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From: Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Gentoo Council 2013/2014 election is now open!
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:35:10
Message-Id: 1372628103.14583.8.camel@localhost
1 El dom, 30-06-2013 a las 18:19 +0200, Theo Chatzimichos escribió:
2 > Hello everyone,
3 >
4 > after the nomination period has been over and preparations have been done,
5 > voting has opened for the Gentoo Council 2013/2014 election. The full list of
6 > candidates and their manifestos can be found at:
7 >
8 > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/elections/council/2013/council-201306-
9 > nominees.xml
10 >
11 > Further instructions for voting can be found in your home directory on
12 > woodpecker (aka dev.gentoo.org), and in the motd.
13 >
14 > The rules for the Council election as well as details on how to vote for this
15 > election are available in the Council Elections Archives[1]. In any case, here
16 > is the quick procedure on how to vote using votify:
17 >
18 > * If you're eligible to vote in this election, log in to dev.gentoo.org
19 > * Type votify --new council-201306 to create a new ballot file
20 > * Edit .ballot-council-201306 file in your home directory and rank the
21 > candidates
22 > * Once you're finished, use votify --verify council-201306 command to verify
23 > the validity of your ballot file
24 > * If everything is okay, use votify --submit council-201306 to submit your
25 > vote. Don't forget your vote doesn't count until you submit it.
26 > * If you run into problems, you can either work them out yourself using
27 > votify --help or contact election officials and ask them for help.
28 >
29 > The elections for the Council include the pseudo _reopen_nominations
30 > candidate. If the pseudo-candidate '_reopen_nominations' appears in 7th place
31 > or higher those candidates that rank above '_reopen_nominations' will be the
32 > current council. A second period of election will be opened for the remaining
33 > council seats. No third period of election will be opened in the event
34 > '_repoen_nominations' ranks higher than the candidates necessary to fill the
35 > council[2]. In case there's a need to fill a seat during the council term due
36 > to a retirement, a new election must be held to fill that seat.
37 >
38 > The results will be announced once the election officials have ratified the
39 > results.
40 > If you have any questions, feel free to contact (elections at gentoo dot org),
41 > or #gentoo-elections on Freenode.
42 >
43 > Happy voting!
44 >
45 > [1] - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/elections/council/
46 > [2] -
47 > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20090212-summary.txt
48 >
49 > For the elections officials,
50 > Theo
51
52 When does the voting period end?
53
54 I think it's two weeks from now... but just to confirm :)
55
56 Thanks

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