[Members] X.Org Foundation Board Nominations Reopened

Tue Dec 11 11:44:42 EST 2007

	I just received this morning your reopening message quoted appended
below. The SMTP headers (also appended below) show that expo.x.org
bounced it around internally from 4 Dec 2007 to 11 Dec 2007. That means
the announcement wasn't received by the members on the list until 2 days
after the voting deadline:

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The SMTP headers on Paul Schenker's message, sent 2 Dec 2007 / received
11 Dec 2007 (received at the same time as Barton Massey's message sent 4
Dec 2007), show it was also caught in the same trap.

	The extended period was therefore consumed by your mail server's week+
of delay sending the announcement. The extended deadline therefore is as
useless as the original.

	Didn't you notice that no one responded to your extension message, even
though several of us commented that an extension was necessary? Why
didn't you email at least one of us to see why we would make such an
empty demand?

	I note that I have not seen any communications with the members since
the last election. I will therefore prioritize communications with the
members as a campaign issue in this election. I recommend everyone else
do the same.

	Please advise when a legitimate election will take place.

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Subject: [Members] X.Org Foundation Board Nominations Reopened
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On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 00:06 -0800, Barton C Massey wrote:
> As many of you are aware, the initial announcements of the
> nomination period for the upcoming X.Org Foundation Board
> election were inadvertently not sent to the X.Org members'
> email list, although they were sent to the public list.
> Having received several complaints about this, the Election
> Committee has voted to reopen the nominations for a suitable
> period, so that those who were not aware of the earlier
> nomination period can participate.
> 
> Also, to clarify the timeline a bit, nominees will have 24
> hours from the time that nominations close to submit their
> personal statements and, if needed, membership applications.
> Thus, it is important that those who are nominating do so
> sooner rather than later.
> 
> 
> Nominations for the 2007 X.Org Foundation Board of Directors
> election are currently open and will remain open until 23.59
> UTC on Sunday, 9 December 2007.  All X.Org Foundation
> members are eligible for election to the board, and there is
> still time to apply for membership before the deadline.
> 
> The Board consists of Directors elected from the membership.
> Each Director is elected to serve a two-year term.  Each
> year, an election is held to bring the total number of
> Directors to eight.  There are currently four Directors
> (Stuart Anderson, Stuart Kreitman, Kevin Martin, and Jim
> McQuillan) whose current term terminates in 2007, and four
> Directors (Egbert Eich, Bart Massey, Keith Packard, and
> Daniel Stone) whose current term continues through 2008.  We
> thus need at least four nominees to fill the 2008 roster.
> 
> Directors are expected to participate in regular email list
> discussions, IRC chats and conference calls to discuss
> current business.  Directors are required to attend (at
> Foundation expense if necessary) the annual meeting of the
> X.Org Foundation, which will be held early in 2008 at a
> location to be determined by the Board of Directors.
> Directors are also encouraged to attend other official X.Org
> meetings and X-related events.
> 
> Nominations must be made by a current X.Org member in good
> standing.  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 by the time the election is held, and to
> 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 submitted in the membership application, will be
> made available to all voters to help them make their voting
> decisions.
> 
> Note that membership in the X.Org Foundation is required to
> be elected to the Board.  Nominees must satisfy the
> membership criteria by the end of the nomination period.
> 
> Nominations, membership application or renewal and completed
> personal statements must be received no later than 23.59 UTC
> on Sunday, 9 December 2007.
> 
> Please feel free to forward or repost this message as
> appropriate.
> 
> The Election Committee
> X.Org Foundation
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> http://expo.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members
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