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

[Luc Verhaegen]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 02:24:10PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> 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

Great!

I think I missed that in the meeting minutes i think, digging.

Luc Verhaegen.