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
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