2017 X.Org Board of Directors Elections Nomination period is NOW

[Bryce Harrington]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 11:10:54PM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 04:26:49PM -0500, Alex Deucher 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 2017 election are now open and will remain open
> > until 23:59 UTC on 12 March 2017.
> > 
> > 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 2016 were Alex
> > Deucher, Egbert Eich, Keith Packard and Bryce Harrington. They will
> > continue to serve until their term ends in 2018. Current directors
> > whose term expires in 2017 are Rob Clark, Martin Peres, Peter Hutterer
> > 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 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 UTC on 12
> > March 2017.
> > 
> > The slate of candidates will be published 05 March 2017 and candidate
> > Q&A will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and
> > renewals is 05 March 2017.
> > 
> > Alex Deucher, on behalf of the X.Org BoD
> 
> Will we get (from 4.18 in the bylaws):
> 
> (i) Annual financial report, prepared by the Treasurer and approved by 
> the Board; and

Yes.  As I mentioned at last week's board meeting, it is already
written, but is blocked awaiting actuals data from SPI.

Bryce

> (ii) Annual State of the Organization report, prepared by the Secretary 
> and approved by the Board.
> 
> this year, for a change?
> 
> It's been quite a few years since we last saw those, but perhaps now 
> that the day to day stuff was transferred to SPI, the directors are 
> finally freed up to provide this info.
> 
> Soon it will be 60d since the end of the fiscal year, so there is still 
> time to actually meet the requirements of our own bylaws. But it would 
> be nice to have this info before the elections, the QnA or the 
> nomination period, so the members have something that to base their
> votes/questions/nominations upon.
> 
> Luc Verhaegen.
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