[Elections] Proposed ANN email about election

[Ken Causey]

Yep, looks good.  Shoot it out there!

Ken

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 23:54 +0200, goran at krampe.se wrote:
> Final try, fixed indentations (Celeste wraps) and much/many:
> 
> ------------
> 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! 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 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 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, Gran Krampe on behalf of the Election Team
> _______________________________________________
> Elections mailing list
> Elections at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/elections
> 
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