Hi Everyone! As most of you are aware we had a very EXCITING and AWESOME<a href="http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20091209">meeting yesterday</a>. Which brings me to the point of this email - NOMINATIONS for the UBUNTU WOMEN LEADERSHIP Position are open from December 10-23, 2009. See process, timeline and responsibilities below: <h2 id="Election process">Election process: </h2> <ul><li>Call for nominations. Each candidate will use a wiki template in a standard location (<a href="http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UbuntuWomen/LeadershipNominations/January2010/">wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UbuntuWomen/LeadershipNominations/January2010/</a><name>) </li><li>When the call for nominations deadline is complete, there will be a call for testimonials for the provided nominations. </li> <li>When the testimonials deadline is complete, the CC is sent the final list of nominations and they will decide on a leader. </li><li>When the CC has completed their decision, the leader is appointed and the term length begins from that date. </li> </ul><a href="http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UbuntuWomen/LeadershipNominations/January2010">Wiki template to be used </a> <h2 id="Recommended Election Timescales:">Election Timeline:</h2> <ul><li>Open Call For Nominations - 10th Dec. 2009 - so nominate yourself or encourage someone else </li> <li>Nominations Deadline - 23rd Dec. 2009 - make sure basic information is on wiki</li><li>Testimonials Deadline - 8th Jan 2010 - make sure all testimonials are added by this date as this is when wiki's will go to CC</li> <li>CC Deadline - 15th Jan 2010 - date when CC deadline to confirm appointment of leader </li></ul> <h2 id="Responsibilities: (includes but not limited too)">Responsibilities: (includes but not limited too) </h2> <ul><li>Sit the full term Length of one (1) year (after -M elections are held, 1st leader appointed by CC will be for a 6 month period at the end of 6months leader will be reevaluated and team will decided to extend current leaders term or make a call for elections.</li> <li>Gathering input from team and other key community members and finalizing a roadmap at the beginning of each cycle. </li><li>Seek to serve the team and it's charter and help team members to agree upon goals and be successful in achieving those goals. </li> <li>Maybe called on to resolve conflicts of varying nature </li><li>Weekly Responsibilities: -Organizing and chairing regular IRC meetings and coordinating the discussion to achieve agreed objectives and unblock problems. - Taking care of meeting minutes and reporting those minutes in the Team Reporting framework (may be delegated) - Following up with the team on work items and cycle commitments to maximize the opportunity for success. - leader to remind team of next meeting date at end of each meeting.</li> <li>Optional but encouraged: Attending UDS as a sponsored participant. </li></ul> All information listed above can be found at <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UbuntuWomen/LeadershipNominationsProcess/January2010">http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UbuntuWomen/LeadershipNominationsProcess/January2010</a> - Process, Timeline, Responsibilities <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UbuntuWomen/LeadershipNominations/January2010">http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UbuntuWomen/LeadershipNominations/January2010</a> - Wiki template <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20091209">http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20091209</a> - Meeting <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20091209/logs">http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20091209/logs</a> - Logs <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20091209/Notes">http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20091209/Notes</a> - Notes/Summary Thanks everyone!! Remember if you or someone you know from the team would make an awesome leader then please nominate yourself or encourage team members. Amber Graner//akgraner// <a href="http://amber.redvoodoo.org/">http://amber.redvoodoo.org/</a> <a href="http://www.ubuntu-user.com/Online/Blogs/Amber-Graner-You-in-Ubuntu">http://www.ubuntu-user.com/Online/Blogs/Amber-Graner-You-in-Ubuntu</a> -- Just me Amber. There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. Linus Torvalds