.org/old/index.php?title=Statutes_2 > http://wiki.openmandriva.org/old/index.php?title=Bylaws_2 > > Council represents the association, decides over general strategy and > administrative things, its members have to devote time to sometimes not so > funny but necessary things, invest efforts into things often far from > development. > > Council will also name the bureau amongst its members: > * The President has to deal with french authorities, so certain command of > French is a bonus, to say the least. (It's why until then it has been me, > however the president doesn't need to be French) > * Treasurer is responsible for the account and annual financial reports. > * Secretary supports organizing things whenever and wherever necessary and > administration. > > ============================================================= > /!\ How it works, please pay attention! /!\ > ============================================================= > > We collect names for 2 week from now, please send an email to > [email protected] (don't pay attention if you receive an > automatic moderation reply) with your name or nickname. We want to know: > > * If you subscribe (or renew your membership) for the next two years. In case > of new member, an email with procedure will be sent. In case of no email, > your subscription will be released just before the General Assembly, however > a reminder will be sent within one week. Furthermore, you can (re)subscribe > (or cancel) any time later, but we need to regularly clean our members > database, also for administrative procedures. > * If you would like to stand for being Council member. > * What points you want to add to the agenda (related to the association, to > the projects of the association, anything, don't be shy :) > * Any comments and suggestion > > If any IRC meeting is needed, we can make one few days before General > Assembly. However, no decision will be taken during this meeting. > > After these two weeks, we gather all the topics for preparing the agenda. we > send all the informations to the new member lists. > 7 days after, we start Loomio General Assembly: each topics on the agenda > will be added in the members section of the OpenMandriva loomio account, > here https://www.loomio.org/g/yipf07UB/openmandriva-association-members. > Each topic will be written the same day, but will stand for discussions for > three to seven days, depending on the time discussions may need. Three days > is a default minimum for letting people around the globe being able to > participate, but if we have difficulties to reach consensus, we will add some > time. > Only members will be able to participate. > Members, please don't forget to register to Loomio. > > Thanks and let's get started! > > Raphaël > _______________________________________________ > OM-Council mailing list > [email protected] > http://ml.openmandriva.org/listinfo.cgi/om-council-openmandriva.org
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