[TriLUG] nomination deadline for Steering Elections extended

[jason]

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Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> 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,
>>   
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