Hello, Elections for elected officers will take place in one of two forms: 1) If we get a web-based voting system operational, then all mailing list members will be able to vote online by next meeting. 2) If we cannot get a web-based voting system operational, then our next general meeting will utilize a pencil and paper election in person. If we do not have a we=based voting system, then only people who show up in person to the September General Meeting in Sebastopol will be able to vote. ---- After being acting president without the promised voting and election, my 6 month "presidency" (technically, "dictatorship" ;-) has ended. Also, other elected officers' terms have ended. As a result of not being able to get everything together as promised and host an election, those people who were nominated for what was to be the last election need not require nomination or accept prior nominations. (They should not need to suffer for my lack of meeting my goals.) ---- Nominations: If you previously accepted a nomination and wish to decline it over this election, please do so. Nominations are now open with the following nominations and accepted nominations included: President: Mike Egan (Was acting president. Declines any nominations for any offices) (No other nominations were offered for president last time, making this a position with no nominations inherited from the previous term.) Vice President: Augie Schwer Eric Eisenhart (Declined) Scribe: Kat Steve Zimmerman Treasurer: Dustin Mollo Director At Large (2 positions available): Jake Applebaum Frank Ball Eric Eisenhart Removal from office: My 6 months are over. All of the previous "acting" positions have expired. While we have not had an election, we discussed temporary leadership roles until after the end of the next meeting. We still need leadership to ensure the voting works and set meetings. As a result, the board voted on people at the the board meeting to play the roles for one month -- until after the election and the September General Meeting. Present acting roles until after the end of the next meeting when members can vote and votes are tallied: Acting President : Eric Eisenhart Acting Vice President : Augie Schwer Acting Treasurer : Dustin Mollo Acting Scribe : Kat Acting Director At Large: Bill Marlin Acting Director At Large: Frank Ball ---- What to do: Make a nomination. Nominations need not be seconded, but must be accepted by the person being nominated. (Yes, just like last time, you can nominate yourself.) How do you nominate someone? Reply to this message retaining the words "VOTING/NOMINATION" in the subject and send your reply to the "talk" list. (Nominations must be public and available for all to see.) Again, I will not acknowledge any nominations on the list. To confirm or check nominations status, we will use a web page. (See below.) ---- Who has been nominated? Who has accepted? What is the status for each? I will be altering the content of the web page for members: http://www.nblug.org/members.shtml It will contain a list at the end of all people who have been nominated, accepted, declined, or not responded to their nominations for elected positions. Any questions? Please consult the constitution and bylaws and then ask on the list: http://www.nblug.org/documents.shtml Thanks to all who permitted me to lead this very good group of Linux users. :-) -ME