[Elections] Proposed ANN email about election

[goran at krampe.se]

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
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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 at 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