2008 Election Key Dates

Each year, the Eclipse Founation holds elections for board members representing two very important groups within the Eclipse membership: the committers and the add-in providers. The terms of office for these elected board members is one year, commencing April 1.

Key Dates

  The key dates for the 2008 elections are:

  • January 7, 2008: Nominations open. Nominations are to be sent as an email to emo@eclipse.org, with the subject "Add-In Provider Nomination" or "Committer Nomination." As soon as possible after an individual is nominated, the Foundation will contact the nominee to confirm their willingness to participate in the election and to serve if elected.
  • January 25, 2008: Nominations close. The list of nominees and their HTML pages will be available on the eclipse.org website as soon as possible thereafter.

    Each nominee will be provided with an HTML template which outlines their background and vision for Eclipse as they are nominated. If the nominee does not have an HTML editor handy, plain text submissions for formatting by the EMO staff will be accepted via email. Content must be submitted to the Eclipse Foundation via email no later than Thursday, January 31.
  • February 4, 2008: List of nominees and their personal pages made available on www.eclipse.org. Discussion of the issues on the eclipse.foundation newsgroup will be encouraged.
  • February 25, 2008: Voting begins.
  • March 7, 2008: Voting ends at 3pm Eastern time.
  • March 17, 2008: New representatives announced at the Membership Meeting at EclipseCon 2008 in Santa Clara, California.
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