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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to nominate:

  Martin Owens
  Maren Hachmann

Thank you,
Bryce

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 11:05:19 -0500
From: Ted Gould <ted@xxxxxxxx>
To: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape Call for Candidates


Inkscape is holding elections for two vacant Board Member seats.

As you may know, two of our seven Inkscape Board Members have resigned a
few months ago. Now that all the infrastructure we need for an election
is in place, we want to invite our Official Project Members¹ to run for
a seat on the board. We encourage everyone of you to consider increasing
your involvement in the project by applying as a candidate for the
Inkscape Board.

If you are an Official Project Member, and would like to run or to
nominate someone, please send your suggestion to
inkscape.elections.committee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. We will then ask the
person you nominated (if not you) if they are willing to accept their
candidature.

Details about the Board's duties, the application process and the
election schedule can be found below:

Duties

Typically the board votes on things such as project fund expenditures
(travel, conferences, marketing materials for events, etc), trademark
related issue, other legal issues that arise, etc.  The board does not
have responsibility currently for technical decisions for the project,
and does not handle social/community issues where there are no financial
or legal aspects to the problem.

Board membership requires a commitment of time: At a minimum you will be
expected to participate in votes on the mailing list, which typically
occur with a frequency of about 0 to 3 per month.  You are required to
be on the board mailing list, which has a volume of about 30-50 emails
per month; you're not required to participate in the discussions, but it
is very strongly encouraged.  We also solicit volunteers from the board
to serve as as event managers, team leaders, fundraising coordinators,
etc. - Again, not a requirement, but we value board members who can
shoulder such duties for the project.

Board members will serve on the Board until they resign (or are removed
from the Board under the provisions of the Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement
with Software Conservancy — available on
https://inkscape.org/en/about/governance/).

Candidature

The election process starts with a Candidacy Period during which any
Official Member may indicate interest in running for the positions. To
register, please email inkscape.elections.committee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
giving your:
        
      * Name (legal name required when elected)
      * Current professional affiliation
      * Statement of contribution to Inkscape or related technologies
      * A personal statement
        
At the end of the Candidacy Period, the applicants will be reviewed to
verify eligibility. The list of candidates will then by published, and
the community will have a chance to ask questions on the development
mailing list. And then we will move forward with voting for the
candidates. More information for voters will be sent before the election
starts.

Schedule

The schedule for the elections will be as follows:
        
      * Candidacy period Start: August 5th, 2015
      * Candidacy period End: August 18th, 2015 (08:00 UTC)
      * Publication of Candidates & start of Candidate Q&A: August 18th,
        2015
      * Election Start: August 18th, 2015
      * Election End: September 2nd, 2015 (08:00 UTC)
      * Results Posted: September 4th, 2015
        

Full election procedures can be found here:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.board/+junk/board-docs/view/head:/resolutions/election_procedure.txt


The Inkscape Elections Committee

¹ For this election we are using r14222 of the AUTHORS file for the list
of eligible voters and possible candidates
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/view/14222/AUTHORS  If you believe that there is an error in that version (omission or mistaken inclusion) please contact the election committee as soon as possible.


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