Hi Everyone,
The elections for the Fedora Board, Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) and the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee (FAmSCo) are now live (as of 0000 UTC on 7th December 2008) and will run until 2359 UTC on 20th December 2008.
All groups have chosen to use the Range Voting method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting).
Ballots may be cast on the Fedora Elections System at https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting. If this is the first time you've used the voting system, please refer to the Fedora Elections Guide, currently located at http://nigelj.fedorapeople.org/feg/.
Fedora Board Election: ---------------------- This election, the Fedora Board is electing two candidates and will appoint another two members.
Vacating the seats on the board this election are Matt Domsch, Jef Spaleta, Bill Nottingham and Karsten Wade.
Christopher Aillon was announced as the board's first appointee with the second to be decided after the election.
The candidates for this election, in no particular order are:
Matt Domsch (mdomsch) Dimitris Glezos (glezos) Michael DeHaan (mpdehaan) Josh Boyer (jwb) David Cantrell (dcantrell) Jon Stanley (jds2001) Bill Nottingham (notting)
To vote, you must have a signed Contributor License Agreement (CLA).
Vote Here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/boardf11
Townhall Logs: * http://mdomsch.fedorapeople.org/fedora-townhalls/2008-12-04-Board/fedora-tow... * http://mdomsch.fedorapeople.org/fedora-townhalls/2008-12-05-Board/fedora-tow...
Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Election: ----------------------------------------------- For this election, FESCo will be electing four candidates to sit on the committee.
Vacating the seats on FESCo this election are Jarod Wilson, Josh Boyer, Karsten Hopp, and Jon Stanley.
The candidates for this election, in no particular order are:
Josh Boyer (jwb) Dan HorĂ¡k (sharkcz) Dominik Mierzejewski (rathann) Jon Stanley (jds2001) Jarod Wilson (jwilson)
To vote, you must have a signed Contributor License Agreement (CLA) and be a member of any other group.
Vote Here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/fescof11
Townhall Log: * http://mdomsch.fedorapeople.org/fedora-townhalls/2008-12-05-FESCo/fedora-tow...
Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Election: ----------------------------------------------- This election FAmSCo will be electing all 7 seats on the committee.
These seats were previously held by Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira, Thomas Canniot, Francesco Ugolini, Fabian Affolter, Jeffrey Tadlock, Andreas Rau and John Babich.
The candidates for this election, in no particular order are:
Sandro Mathys (red_alert) Rodrigo Padula (RodrigoPadula) Joerg Simon (kital) Max Spevack (spevack) Larry Cafiero (lcafiero) Hector Gonzalez (hagr182) Susmit Shannigrahi (susmit) Francesco Ugolini (fugolini) David Nalley (ke4qqq) Thomas Canniot (MrTom)
To vote, you must be a member of the ambassadors group in the Fedora Account System.
Vote Here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/famscof11
Townhall Log: * http://mdomsch.fedorapeople.org/fedora-townhalls/2008-12-06-FAMSCo/fedora-to...
*** I'd also like to point out the following from Paul Frields' announcement for the June 2008 Board Election:
"I'd like everyone voting to remember that this isn't a popularity contest, or a reward system. Think about how you'd like to Board to look when you vote, the same way you think about how you'd like any government body to look when you cast votes for their elections. We have a lot of worthy candidates on this list, and you should pick the ones that you feel will best represent you in advancing the Fedora Project.
This is one of numerous ways in which our community makes decisions about the leadership of Fedora. Your vote counts, and I hope you take advantage of it." ***
This advice is still valid, not just for the Fedora Board election but for all three elections.
Regards,
Nigel Jones Fedora Election Admin
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