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[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo 2026-27 Election Season - Proposed Dates and Call For Volunteers

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Aka sanux on the forum or cosmikspin, two factor authentication :)

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM Santiago Ferreira <
santiago.ferreira@gmail.com> wrote:

> I want to help with that. If I could, count on me in any case.
>
> Santiago aka sanux
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@gentoo.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Team,
>>
>> It's election season again already.
>> The current council hold their last meeting on 14-Jun-26. By tradition,
>> we open nominations about one week before the meeting.
>>
>> I propose that nominations for both Council and Trustees open at the
>> start of Sunday, 07-June-26 and run for two weeks.
>> That means nominations close at the end of Saturday, 20-June-26.
>>
>> We need a day or so to put the finishing touches to the elections.
>>
>> Proposed voting would be from the start of Monday 22-Jun-26 for a
>> period of two weeks, so voting would close at the end of Sunday,
>> 05-Jul-26.
>>
>> As every year, the elections project needs some volunteers as
>> officials. Officials cannot be candidates in the election they help
>> with.
>>
>> We need an -infra contact and a total of three (or more) other non
>> candidates to count the votes and answer questions from the electorate
>> from the time nominations open to the time the results are published.
>>
>> I will be one. I will not be standing as a candidate in either
>> election.
>>
>> Unless there are objections to the timing, or I've got the dates wrong,
>> the proposed dates are expected to stand..
>>
>> The trustees need to set a record date before nominations open and
>> update the members list. Its the members on record at the record date
>> that is the definitive list of participants in the trustee election.
>>
>> Any foundation non members that would like to take part this year need
>> to apply for Foundation membership now, or even sooner.
>>
>> To learn more or volunteer as an election official, ping me in #gentoo-
>> elections
>>
>> No further election communications will be sent to the gentoo-project
>> list as it is/will be closed.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Roy Bamford
>> (Neddyseagoon) a member of
>> elections
>> gentoo-ops
>> forum-mods
>> arm64
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[gentoo-dev] Gentoo 2026-27 Election Season - Proposed Dates and Call For Volunteers Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@gentoo.org> - 2026-05-14 20:50 +0200
  [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo 2026-27 Election Season - Proposed Dates and Call For Volunteers Santiago Ferreira <santiago.ferreira@gmail.com> - 2026-05-19 01:10 +0200
    [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo 2026-27 Election Season - Proposed Dates and Call For Volunteers Santiago Ferreira <santiago.ferreira@gmail.com> - 2026-05-19 01:30 +0200

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