On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Vincent Untz <vuntz@suse.com> wrote:
Le lundi 19 novembre 2012, à 11:11 +0000, Tim Bell a écrit :
From my reading of the bylaws (http://wiki.openstack.org/Governance/Foundation/Bylaws), my understanding is that the voters have to be registered for at least 180 days as a member before the election. This is different from the previous round where there was a 30 day limit after the start of the foundation.
The nominees for individual member directors seem to have to be individual members in good standing.
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3.9 Voting and Proxies.
(a) Each Individual Member whose effective date of membership is earlier than thirty (30) days after the effective date of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Foundation ("COI Effective Date") may vote immediately after he or she becomes an Individual Member. Each Individual Member whose effective date of membership is more than thirty (30) days after the COI Effective Date shall be eligible to vote 180 days after the effective date of his or her membership. Each Individual Member shall have one vote at any meeting of Individual Members and for election of the Individual Directors, the Individual Members shall have the option to vote for Individual Directors on a cumulative basis.
Thanks, Tim! I had forgotten about that part of the by-laws.
For those wondering when 180 days before the voting period is, that's July 18th 2012. As the initial call for individuals to join the Foundation was issued on July 19th, I guess only people who became member in the 30 days after the COI Effective Date will be able to vote in January.
(I can't find the COI Effective Date, but I assume it's July 16th, since people could join until August 15th to be able to participate in the first elections)
Related: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2012-November/001235.html I'm still surprised that the Foundation set a precedence for a call for membership before the first election, but failed to address that it was actually last chance to participate for 2013, the 1st full year. Best regards, -- @lloyddewolf http://www.pistoncloud.com/