Eclipse 
Committers,
 
Thank you for your support 
for and participation in Eclipse. 
 
 
Section 3.3(d) of the By-Laws describes the election process as 
it pertains to Committer Representatives. 
 
The time for next year's 
elections are coming soon. The plan is to have the voting completed in time for 
EclipseCon so we can introduce the new 
committer representatives at the conference. 
 
The key dates for the 
elections are as follows:
  - Immediately: Nominations open. Nominations are 
  to be sent as an email to emo@xxxxxxxxxxx, with the subject "Committer Nomination". As soon as possible after an individual is 
  nominated, the Foundation will contact them to confirm their willingness to 
  participate in the election and to serve as a committer representative if 
  elected.  
  
- January 14, 2005: 
  Nominations close. The list of nominees and 
  their html pages will be available on the website as soon as possible 
  thereafter, and in no case later than January 17th.
 
- January 17, 2005: List of nominees published on www.eclipse.org. Each nominee will be provided with 
  an HTML template which outlines their background and vision for Eclipse. 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 20th. 
 
- January 24, 2005: 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 7, 2005: Voting begins. 
  
- February 18, 2005: Voting ends.
 
- February 28, 2005: New committer representatives 
  announced
If you have any questions 
on the above, or suggestions for improvements please let us 
know.