I can confirm that I will also be standing for another term. On 07/08/2019 10:33, Rik Mills wrote: > Hello Kubuntu community! > > The terms for the following Council members are due to expire on the 1st > September 2019: > > Aaron Honeycutt > Rick Timmis > Rik Mills > > I hereby call for nominations for the Kubuntu Council to elect three (3) > members and hope that Aaron Honeycutt, Rick Timmis, Rik Mills will > continue to serve until we have the names of the new Council members. > > I will update the Kubuntu Calendar to reflect these new dates. > > The term is for two years, spanning 1st September 2019 to 1st September > 2021. > > As in the past, the election will be conducted using CIVS (Condorcet > Internet Voting Service) - http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html and > the top three ranking vote recipients will be elected. > > Schedule: > > Nomination period: Now to the 24th August 2019 > Ballot Preparation: 23rd August to the next day > Voting Period: 24th August 31st August > End Poll/Results Announced: 31st August > New Term Begins: 1st September 2019 > > This schedule shortens all the time-lines compared to our usual 2 > months, so please nominate yourselves or others quickly. > > A volunteer Kubuntu Member is also now required to conduct the actual poll. > > The above deadlines may be subject to minor revision, and a follow up > email will give details if this is so. However, nominations open NOW so > please be as prompt as possible. > > Please mention what you would like to accomplish within the Kubuntu > project (Why people should vote for you) > > Eligibility: > > All Kubuntu Members ( https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/+members ) > are eligible to be nominated and to vote. If you have a public email > address in Launchpad, you need take no further action to receive your > voting ballot. If you do not have a public email address, please contact > me off-list with the address you'd like your ballot sent to, otherwise > you will be unable to vote. > > Nominations: > > All Kubuntu members are eligible. The Kubuntu Council is intended to > represent all of the Kubuntu community. Applications from involved > non-developers are encouraged. If you are nominating someone else, > please confirm their willingness to serve before nominating them. > Nominations should be done in public via either kubuntu-users or > kubuntu-devel mailing lists. If there is some extraordinary reason that > precludes that, contact me directly. > > Commitment: > > The Kubuntu Council is the leadership body of Kubuntu. Members of the > council are expected to be active in the Kubuntu community/project. It > has three primary roles: > > - Approve development plans for future Kubuntu releases > - Approve Kubuntu membership applications > - Resolve disputes within the Kubuntu project > > The time commitment is not large. Meetings are generally only once every > several months and conducted via IRC. However, we do need the Kubuntu > Council to lead the community, not sit back and only attend meetings. > > Questions: > > If there are questions, you can contact us via this mailing list or (if > really necessary) via direct mail. We can also be found on Freenode IRC > in #kubuntu, #kubuntu-council or #kubuntu-devel > > Many thanks to all and please remember "time is of the essence". > > Happy nominating and voting, > > Rik Mills > Kubuntu Council >
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