All,
The
following are the key dates for the 2008 elections for your representatives on
the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors.
As
of this moment, there will be four elected committer representatives and four
elected add-in provider representatives on next year's board. However, under
our Bylaws, the final determination will be made based on the total number of
strategic members as of the date the membership meeting.
The
terms of office are from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009.
- January
7, 2008: Nominations open. Nominations are to be sent as an email to emo@xxxxxxxxxxx,
with the subject "Add-In Provider Nomination" or "Committer
Nomination". As soon as possible after an individual is
nominated, the Foundation will contact the nominee to confirm their
willingness to participate in the election and to serve as a add-in
provider representative if elected.
- January 25,
2008: Nominations close. The list of nominees and their html pages will be
available on the website as soon as possible thereafter.
- January 29, 2008: List
of nominees published on www.eclipse.org.
Each nominee will be provided with an HTML template which outlines their
background and vision for Eclipse as they are nominated. If the nominee
does not have an HTML editor handy, plain text submissions for formatting
by the EMO staff will be accepted via email. Content must be
submitted to the Eclipse Foundation via email no later than Thursday,
January 31st.
- February
4, 2008: List of nominees and their personal pages made
available on www.eclipse.org.
Discussion of the issues on the eclipse.foundation newsgroup will be
encouraged.
- February 25,
2008: Voting begins.
- March
7, 2008: Voting ends at 3:00pm Eastern time.
- March
17, 2008: New representatives announced at the Membership
Meeting at EclipseCon 2008 in Santa Clara, California.
Mike
Milinkovich
Executive Director,
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Office: 613-224-9461 x228
Cell: 613-220-3223
mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx
blog:
http://milinkovich.blogspot.com/
