On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Alex Deucher <[email protected]> wrote: > We are seeking nominations for candidates for election to the X.Org > Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are > eligible for election to the board. > > Nominations for the 2010 election are now open and will remain open > until 23.59 GMT on 11 February 2011. > > The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each > year, an election is held to bring the total number of directors to > eight. The four members receiving the highest vote totals will serve > as directors for two year terms. > > The directors who received two year terms starting in 2009 were > Matthias Hopf, Keith Packard, Matthieu Herrb, and Alex Deucher. They > will continue to serve until their term ends in 2011. Current > directors whose term expires in 2010 are Eric Anholt, Donnie Berkholz, > Alan Coopersmith, and Bart Massey. > > A director is expected to participate in the weekly IRC meeting to > discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org > Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in advance by > the Board of Directors. > > A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is > qualified. Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at > [email protected]. > > Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org > Foundation, and submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that > will be provided to prospective voters. The collected statements, > along with the statement of contribution to the X.Org Foundation in > the members account page on http://members.x.org, will be made > available to all voters to help them make their voting decisions. > > Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed > personal statements must be received no later than 23.59 GMT on 11 > February 2011.
Quick correction here on the dates, the nomination period ends 31 January 2011. The slate of candidates will be published 7 February 2011 and candidate Q&A will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and renewals is 11 February 2011. Sorry for the confusion. The Election Committee X.Org Foundation > > The Election Committee > X.Org Foundation > _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
