Re: Election for board of directors

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> as Damien pointed out, we will have an election for the board of
> directors at FOSDEM 2008 in Brussels. Magnus Hagander and myself
> developed some basic rules for the first election. At the end of this
> mail you will find a text copy of the rules or you can use the following
> link:
>
> http://www.pgug.eu/election.txt

Glad to see Russia is in the list :)

>
> We encourage everyone (not only people from europe) to send suggestions
> for your candidate(s) to the mail address given in the rules.
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> ----- election rules -----
> Rules for election 2008
> Board of directors European PostgreSQL User Group
>
> - We elect 3 members for the board
>
> - Candidates must be citizen of a european country or have a registered
> main residence in a european country
> - Candidates are not required to be present in Brussels at FOSDEM 2008
>
> - Voters must be citizen of a european country or have a registered main
> residence in a european country
> - Voters must be present in Brussels at FOSDEM 2008
> - Voters must present a photo-ID to get their ballot
>
> - Everyone can suggest candidates, just send a mail to election(at)pgug(dot)eu
> Include the name and email address of the candidate
> Please specify if you want your suggestion to be handled anonymously
>
> - A person may suggest him/herself
>
> - For definition of "Europe" we go with:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
> ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Europe&oldid=183951112 )
> This especially is not limited to "European Union".
>
> - Every voter has 3 votes which can go to one, two or three candidates
>
> - The election is anonymous
>
> - The 3 candidates with the most votes win
>
> - If one candidate does not accept his election, the next voted
> candidate
> will be asked
>
> - We will provide printed ballots
>
>
>
> Timeline:
>
> - All suggestions up until 2008-02-17 (GMT) will get accepted
>
> - If we don't have 3 accepted suggestions until 2008-02-17,
> the election will be canceled
>
> - All suggested candidates are asked if they accept the candidature
> and are asked for a short profile
>
> - The list of candidates is mailed to the -eu and -advocacy list
> on 2007-02-20
>
> - Election is scheduled for sunday evening 2008-02-24
> https://www.bsdwiki.de/FOSDEM_2008
>
> - If candidates not present in Brussels are elected, they are asked
> by mail if they accept the election. The answer must be given until
> 2008-02-28 (GMT)
>
> - The result of the voting is mailed to -eu and -advocacy list
>
>
> Magnus Hagander, Andreas Scherbaum
> ----- / election rules -----
>
>

Regards,
Oleg
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Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru),
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia
Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
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