Just a reminder, nominations are open for a few more days. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else please send your nomination to electi...@x.org
BR, -R On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Rob Clark <robdcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > We are seeking nominations for candidates for election to the X.Org > Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are > eligible for election to the board. > > Nominations for the 2018 election are now open and will remain open > until 23:59 UTC on 23 Feb 2018. > > The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each > year, an election is held to bring the total number of directors to > eight. The four members receiving the highest vote totals will serve > as directors for two year terms. > > The directors who received two year terms starting in 2017 were Rob > Clark, Martin Peres, Taylor Campbell and Daniel Vetter. They will > continue to serve until their term ends in 2019. Current directors > whose term expires in 2018 are Alex Deucher, Egbert Eich, Keith > Packard and Bryce Harrington. > > A director is expected to participate in the fortnightly IRC meeting > to discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the > X.Org Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in > advance by the Board of Directors. > > A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is > qualified. Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at > elections at x.org. > > Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org > Foundation, and submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that > will be provided to prospective voters. The collected statements, > along with the statement of contribution to the X.Org Foundation in > the members account page on http://members.x.org, will be made > available to all voters to help them make their voting decisions. > > Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed > personal statements must be received no later than 23:59 UTC on 23 Feb > 2018. > > The slate of candidates will be published 1 Mar 2018 and candidate Q&A > will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and > renewals is 1 Mar 2018. > > Cheers, Rob Clark, on behalf of the X.Org BoD > https://www.x.org/wiki/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2018/ _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
