All,
The following are the key dates
for the 2009 elections for your representatives on the Eclipse Foundation Board
of Directors.
As of this moment, there will be
five elected committer representatives and five elected add-in provider
representatives on next year's board. However, under our Bylaws, the final
determination will be made based on the total number of strategic members as of
February 1, 2009.
The terms of office are from
April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.
·
January 12, 2008:
Nominations open. Nominations are to be sent as an email to emo@xxxxxxxxxxx,
with the subject "Sustaining Member
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 as a add-in provider representative if elected.
·
January 29,
2008: Nominations close. The list of nominees and their HTML pages will be
available on the website as soon as possible thereafter.
·
February
2, 2008: 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 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 Friday, January 30th.
·
February 9, 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 23,
2008: Voting begins.
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March 13, 2008:
Voting ends at 3:00pm Eastern time.
·
March 23,
2008: New representatives announced at the Membership Meeting at
EclipseCon 2009 in Santa Clara, California.
Mike Milinkovich
Executive Director
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Office: +1.613.224.9461 x228
Mobile: +1.613.220.3223
mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx