[ecf-dev] request for vote

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi ECFers,

The Eclipse Foundation recently announced the nominees for the committer 
representative on the Board of Directors:

http://www.eclipse.org/org/elections/nominees.php

The voting opens February 8th and I urge everyone to vote for your Board 
representatives.  The Board sets everything from IP policy to 
development process to EF resource allocation...and all these decisions 
effect the EF projects deeply on a day-to-day basis. 

Particularly if you are an independent committer or contributor I urge 
you to make sure that you have access to voting.  To be able to vote you 
must be an EF member...either through your employer, or as an 
independent member.  Note that being a member is not the same as being a 
committer.  If you are not a member and wish to be one (so you can vote) 
contact the Eclipse Management Organization (EMO)...aka Anne Jacko at 
emo at eclipse.org and you can become a member simply by completing a 
little paperwork.

There is *no cost to you* to becoming an independent member, and such 
membership allows you to vote for Board representation and influence the 
EF Board in the directions you think are important.

Thanks,

Scott