Upcoming elections for FAmSCo, FESCo, and the Fedora Board

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One of the things I like most about Fedora is the orderly way in which

people are able to move in and out of leadership positions within our

community. Each development cycle, we have a set of elections for the

steering committees and for the Fedora Board. The next election cycle

is nearly upon us, so I'd like to take this opportunity to share the

details of the upcoming elections with you.

 

As quick reminder, the nomination period for this election cycle will

open on 25 October 2011, and will close promptly on 5 November 2011 at

23:59:59 UTC. The full elections schedule, along with more details

about the elections, can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections

 

I strongly encourage you to consider running for an open position in

one of the elections. This is one way to serve your fellow community

members and help move Fedora forward at the same time. Additionally,

I'm looking for a few volunteers to help with the coordination of the

candidate questionnaires and town hall meetings. If you're willing to

help, please let me know.

 

== Fedora Board ==

This election cycle will fill two elected seats for the Board (seats

E1 and E2). Prior to the election I will also announce the first of

two appointed seat in this cycle (seats A1 and A2), with the second

appointment announcement to follow after the election. For more

information on nominations, and the process refer to:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board_nominations

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/History

 

== FESCo ==

This cycle will also see four candidates elected to open seats in the

Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. For information on the

nominations and elections:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FESCo_election_policy

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations

 

== FAmSCo ==

This election cycle will also see candidates elected to fill all all

seven seats on the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee. For more

information, refer to:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_election_rules

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_elections

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_election_2011_nominations

 

== Candidate Questionnaire and Town Hall meetings ==

Additionally, the nomination period also serves as the time for the

community to present questions to be posed to candidates. If you wish

to ask questions to be answered by candidates, you can add them at

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F17_elections_questionnaire. Candidates

will have the questions posed to them and responses made available to

the community before the voting period begins.

 

As we get closer to the elections, we will try to schedule several

Town Hall Meetings in IRC to help you get to know the candidates

better, and to ask them additional questions.

 

As always, I'm thankful to those who have given their time, talents,

and abilities to serve the Fedora community.

 

--

Jared Smith

Fedora Project Leader

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