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We have a schedule for the election of the two at-large members for the

Fedora Council. Any Fedora contributor is eligible to run, and all are

eligible to vote. Two seats are currently open. (See the charter at

for details of the new Council

structure.)

 

These positions are of strategic importance, with a full voice in the

Council's consensus process. The primary function of the Council is to

identify community goals and to organize and enable the project to

achieve them. (See my Fedora Magazine article on planning at

.)

These elected positions are an important avenue for direct community

input into this process, and the selection of good representatives is

essential.

 

The Council will be an active leadership body and all members will have

significant impact, and are expected to participate actively — to keep

up with current community issues, communicate regularly, and be able to

respond within a reasonable timeframe. We recognize that this level of

commitment is difficult for many community members with full-time jobs

not directly related to Fedora, and the intent is not to exclude those

contributors. At the same time, these positions will require a

meaningful commitment of time and responsiveness. If your other

obligations make this impossible, please consider suggesting candidacy

to other community members who you feel would be able to bring your

voice to the table.

 

Anyway, the schedule:

 

November 4-10: Nomination period open.

 

You may self-nominate. If you wish to nominate someone else,

please consult with that person ahead of time. If you know

someone who would be a good candidate, now is a great time

to make sure they're thinking about it.

 

 

November 11-17: "Campaign" period.

 

Candidates are highly encouraged to make blog, mailing

lists, and social media posts about their plans. We will

also conduct an e-mail-based interview with each candidate,

with all answers published on Fedora Magazine simultaneously

on the 17th.

 

We will not be holding IRC town halls this time around.

 

November 18-25: Voting open.

 

Voting will close at 00:00 UTC on the 26th. Run

 

date -d '2014-11-26 00:00 UTC'

 

to see the deadline in your timezone, if you are planning on

cutting things close.

 

November 26th: Results announcement and new Council will be in effect.

 

Details are available at ,

and there will be a further announcement when the nomination period

opens.

 

 

--

Matthew Miller

 

Fedora Project Leader

--

 

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