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John Palmieri | 3 Jun 17:50
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GUADEC 2010 Call for Hosts postponed until after Gran Canaria

Dear Foundation Members,

In the past, by this time, the Board would have already sent around the GUADEC call for hosts. In largely
closed door meetings it would have been decided where next year's GUADEC would be held, announcing it at
the current year's conference.  Since this has been a year of significant change (this is the first year
GUADEC is being co-located with Akademy) we would like to get more input into the process and find out what
our members want to see come next summer, as well as how to best pick the winning location.

We have decided to postpone the call for proposals until after this year's GUADEC has concluded.  We fully
expect to discuss the topic during GUADEC at the foundation AGM, as well as on the foundation list[1] to
find out what you, the members, would like to see happen next year.  Please feel free to talk about your likes
and dislikes about this year's conference and if you don't get a chance to attend, what would make you more
likely to attend next year.

As for those who wish to make a proposal, a formal call for hosts is not a prerequisite for starting the
process.  If you can, we encourage you to meet with us and other attendees at this year's conference and get a
head start by starting the drafting process sooner than later.  You may also contact us with questions you
may have[2]. 

On behalf of the board,
John (J5) Palmieri

[1] foundation-list <at> gnome.org (http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list)
[2] board <at> gnome.org
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Tobias Mueller | 8 Jun 00:38

Re: Announcing GNOME Board elections 2009

Dear Foundation Members,

I am announcing a new timeline for the upcoming Foundation Board
Elections because we, the Membership and Elections Committee, couldn't
hold the deadlines. We are very sorry for that. So don't worry, if you
haven't received any ballot yet.
We are working on that and you should receive your ballot and
instructions on Monday (tomorrow).

The new timeline, which you can find as iCal file at [0], will be:
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(all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)

       May 2009
   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                   1  2
    3  4  5  6  7  8  9
   10 11 12 13 14(15)16   Announcement and list of candidates open (15th)
   17 18 19 20 21(22)23   applications closed (22th)
                          start collecting questions (22th)
   24(25)26(27)28 29 30   list of candidates closed, questions to be sent
                          to the candidates chosen (25th)
   31                     questions emailed to all candidates (27th)

       June 2009
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
     (1) 2  3  4  5  6    membership renewals closed (1st)
   7 (8) 9 10 11 12 13    instructions to vote are sent (8th)
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Tobias Mueller | 8 Jun 02:22

GNOME Foundation Elections - Ballots sent

Hey everybody :)

I am pleased to announce that we have just sent the ballots for the 
elections. Every member who is eligible to vote should have received an 
email with instructions explaining how to vote.

If you haven't received your ballot, please verify, that you are on the 
list of registered voters:
http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/members.php?date=2009-06-03

If you are not on this list and think you should be, please send an 
email to elections <at> gnome.org explaining your situation.

If you are on this list, but haven't received your ballot, then please 
ask us to send you a new ballot by sending an email to elections <at> gnome.org.

Below you'll find the timeline for the elections:

(all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)

      May 2009
  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                  1  2
   3  4  5  6  7  8  9
  10 11 12 13 14(15)16   Announcement and list of candidates open (15th)
  17 18 19 20 21(22)23   applications closed (22th)
                         start collecting questions (22th)
  24(25)26(27)28 29 30   list of candidates closed, questions to be sent
                         to the candidates chosen (25th)
  31                     questions emailed to all candidates (27th)
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Tobias Mueller | 24 Jun 03:11

GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections Spring 2009 - Preliminary results

Hey everyone :)

The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to
announce the preliminary results for the Board of Directors.

We strongly encourage everyone to look at the detailed results to verify
their ballot. You can also run the software used to count the results to
verify that these preliminary results are valid.

These results can be challenged by sending an e-mail to
elections <at> gnome.org. The challenges have to be sent before Tuesday,
June 30, 2009, 23:59 UTC. Please note that these results should not
be considered final until any such challenges have been resolved.

Candidates in order of votes received, with affiliations:

       Vincent Untz           (60 votes) - Novell, Inc.
       Behdad Esfahbod        (56 votes) - Red Hat
       Germán Póo-Caamaño     (20 votes) - None
       Brian Cameron          (19 votes) - Sun Microsystems, Inc.
       Jorge Castro           (14 votes) - Canonical Ltd.
       Lucas Rocha            (13 votes) - litl
       Srinivasa Ragavan      (10 votes) - Novell, Inc.
       Diego Escalante Urrelo ( 8 votes) - None
       Hubert Figuiere        ( 7 votes) - None
       Og Maciel              ( 4 votes) - rPath Inc

If the results are not challenged, then the elected directors will be:

       Behdad Esfahbod
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Bruno Boaventura | 27 Jun 04:20
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Re: GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections Spring 2009 - Preliminary results

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Dave Neary<dneary <at> gnome.org> wrote:
> Hi Tobias,
>
> Tobias Mueller wrote:
>>
>> These results can be challenged by sending an e-mail to
>> elections <at> gnome.org. The challenges have to be sent before Tuesday,
>> June 30, 2009, 23:59 UTC. Please note that these results should not
>> be considered final until any such challenges have been resolved.
>
> Challenge!
>
> You just announced the results based on first-past-the-post, when the
> elections were to be run using preferential voting, with single transferable
> vote and fractional surplus transfer.
>
> Srinivasa and Diego get elected in that system instead of Jorge.

Dear Foundation Members,
Dear Dave,

We have received your challenge and accepted it as an issue.

We have used the counting method "Random Transfer STV with
Droop-Static-Whole threshold" which might produce different results if
you change the order of the ballots. Although we ran the counting
several times to check whether it produces different results, we did
not see any: We have not changed the order of the ballots, or, to be
more precise, the voting software did not change the order and thus
the results were perfectly reproducible for all of us.
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Tobias Mueller | 29 Jun 01:05

GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections Spring 2009 - Preliminary results

Dear Foundation Members :)

The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to
announce preliminary results for the Board of Directors. The preliminary 
results announced on 2009-06-24 are not going to be validated 
whatsoever. Instead, these preliminary results will be validated if no 
challenges are made.

We strongly encourage everyone to look at the detailed results to verify
their ballot. You can also run the software used to count the results to
verify that these preliminary results are valid.

These results can be challenged by sending an e-mail to
elections <at> gnome.org. The challenges have to be sent before Thursday,
July 02, 2009, 23:59 UTC. Please note that these results should not
be considered final until any such challenges have been resolved.

Candidates in order of votes received, with affiliations:

       Vincent Untz           (60 votes) - Novell, Inc.
       Behdad Esfahbod        (56 votes) - Red Hat
       Germán Póo-Caamaño     (20 votes) - None
       Brian Cameron          (19 votes) - Sun Microsystems, Inc.
       Jorge Castro           (14 votes) - Canonical Ltd.
       Lucas Rocha            (13 votes) - litl
       Srinivasa Ragavan      (10 votes) - Novell, Inc.
       Diego Escalante Urrelo ( 8 votes) - None
       Hubert Figuiere        ( 7 votes) - None
       Og Maciel              ( 4 votes) - rPath Inc
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