Kubuntu Council Elections 2013 - Call For Nominations

[Scott Kitterman]

As a reminder, nominations are still open, but less than a week  to go, so if 
you've been holding back, now's the time.

Scott K

On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 04:11:07 PM Scott Kitterman wrote:
> The Kubuntu Council terms for David Wonderly, Harald Sitter, and Jonathan
> Thomas expire on 2013-05-20.  This is a call for nominations for the Kubuntu
> Council to elect three members.
> 
> The term will be for two years,  2013-05-21 to  2015-05-20.
> 
> As in the past, the election will be conducted using CIVS (Condorcet
> Internet Voting Service - http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html ).  The
> top three ranking vote recipients will be elected.
> 
> Schedule:
> 
> Nomination period: Now to 2013-05-01
> Ballot Preparation: 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-04
> Voting Period: 2013-05-04 to 2013-05-20
> End Poll/Results Announced: 2013-05-20
> New Term Begins: 2013-05-21
> 
> Eligibility:
> 
> All Kubuntu Members ( https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/+members ) are
> eligible to be nominated and to vote.  If you have a public email address in
> launchpad, you need take no further action to receive your voting ballot. 
> If you do not have a public email address, please contact me offlist with
> the address you'd like your ballot sent to, otherwise you will be unable to
> vote.
> 
> Nominations:
> 
> All Kubuntu members are eligible.  The Kubuntu Council is intended to
> represent all of the Kubuntu community.  Applications from involved non-
> developers are encouraged.  If you are nominating someone else, please
> confirm their willingness to serve before nominating them.  Nominations
> should be done in public via either kubuntu-users or kubuntu-devel mailing
> lists.  If there is some extraordinary reason that precludes that, contact
> me directly.
> 
> Commitment:
> 
> The Kubuntu Council is the leadership body of Kubuntu.  Members of the
> council are expected to be active in Kubuntu.  The Kubuntu Council has
> three primary roles:
>  - Approve development plans for future Kubuntu releases
>  - Approve Kubuntu membership applications
>  - Resolve disputes within the Kubuntu project
> 
> The time commitment is not large.  Meetings are generally only once every
> several months and conducted via IRC.
> 
> Questions:
> 
> If there are questions, you can contact me (preferably) via this mailing
> list or (if really necessary) via direct mail.
> 
> Scott K
> For the Kubuntu Council