Further reminder that the nomination period for the X.Org Board of Director elections finishes in only 2 days, on March 19th. Please send your nominations or self-nominations as soon as possible following the instructions below. Thanks again for your attention. On Mon, 2023-03-13 at 16:27 +0100, Ricardo Garcia wrote: > This is a reminder that the nomination period for the X.Org Board of > Director elections finishes in a week, on March 19th. > > If you would like to nominate yourself please send email to the election > committee elections@xxxxx, giving your > > name > current professional affiliation > a statement of contribution to X.Org or related technologies > a personal statement. > > To vote or to be elected to the Board you needed to be a Member of the > X.Org Foundation. To be a Member of the X.Org Foundation you need to > apply or renew your membership until the end of the nomination period. > > Original email follows below. Thanks for your attention. > > On Wed, 2023-02-15 at 21:53 +0100, Ricardo Garcia wrote: > > We are seeking nominations for candidates for election to the X.Org > > Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are eligible > > for election to the board. > > > > Nominations for the 2023 election are now open and will remain open > > until 23:59 UTC on 19 March 2023. > > > > The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each year, > > an election is held to bring the total number of directors to eight. The > > four members receiving the highest vote totals will serve as directors > > for two year terms. > > > > The directors who received two year terms starting in 2022 were Emma > > Anholt, Mark Filion, Alyssa Rosenzweig and Ricardo Garcia. They will > > continue to serve until their term ends in 2024. Current directors whose > > term expires in 2023 are Samuel Iglesias Gonsálvez, Manasi D Navare, > > Lyude Paul and Daniel Vetter. > > > > A director is expected to participate in the fortnightly IRC meeting to > > discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org > > Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in advance by > > the Board of Directors. > > > > A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is > > qualified. Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at > > elections at x.org. > > > > Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org > > Foundation, and submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that will > > be provided to prospective voters. The collected statements, along with > > the statement of contribution to the X.Org Foundation in the member's > > account page on http://members.x.org, will be made available to all > > voters to help them make their voting decisions. > > > > Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed personal > > statements must be received no later than 23:59 UTC on 19 March 2023. > > > > The slate of candidates will be published 26 March 2023 and candidate > > Q&A will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and > > renewals is 26 March 2023. > > > > Cheers, > > Ricardo Garcia, on behalf of the X.Org BoD > > >
