Board elections

According to its  succession planning document, the Fedora Board currently appoints 4 of its 9 seats, and elects 5 of the 9, on a rotating basis.

During the next election (June 2011), the Board will elect 3 seats for a full two-release term.

This page should help to explain when different seats are filled, etc.

Summary

 * Voting is open to all Fedora contributors who have a valid account in the Fedora Account System and have completed the Fedora Project Contributor Agreement.
 * Voting uses the range voting style of voting.
 * The three top vote receivers will become members of the Fedora Project Board for a full two-release term.
 * Future elections are held in accordance with our succession planning policy.
 * We are using the Fedora standard voting software, used recently in other Fedora elections.

Learn about getting your account at Infrastructure/AccountSystem.

Schedule
See the main Elections page for the official schedule.

Candidates
Candidates may be anyone who is in the Fedora Account System, has completed the Fedora Project Contributor Agreement, and is not a citizen of an export-restricted country (see Legal/Export#Embargoed_Destinations for the list of export restricted countries). To be nominated, you must have a page within the  nominations section  of the Fedora wiki, and it should include a brief (500 words or less) statement of purpose, vision, goals, etc.

The Board should publish, at the time nominations open, a statement of those issues on which it has worked since the last elections, and some of the issues still at hand, subject to the normal restrictions of privacy, privilege, or other sensitivities. Typically there are a number of issues that have no such restrictions.

Voters
Voters may be anyone who is in the Fedora Accounts System and has completed the Fedora Project Contributor Agreement.

Range Voting
The voting system being used for this election is known as range voting. Voters cast a number of votes for each candidate, from zero up to the number of candidates. If there are seven candidates, voters may cast from zero to seven votes for each candidate.

The Wikipedia article on range voting has more information on how range voting works, and tactical methods to use your vote if you care more deeply for a certain set of candidates.