Greetings! The OpenSolaris Elections are nearly here. The OGB has been working hard to get ready for them and we hope you'll be able to participate.
Please read this entire email carefully. If you have questions send them to ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org or ask during the Members Meeting. This covers voting, running for the OGB, the new constitution, and the annual members meeting. The calendar and summary of this information is available here: http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+ogb/2010 1. Eligibility to Vote Core Contributors in any community's electorate will have the right to vote. You can verify your eligibility by logging into http://auth.opensolaris.org/ . Select "Edit your account", then select "Collectives" on the left hand menu. If you have any unexpired Core Contributor grants, you are eligible and expected to vote. If you have problems accessing the Auth site, please contact website-admin at opensolaris.org 2. Testing Polling Credentials To make sure voting is working for you, try out the test poll open until Feb 26, 2010 (0:00hrs PST). http://poll.opensolaris.org/ and select "Vote in Open Polls". 3. OGB Nominations Any OpenSolaris community member can be nominated to stand for election to the OGB - all you need is a valid log-in ID for OpenSolaris.org. Nominations, however, must be made by a Core Contributor and accepted by the candidate. Self nominations are acceptable and encouraged. More details can be found here: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=459949&tstart=0 4. New Constitution The OGB has had a long review period (starting September 2009), of the new draft for the constitution. We started with last year's draft and incorporated all of the feedback from the community. We believe this new document simplifies and clarifies the community governance to match our actual practice and realistic expectations. This does not require changes to the Charter. All members of the OGB unanimously recommend you approve this change. To succeed this time, we 215 pass votes; your participation is vital. Please review the document here: http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+ogb/Proposed+Constitution 5. Meeting of Members Under the existing Constitution, we have to gather the voting membership on irc://irc.freenode.net/#opensolaris-meeting from noon PT Feb 25th until quorum is reached. That means we need everyone with a Core Contributor grant to join. If you aren't a core contributor, you are not required to attend, but are certainly welcome to. Please log into the IRC channel and announce yourself in the format "Hello, I am <your name> and an OpenSolaris Core Contributor. My OpenSolaris ID is <your ID>" There is a bot monitoring the channel and recording these announcements as well as all channel discussion. http://www.spcoast.com/irclogs/opensolaris-meeting Feel free to use the IRC channel to ask, or indeed answer, any questions about the election. The current OGB will be present throughout the meeting. Current and past OGB members can be identified as channel operators on the IRC channel. OGB members will be available periodically throughout the meeting. The quorum we need to meet in order for the election to go forward is 143. Valerie -- Sponsor me in the Breathe Easy Ride - 100 miles - June 26! Money raised goes to the American Lung Association: http://action.lungusa.org/goto/valerie
