So far we've received a couple of nominations for four open spots. The official nomination period ends this Thursday. Please let us know if you'd like to nominate someone including yourself.
Harry On 2019-01-31 5:08 p.m., Wentland, Harry 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 2019 election are now open and will remain open until > 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2019. > > 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 2018 were Keith > Packard, Bryce Harrington, Eric Anholt, and Harry Wentland. They will > continue to serve until their term ends in 2020. Current directors whose term > expires in 2019 are Rob Clark, Martin Peres, Taylor Campbell and Daniel > Vetter. > > A director is expected to participate in the fortnightly 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 elections at x.org. > > 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 member's 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 UTC on 14 February 2019. > > The slate of candidates will be published 21 February 2019 and candidate Q&A > will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and renewals > is 21 February 2019. > > Cheers, Harry Wentland, on behalf of the X.Org BoD > > > > > _______________________________________________ > memb...@foundation.x.org: X.Org Foundation Members > Archives: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members > Info: https://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members > _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
