If you have not yet done so, please take a few minutes now to vote. Your link to the election is in an email titled "Poll: Squeak Oversight Board 2024".
Please participate, your vote matters and is appreciated.
The election poll ends at 2024-03-11 19:00 UTC.
Thank you!
Dave
On 2024-02-11 08:52, Patrick R wrote:
Hi All,
It's that time again to raise your voices and elect your leaders! Can you believe it's been over a year and one day 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:
- Marcel Taeumel
- Tim Rowledge
- Craig Latta
- David T. Lewis
- Jakob Reschke
- Bruce O'Neel
- Benoit St-Jean
For more info on the board please see: https://squeak.org/board/#the-mission
Everything about the election, including schedule and more, is tracked here: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6665
Now until Friday 25th of February 2024, 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 25th of February 2024, 18.00 UTC: Nominations of SOB members and campaigning! Friday 25th of February 2024, 18.00 UTC: Candidate list is finalized. Friday 25th of February 2024, 19.00 UTC: Online election starts. Friday 11th of March 2024, 19.00 UTC: Online election ends. Results will be announced immediately after the election ends.
The voting period is two weeks 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 25th of February 2024 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 points to me.
...so let's get on with it!
All the best, Patrick