Patrick, Thank You for stepping up to help keep This Ship of Fools^H^H^H^H
Squeak on an even keel ;-)

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 1:10 AM Rein, Patrick <Patrick.Rein at hpi.de> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> It's that time again (although with a new person telling you this).
> Time to raise your voices and elect your leaders! Can you believe
> it's been over a year already?
>
> It's a time for you to stand up, help your community and volunteer to
> serve!
>
> Squeak wants you!
>
> Every year we elect the SOB (Squeak Oversight Board) consisting of
> seven members from our community. The current board members are:
> 1. Vanessa Freudenberg
> 2. Tim Rowledge
> 3. Marcel Taeumel
> 4. Craig Latta
> 5. David T. Lewis
> 6. Chris Muller
> 7. John-Reed Maffeo
>
> For more info on the board please see:
> https://squeakboard.wordpress.com/our-mission/
>
> Everything about the election, including schedule and more, can be tracked
> here:
>                http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6656
>
> Now until Friday 16th of April 2021, 18.00 UTC: Nominations of SOB members
> and campaigning!
>
> Candidates should nominate themselves and start their campaign on the
> squeak-dev mailing list. Or if you nominate someone else, make sure
> that person really wants to run. :) I will not put anyone on the
> candidate list until that person makes it known on squeak-dev that
> he/she intends to run.
>
> During this period, the candidates should ideally present themselves
> on squeak-dev, unless they have already done so, and the community can
> ask questions.
>
> I encourage you to reach out to potential candidates, people that are
> active in the community and represent your views, and ask them to run.
> Some people will not run without encouragement.  Also, I know that
> some people wait to the last minute to run for the board to see if
> others will run but please consider getting this year off to a faster
> start and just jump right in!
>
> The schedule and process are as follows:
>
> Now until Friday 16th of April 2021, 18.00 UTC: Nominations of SOB members
> and campaigning!
> Friday 16th of April 2021, 18.00 UTC: Candidate list is finalized.
> Friday 16th of April 2021, 19.00 UTC: Online election starts.
> Friday 30th of April 2021, 19.00 UTC: Online election ends.
> Results will be announced immediately after the election ends.
>
> The voting period is two week long and ballots are sent out via email.
>
> And how do you end up on the voter list? See below. :)
>
> IMPORTANT: New voters will NOT be added once the election is started.
> You MUST try to get on the voter list before the 16th of April 2021
> or you will NOT be able to vote. If your Email has changed please try
> to make sure it is changed on the list of voters before the election
> starts.
>
> --------------------------
>
> If you were invited to vote last year you are already on the voter
> list, no worries! If you are a new Squeaker and wish to vote you
> should do ONE of the following:
>
>       * Get a "known" Squeaker to vouch for you. If a known Squeaker
> sends an email to voters (at) squeak.org giving me a name and email
> for you, then I will add you.
>
>       * Send an email to voters (at) squeak.org yourself (and CC to
> squeak-dev if you like) with information/arguments showing me that you
> are indeed serious about voting and that you are indeed a Squeaker.
>
> When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with
> instructions and a link to the voting website.
>
> If there are any further questions, just reply *in this thread* and I
> will closely track it - or send email to voters (at) squeak.org which
> is updated and points to me.
>
> ...so let's get on with it!
>
> All the best,
> Patrick Rein
>
>

-- 
John-Reed Maffeo
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