(Ron beat me to it :) but this one is official)

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! Every year we elect the Squeakfoundation Board (http://www.squeak.org/Foundation) consisting of seven members from our community.

This year 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 many problems - after all, we know how this works by now. :)

The schedule and process is as follows, only slightly adjusted from earlier years:

Now through 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 - 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@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