Currently the Board has four community-elected seats and five appointed seats. As previously announced[1], starting with the elections following the release of Fedora 9, the Fedora Board will consist of five (5) community-elected seats and four (4) Red Hat-appointed seats. Red Hat may appoint employees or volunteers as desired, and the community may elect Red Hat employees (who are free to run for election) or volunteers. A Fedora Board election occurs within 30 days following each release of Fedora. Because there are an odd number of members (nine), the preferred method is to turn over[2] five seats after an odd-numbered release, and the remaining four seats after an even-numbered release. However, there's been some drift due to attrition. In this election, according to the schedule, we're supposed to turn over three appointed seats and four elected seats, or seven of our nine members! That's not very helpful from a continuity standpoint, so I'm proposing we do the following for Fedora 9: 1. Make the new elected seat a half-term seat for this release. I propose that seat be filled with the person receiving the fourth highest vote total in the general Board election. 2. Extend the term for one appointed seat. The Board will decide through discussion and consensus whose term will be extended. This correction results in the next election cycle having two appointed seats and two elected seats turning over, putting us back on a more predictable schedule. = = = [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-April/msg00011.html [2] Keep in mind "turn over" here does not mean forcibly ousting anyone, just making the seat available. Any Board member may be re-appointed or run for re-election. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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