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Hi. |
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This is a special "news bulletin" from the election officials about the |
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current Foundation[1] election. At this time, now that we're halfway |
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through, we have received *58* valid ballots out of 206 total electors. |
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Don't forget the voting ends at 2009-03-29 23:59:59 UTC, so if you |
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haven't voted, hurry up and cast your vote. |
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As a member of the Foundation, you should be aware of the current |
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Foundation Bylaws[2], in particular of the Members section[3]. |
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All the information regarding this election can be checked on the |
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Elections Page[4], including the list of nominated members, links to |
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their manifestos, the time table, the list of officials and much more. |
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As explained in the election page, you can cast your vote in the |
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following way: |
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Eligible current Gentoo developers should login to dev.gentoo.org and |
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run the following commands, in the order specified. |
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* votify --new trustees2009 - This creates a new ballot in your homedir. |
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* Edit the .ballot-trustees2009 file and rank the candidates. |
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* Once you're sure, run votify --verify trustees2009 to check the |
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validity of the ballot. |
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* If that goes through fine, the next and final step is to submit |
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your vote using votify --submit trustees2009 |
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* In case you're stuck, detailed help can be accessed by using |
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votify --help or feel free to drop by #gentoo-elections on IRC. If you |
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think you are eligible to vote, but cannot, please contact one of the |
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officials. |
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* Grab a beer, have fun, sit back and enjoy the show..till we |
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announce the results ;) |
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The remaining Foundation members, should email their ballot to the |
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election officials, signing the mail with their gpg key: |
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* elections@g.o |
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[1] - http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/ |
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{2] - http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/BylawsAdopted.xml |
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[3] - http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/BylawsAdopted.xml#doc_chap4 |
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{4] - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/elections/foundation-2009.xml |
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For the Election Officials, |
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- -- |
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Regards, |
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Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org |
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Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / SPARC / KDE |
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