Hello everyone, I interrupt this previously scheduled weekend to bring you a reminder.
The yearly leadership election for Ubuntu California is coming up. All three leadership positions are up for election. The rest of this email has more information on the election, but in short: please send emails nominating yourself or other people as replies to this email or add them to the nominations wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Leadership/2015 If you have questions, please read the leadership document: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Leadership ... and post follow up questions as replies to this email, or contact me privately. Voting will begin in 15 days, see below for details. === Timeline === * Nomination period began: 6 days ago (2015-11-15) * Nomination period ends: then + 20 days (2015-12-05) * Election begins: then + 21 days (2015-12-06) * Election ends: then + 28 days (2015-12-12) * Result announced: then + 29 days (2015-12-13) If there are not enough candidates to fill all positions (plus preferably additional people so there's a useful election), this timeline is likely to change. === Constituency === All members of the Launchpad group at https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-california are eligible to run and vote in this election. === Position === Ubuntu California has a three-person leadership team who make decisions about issues that cannot be decided by consensus. This position is required by our leadership document, and helps to prevent prolonged arguing and indecision. Team leaders tend to chair our IRC meetings and take point on event logistics, though this is not an "official" role and we encourage other people to get involved in these tasks. This position is separate from the position of LoCo Group Contact, which does not expire and is chosen through our normal decision making processes rather than an election. === Nominations === Please add nominations of yourself and/or other people to the wiki page at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Leadership/2015 You can instead nominate on the mailing list if you'd prefer, and I will add the relevant details to the wiki page for you. Nominees must confirm that they accept their nomination. They can proactively do this by contacting me, and I will contact anyone who doesn't do so to confirm. === Voting === Once nominations have been confirmed, I will create a poll on http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/ . Your ballot will be emailed to the public email address associated with your Launchpad account. If you do not receive a ballot within a day or so of the election starting, please contact me and let me know. If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to contact me. Since our next meeting on November 29th falls conveniently within the nomination period, I will also reserve some time there for final discussion. -- Nathan Haines Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
