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SBAY.ORG November 2006 Elections

• Nominations
• Voting Schedule
• Positions and Candidates

The election is done. See the results.

A major By-Laws amendment is under review and voting which, assuming it passes, will change the membership structure of SBAY.ORG. The organization was briefly going to have memberships based on collection of dues. But that change was moving too far away from our organization's roots. Only a handful of members paid dues before the decision was made to change to a 501(c)3 non-profit which does not use dues and where memberships have no expiration, modeled with some similarity to the Apache Software Foundation's membership structure. So the dues-paid members will convert to the first members under the new non-dues non-expiring membership structure. They will be the initial members to vote in a slate of nominated new members. As of that time, the old and new members will be the ones who can vote in the election for the Officers and Board of Directors. Membership is also required to be a corporate officer, to hold a seat on the Board of Directors or to be an officer of any SIG.

Nominations

If you're volunteering to run for a position in the election, please make sure to get a nomination for membership if you aren't already officially a member of sbay.org. Just ask around - the Board of Directors, any SIG or any three members can nominate new members. We expect a fairly large initial group of new members for the election.

Note that nominations for membership should indicate who made the nomination. Nominations of candidates can only be from the candidate, or with their approval.

Voting Schedule

Positions and Candidates

Note about membership in sbay.org and SIGs:

• All candidates in the sbay.org election must be members of sbay.org.
• The new membership rules will go into effect November 1, when voting commences on new member nominations. In order to become a member of sbay.org in time to vote or run for office in the election, you need to be nominated for membership by November 2. Members may be nominated by any one of these:
  • any three members,
  • any active SIG, or
  • the Board of Directors.
  The current members will vote in the new members on November 3.
• Voting in the sbay.org election requires membership in sbay.org.
• Membership by November 3 is required to participate in the November 5-7 election. However, if you miss it, don't worry. Membership nominations will be a recurring process thereafter.