[Members] Re: [Xf_board] Re: Nominations for X.Org Foundation Boardof Directors are OPEN

[Egbert Eich]

Peter Winston writes:
 > 
 > Sorry if I'm dense and out of the loop, 
 > 
 > ...but why is membership closed?
 > 

Peter,

It is not really closed. Just the infrastrucuture to
apply for membership was not there. If it is not right
now it is a matter of days until it's done.

Well... Yeah, it should have been set up months ago.

Egbert.

 > 
 > -peter 
 > 
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: members-bounces at x.org [mailto:members-bounces at x.org] On Behalf Of
 > Egbert Eich
 > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:47 AM
 > To: Keith Packard; xorg at freedesktop.org; members at x.org
 > Subject: [Members] Re: [Xf_board] Re: Nominations for X.Org Foundation
 > Boardof Directors are OPEN
 > 
 > Stuart Anderson writes:
 >  > On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Keith Packard wrote:
 >  > 
 >  > > There's a fundemental problem here; membership has been closed for a
 >  > > long time, making getting candidates and voters difficult. When will
 >  > > this issue be resolved? I can't see holding elections with the
 >  > > membership issues still open.
 >  > 
 >  > The membership system will be made available in a matter of days.
 >  > Everyone should have the opportunity to join or renew their membership
 >  > by the end of the nomination period, which also qualifies them to vote.
 >  > 
 > 
 > Please let me point out some issues here again:
 > 
 > 1. Since the membership registration has been closed for such a long time
 >    there is no requirement for a minimum membership for this election.
 > 
 >    (Please also note that the minimum membership requirement that was 
 >    planned for the bylaws to be adopted has been under debate on the 
 >    list discussion the bylaw draft. Thus the board discussed the issue 
 >    and came up with a different solution. Kevin Martin posted a proposal 
 >    for a change to the bylaw list).
 > 
 > 2. Since the interface for membership registration is been put in place
 >    it is not required to be a member at the time of the nomination but
 >    at the time the election starts.
 >    Therefore: if you think you or somebody else would be a good candidate
 >    for the board please don't hesitated to nominate this person - regardless
 >    if this person is member or not!
 > 
 > 3. It has been pointed out in the announcement but it's worthwhile
 >    mentioning this again: unlike in the previous elections there is
 >    no need for self nominations!
 >    If you think someone ought to run for the board you may nominate
 >    this person.
 > 
 > 4. There is the expectancy that if you accept a nomination you will
 >    participate in the board activeties. 
 >    However I don't agree with the announcement that there is the expectency
 >    that you will have to participate in weekly telephone conferences:
 >    Every board can fix its own procedures. This includes the way how 
 >    communication of the board is done. Nothing in the the By-Laws 
 >    prescribes that communication is done in weekly telephone conferences.
 >    
 >    Therefore: if you feel you cannot participate in such conferences
 >    for whatever reasons but you feel you can otherwise contribute some
 >    time to board business (for the sort of business that the board has
 >    dealt with in the past please consult the summaries I have been 
 >    publishing at http://wiki.x.org/wiki/BodMinutes (1)) don't let this 
 >    keep you from running for the board!!
 > 
 > Cheers,
 > 	Egbert.
 > 
 > (1) The term 'minutes' is not correct. The page carries this name 
 > because it was (accidentally) create under this name. Maybe it 
 > should be rename in the wiki to 'summaries').
 > 
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