We have a schedule for the election of the two at-large members for the Fedora Council. Any Fedora contributor is eligible to run, and all are eligible to vote. Two seats are currently open. (See the charter at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council for details of the new Council structure.)

These positions are of strategic importance, with a full voice in the Council's consensus process. The primary function of the Council is to identify community goals and to organize and enable the project to achieve them. (See my Fedora Magazine article on planning at http://fedoramagazine.org/lets-talk-about-fedora-project-objectives/.) These elected positions are an important avenue for direct community input into this process, and the selection of good representatives is essential.

The Council will be an active leadership body and all members will have significant impact, and are expected to participate actively — to keep up with current community issues, communicate regularly, and be able to respond within a reasonable timeframe. We recognize that this level of commitment is difficult for many community members with full-time jobs not directly related to Fedora, and the intent is not to exclude those contributors. At the same time, these positions will require a meaningful commitment of time and responsiveness. If your other obligations make this impossible, please consider suggesting candidacy to other community members who you feel would be able to bring your voice to the table.

Anyway, the schedule:

November 4-10: Nomination period open.

You may self-nominate. If you wish to nominate someone else, please consult with that person ahead of time. If you know someone who would be a good candidate, now is a great time to make sure they're thinking about it.

November 11-17: "Campaign" period.

Candidates are highly encouraged to make blog, mailing lists, and social media posts about their plans. We will also conduct an e-mail-based interview with each candidate, with all answers published on Fedora Magazine simultaneously on the 17th.

We will not be holding IRC town halls this time around.

November 18-25: Voting open.

Voting will close at 00:00 UTC on the 26th. Run

date -d '2014-11-26 00:00 UTC'

to see the deadline in your timezone, if you are planning on cutting things close.

November 26th: Results announcement and new Council will be in effect.

Details are available at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections, and there will be a further announcement when the nomination period opens.