[TriLUG] nomination deadline for Steering Elections extended

[Andrew C. Oliver]

when (finalSteeringCommitteeNominationDeadlineTimestamp-1 == now() && 
numNominees < 5) {
   nominate(self);
}

-Andy

Cristóbal Palmer wrote:
> This email would have gone out sooner, but we had a disk failure on
> our web/list/mail server. Please accept my apologies. Thanks also to
> Tanner Lovelace, Kevin Otte and Matt Frye for their work to get us
> back up and running.
>
> = Executive Summary =
>
> The deadline for Steering Committee nominations has been pushed back.
> It is now Wed May 9 21:00:00 EDT 2007. That's nine PM (9:00 PM) the
> evening of this coming Wednesday. Please email the list, me, or fill
> out the form at http://www.trilug.org/contact to nominate yourself or
> someone else.
>
> = Full Text =
>
> The deadline set for nominations for the Steering Committee election
> has passed. It was posted here: http://www.trilug.org/node/50. After
> reviewing our Articles of Incorporation
>
> http://www.trilug.org/articlesofincorporation
>
> I realized that for annual elections there is no stipulation that
> nominations be received by some fixed point before the election. For
> elections to fill a vacancy there is such a stipulation (10 days).
>
> I and other members of the Steering Committee feel that it's important
> to have a deadline if we're going to have ballots printed that make it
> reasonably easy to vote (and, just as importantly, count the vote)
> quickly and accurately. That said, we've only received two (2)
> nominations so far, and there are five (5) posts.
>
> I'm not going to try to push people into running for the Steering
> Committee, since I'd sooner help run the LUG shorthanded than have
> people on board who aren't really interested, but we'll be in
> uncharted territory without five people, and frankly it'll be rather
> sad to win my post by default, to say nothing of the meta-messages
> about our group and its direction. I'm going to resist the urge to
> soapbox further.
>
> We, the Steering Committee, have therefore decided that the deadline
> for nominations should be pushed back. The deadline is now Wed May  9
> 21:00:00 EDT 2007. That's nine PM (9:00 PM) of this Wednesday evening.
> If you have some strong feelings about any of this, I suggest you
> speak up (or email, or call, etc.) now and not Wednesday.
>
> Please feel free to nominate someone (yes, you can nominate yourself)
> any of three ways:
>
> (1) fill out the form: http://www.trilug.org/contact
> (2) send an email to a steering committee member (that includes me and
> other people listed at http://www.trilug.org/about-steering)
> (3) Send an email to the list (trilug at trilug.org)
>
> Sincerely,
>