[TriLUG] nomination deadline for Steering Elections extended

[jason]

well, id love to, but I have a <1 month old baby now and dont get to
attend as many of the meetings as I should because of him and other
obligations.

Jason


Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Sounds like someone cares enough about the lug to say something.
> Perhaps you'd care to run for the SC also? O:-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Tanner
> 
> On 5/7/07, jason <jason at monsterjam.org> wrote:
>> hey! this aint ebay!
>>
>> u sniper!
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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