Hello everyone. The nomination period for very first Council elections is now open. We will be selecting two seats on Council by popular vote. If you are interested in serving Fedora in this way and want to become part of Fedora history as member of the first Council, please add yourself to the list of nominees at <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations> before 23:59:59 UTC on November 10, 2014! This election, we're encouraging nominees to run a (short, low-budget!) election campaign — have a platform, blog, tweet, etc. Hire your own PR team? Probably no need to go that far! At the end of the campaign period, we're also going to run email-based interviews with each candidate on Fedora Magazine. If you have questions you'd like asked of candidates, please add them to the <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections/Questionnaire> wiki page. Nominees will answer these questions and the answers will be published simultaneously on November 17th. Questions may be moderated to fit Fedora Magazine interview format. Elections schedule: November 4-10: Nomination period open. You may self-nominate. If you wish to nominate someone else, please consult with that person ahead of time. If you know someone who would be a good candidate, now is a great time to make sure they're thinking about it. November 11-17: "Campaign" period. Candidates are highly encouraged to make blog, mailing lists, and social media posts about their plans. We will also conduct an e-mail-based interview with each candidate, with all answers published on Fedora Magazine simultaneously on the 17th. We will not be holding IRC town halls this time around. November 18-25: Voting open. Voting will close at 00:00 UTC on the 26th. Run date -d '2014-11-26 00:00 UTC' to see the deadline in your timezone, if you are planning on cutting things close. November 26th: Results announcement and new Council will be in effect. For more details about Fedora elections, see the wiki page at <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections>. To learn more about the Fedora Council and its role in our project, check out <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council>. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader -- announce mailing list announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
