Hi all, I'm going to be extending the nomination period one final time. I've had a few people reach out in the past few days who I haven't been able to sync schedules with to speak to about the role. *If you're interested, please do let me know.*
- 30th: Nominations close - *1st October: Vote begins * - *15th October: Vote ends * - *16th October: New secretary in office* - 25th October: First monthly FIG secretaries meeting including those newly elected -- Michael C On 14 September 2017 at 18:36, Michael Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: > Vote closes on the 6th October*. Apologies for that typo. > > -- > Michael C > > On 14 September 2017 at 13:36, Michael Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm going to be extending the nomination period by 7 days due to a lack >> of nominations so far so the new timetable will be: >> >> - 21st: Nominations close >> - >> *22nd: Vote begins * >> - >> *6th November: Vote ends * >> - *8th October: New secretary in office* >> - 11th October: First monthly FIG secretaries meeting including those >> newly elected >> >> If anyone has any objections, please say. >> >> -- >> Michael >> >> On 4 September 2017 at 19:54, Michael Cullum <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> The boat was unfortunately missed at the beginning of the last month in >>> order to get the ball rolling according to the bylaws for how a secretary >>> election must be held within a month so it was moved to this month, this >>> should have been communicated on the mailing list as well as through other >>> channels, so I do apologise for that failing. >>> >>> >>> We're electing two secretaries to fill the position vacated by Samantha >>> when she moved to the Core Committee and fill the post previously held by >>> Amanda. Therefore one of the posts (and whoever comes first) will be in >>> post until May 2019, and whoever comes second will be in post until August >>> 2018. >>> >>> >>> Anyone wishing to stand for secretary must be nominated (details below) >>> by the *14th August* at which point a vote will occur starting on the *15th >>> August.* >>> >>> Details on the role: http://www.php-fig.org/bylaws/ >>> mission-and-structure/#secretaries >>> >>> Nominations must be provided by project representatives or FIG >>> secretaries and nominations may be sought by potential candidates by >>> whatever means necessary (Open request to the mailing list, contacting >>> individuals in private etc.). Please don't nominate someone without first >>> checking with them and we strongly recommend that anyone wanting to stand >>> contacts an existing secretary first to get an in-depth idea of what's >>> involved. >>> >>> The bylaws do state that a secretary must be in place on the last Sunday >>> of the month, however, this isn't possible this month due to the way the >>> weeks have fallen. Therefore I'm proposing the two new secretaries will >>> instead come into post on Sunday 1st October with the following timetable >>> >>> The *timetable* will be as follows, subject to change by notification: >>> >>> - *4th: Nominations open* >>> - 14th: Nominations close >>> - >>> *15th: Vote begins * >>> - >>> *29th: Vote ends * >>> - *1st October: New secretary in office* >>> - 4th: Monthly FIG Secretaries meeting including those newly elected >>> (Normally held on the last Wednesday of the month but shifted by a week) >>> >>> It will be performed using STV as per the bylaws, and whoever comes >>> first will get the longest post, whoever comes second will get the shorter >>> term (Joe's term remainder). >>> >>> *Should you wish to stand, I would highly recommend reaching out to an >>> past FIG secretary (myself, Samantha, Joe, or Amanda) to discuss what the >>> role entails; you then need to find someone to nominate you.* People >>> who have previously stood for election are eligible to run again. >>> >>> >>> TL;DR: Nominations are now open for the now two vacant secretary >>> positions. >>> >>> -- >>> Michael C >>> FIG Secretary >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/php-fig/cdae8772-5fd2-45f4-859c-c5207b5b4ae3%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/cdae8772-5fd2-45f4-859c-c5207b5b4ae3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/CAAqcDMiKj%3DmbOfcqcffJA6Dq%3DBfWvhyanLc1W1diZmse_7hodQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
