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[Election 2008] Nominations soon ended - presentations and Q&A coming up!
by goran＠krampe.se 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi all! Ok, we have 11 candidates so far! Perfect. Now the first phase - Nominations - ends on the 22nd and then the campaigning period starts: 22nd to 25th: Candidates present themselves and their candidacy, preferrably by posting an article on SqP: http://people.squeakfoundation.org During this period I also urge you to look at the 10 questions we have cooked up for the candidates at: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6029 ...and if you feel some important question is missing - email me in private and I will (if I think it is a good thing) put it in the last 5 "open slots". First 5 served, then it is full! Deadline for sending me extra questions is the 24th. 25th to 29th: Candidates will answer (or not!) the questions by posting to squeak-dev. Feel free to discuss at length of course, the posts from the candidates will be added by me to the Swiki page so that all answers can be seen in one place. As always, election details are at: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6025 regards, Göran PS. IMPORTANT: In order to vote - be sure to confirm that you have an account on people.squeakfoundation.org and that your email address is up to date. If you are not already registered on the site do so as soon as possible. Include information about your participation in the Squeak community to aid everyone in determining your appropriate certification. If you have misplaced your people.squeakfoundation.org password there is a link on the login page to allow you to reset it. When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with instructions and a link to the voting website.

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RE: [Seaside] Re: More Election nominations please!
by Ron Teitelbaum 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Randal, I've read a number of your posts and consider you to be a very active member of our community. I would think that you would be considered a very serious candidate for the board. Are you declaring your candidacy? Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: Randal L. Schwartz > > >>>>> "tim" == tim Rowledge <tim(a)rowledge.org> writes: > > tim> I'll second that. We need to see more *serious* interest in running > this > tim> community or it will fade into moribundity. > > I'd be happy to throw my hat into the ring, but I'm afraid of being > laughed at > for not having much more to contribute than 25 years of smalltalk > experience > and having followed squeak as an interested user since its first > announcement. > I also have a lot of experience promoting and supporting Perl, and I > imagine > that this might be useful to a Squeak board. > > So, would people consider my contributions useful? > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 > 0095 > <merlyn(a)stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> > Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl > training! > _______________________________________________ > seaside mailing list > seaside(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside

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More Election nominations please!
by goran＠krampe.se 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hi all! I am getting stressed out here, please don't do this to me! :) We only have 3 more days until the nomination period is over and only 5 candidates so far - and only already sitting candidates too! It is high time to step up to the plate fellas! Remember: - The board is still very non formal, how it operates and which role it takes is very much up to itself and its members! So don't think you don't fit because of how it has been operating until now. - The current board members are all "old timers", but that is just a very good reason to make a difference! Details: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6025 regards, Göran PS. IMPORTANT: In order to vote - be sure to confirm that you have an account on people.squeakfoundation.org and that your email address is up to date. If you are not already registered on the site do so as soon as possible. Include information about your participation in the Squeak community to aid everyone in determining your appropriate certification. If you have misplaced your people.squeakfoundation.org password there is a link on the login page to allow you to reset it. When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with instructions and a link to the voting website.

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Election Nomination Period Ending in 4 days
by Ron Teitelbaum 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hi All, This is a reminder that if you are going announce that you are running for a position in the SqueakFoundation Board, you should announce your candidacy now. There are only 4 more days before the nomination period ends on 22nd of February 2008. We currently have 5 nominations for 7 seats on the board. They are. Bert Freudenberg (serving on the board currently) Yoshiki Ohshima (serving on the board currently) Craig Latta (serving on the board currently) Tim Rowledge (serving on the board currently) Andrew P. Black (serving on the board currently) Please do what you can to help support the Squeak Foundation. Encourage the leaders of our community that you know to step up and join the election. Thank you, Ron Teitelbaum Squeak Elections Team Member

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Important reminder - Squeak Foundation Election 2008!
by goran＠krampe.se 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Dear Squeakers, This is primarily a reminder for *nominating board member candidates*! The deadline for nominations is 22nd February and that is VERY SOON! For the full schedule, see below. Our current nominees are: Bert Freudenberg (serving on the board currently) Yoshiki Ohshima (serving on the board currently) Both Bert and Yoshiki were nominated by Kim Rose, VPRI. Every year we elect the Squeakfoundation Board (http://www.squeak.org/Foundation) consisting of seven members from our community. The exact duties of this board is not fully defined and there are definitely varying ideas on how it should work and what we expect from it - this is also why it is so important for us all to nominate candidates and to lket the candidates present their views and ideas! For more information about the board, see Ron's recent email: http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/elections/2008-February/000 223.html Let me remind us all of the schedule: Now through 22nd February (circa 8 days!!!!!): Nominations of board members Candidates should nominate themselves on the squeak-dev mailing list. Or if you nominate someone else, make sure that person really wants to run. :) 22nd February to 29th February: Campaigning period During this period the candidates should ideally present themselves and the community can ask questions. We will probably organise some form of structured Q&A activity - details to follow soon. 1st march 6PM (18.00) UTC: Online election starts using the CIVS system The voting period is one week long and ballots are sent out via email. Only Squeakers rated as Apprentice (or higher) on people.squeakfoundation.org are eligible to vote - make sure your email address is up to date there!!! 8th march 6PM (18.00) UTC: Online election ends Results will be announced as soon as possible on the 8th or 9th. IMPORTANT: In order to vote - be sure to confirm that you have an account on people.squeakfoundation.org and that your email address is up to date. If you are not already registered on the site do so as soon as possible. Include information about your participation in the Squeak community to aid everyone in determining your appropriate certification. If you have an account but cannot access it any longer please email box-admins(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org and specify your account name. 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 and I will follow up on squeak-dev. More information and details will follow and everything about the election can be tracked here: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6025 regards, Göran Krampe on behalf of the Election Team

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[Fwd: Nominations for the SqFoundation Board]
by Daniel Vainsencher 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

Hi guys, Kim Rose of VPRI is nominating Yoshiki and Bert for reelection, as you can see below. Daniel -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Nominations for the SqFoundation Board Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 08:14:18 -0800 From: Kim Rose <kim.rose(a)vpri.org> To: elections-owner(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org CC: Bert Freudenberg <bert(a)freudenbergs.de>, Yoshiki Ohshima <yoshiki(a)vpri.org> Hi, Daniel I'd like to nominate the following for re-election to the Squeak Foundation Board, but don't really want to subscribe to the elections mailing list. Is is possible you can forward my nominations to the list on my behalf? Bert Freudenberg Yoshiki Ohshima thank you! -- Kim Rose

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Squeak People Passphrase Reset
by Ken Causey 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Please note: Squeak People now possesses functionality to allow you to reset your own passphrase without having to trade email with the site administrators. You can find a link to it on the login page. Please use this in lieue of emailing box-admins as previously directed. Ken

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Squeak Board Member Responsibilities (was: [Newbies] Squeak Foundation Election 2008 coming up!)
by Ron Teitelbaum 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Hi Richard, I'd be happy to summarize the responsibilities of the Squeak Foundation board members. The board members are elected by the community to help the community address issues. The issues depend on what the community wants done but more specifically what the elected board members are capable of accomplishing, given their abilities some but mostly because of limited time to devote to projects. There are no requirements for any activity or participation, nor are there currently any ways to remove board members, or even to replace board members that resign. We elect new members yearly. We are in the process of making a legal entity for the board. When that happens, the board will be bound by more formal rules relating to not-for-profit entities. But the ultimate responsibilities for that will be the Software Freedom Foundation Conservancy who will have the ultimate say, which protects board members. At that time I believe we do have a way to replace board members that resign. We are also in the process of re-licensing Squeak, with the help of Viewpoints Research Institute www.vpri.org . The board and the community are participating in that to help accomplish this task. If you received an agreement from VPRI and haven't sent it in please take a moment and do it!! We are also in the process of figuring out if a Technical Board should be formed that would have more responsibilities to lead the development of Squeak and be the final arbitrator of where we go technically, but this was only suggested by some current board members but hasn't happened yet. The current board meets on a monthly basis by IRC (so no travel required). They communicate also by a private email list. There was talk about allowing prior board members continued access to that list with no voting rights for advice (a board member emeritus status), but I'm not sure if that suggestion was ever followed up on. The previous board would post the notes of the meetings. This one did not or did not do it very often. There are some other responsibilities to keep the community running, servers, administrators, fund raising, groups responsible for code like network, VM, kernel ... and a number of volunteers that help keep things going. Those groups are semi-autonomous, because they are volunteers and because many of those groups existed before there was a board. I would think that they would consult with and heed the advice of the board if something warranted it. Mostly they keep going because they kept going in the past and because of some very talented, hard working and dedicated individuals. Now some disclaimers; I am not a lawyer, nor am I a board member, so take all this with a gain of salt. If I misstated anything I'm sure others will correct me, and if I left anything out please feel free to add to this summary of responsibilities. I just did this off the top of my head. Don't for get to register with squeak people http://people.squeakfoundation.org get certified and VOTE!! If you are planning to run for the board please announce your candidacy to squeak-dev by Feb 22, 2008. If you need to have your password changed on squeak people email: box-admins(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org . Happy Squeaking! Ron Teitelbaum Squeak Elections Team Member > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Karpinski > > Maybe everybody knows, but could you summarize the duties and the > activities of board members so that people could tell easily whether > this would be an honor they would like to carry for a year? For > example, does board membership require or encourage international > travel or other activities involving serious time and financial > commitments? And what effect do board decisions have, anyway? > > Dick Karpinski, a definite non-candidate > > On 2008, Feb 5, , at 4:00, beginners- > request(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org wrote: > > > A year has passed (oh, so quickly) and it is time to reflect a bit and > > ramp up your democratic rights here in Squeak country! Every year we > > elect the Squeakfoundation Board (http://www.squeak.org/Foundation) > > consisting of seven members from our community. > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

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Proposed ANN email about election
by goran＠krampe.se 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Hi folks! I have been swaaaaamped unfortunately - but now I have fought myself through all emails here and I agree with the proposed schedule which I include below in the draft announcement email. Feel free to give me feedback, I will be on IRC from time to time - then I can send this ASAP. regards, Göran ---------------------------- Subject: Squeak Foundation Election 2008 coming up! Dear Squeakers, A year has passed (oh, so quickly) and it is time to reflect a bit and ramp up your democratic rights here in Squeak country! I have stepped up as the election leader of 2008 relieving Daniel Vainsencher of this duty (thank you Daniel for earlier elections!) and hope to lead us through it without too much problems. The schedule and process is as follows, only slightly adjusted from earlier years: Today -> 22nd february (circa 18 days): Nominations of board members Candidates should nominate themselves on the squeak-dev mailing list. Or if you nominate someone else, make sure that person really wants to run. :) 22nd february to 29th february: Campaigning period During this period the candidates should ideally present themselves and the community can ask questions. We will probably organise some form of structured Q&A activity. 1st march 6PM (18.00) UTC: Online election starts using the CIVS system The voting period is one week long and ballots are sent out via email. Only Squeakers rated as Apprentice (or higher) on people.squeakfoundation.org are eligible to vote - make sure your email address is up to date there!!! 8th march 6PM (18.00) UTC: Online election ends Results will be announced as soon as possible on the 8th or 9th. IMPORTANT: In order to vote - be sure to confirm you have an account on people.squeakfoundation.org and that your email address is up to date. If you are not already registered on the site do so as soon as possible. Include information about your participation in the Squeak community to aid everyone in determining your appropriate certification. If you have an account but cannot access it any longer please email box-admins(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org and specify your account name. When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with instructions and a link for the voting website. If there are any questions, just reply and I will follow up on squeak-dev. More information and details will follow and everything about the election can be tracked here: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6025 regards, Göran Krampe on behalf of the Election Team

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That was really silly
by Ron Teitelbaum 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Sorry !! That was really silly. I was typing them in to get the addresses. Please go ahead and send it anyway!! Feel free to add some comment about my earlier email!! Man o man, unbelievable. I'm just going to go sit in a corner now!! Ron

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