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3rd meeting to plan Drupal Association at large board elections
Please join in to help confirm the plan for 2012 elections of "At Large" directors of the Drupal Association. This 3rd meeting was tentatively booked but now has been confirmed.
Drawing on decision criteria and options outlined in the elections planning wiki, we will work on further refining the draft proposal for presentation to the Drupal Association board Wed. Jan. 18.
Call time
Date: Monday, Jan. 16th 2012
Time: 19:00 UTC
That's:
Read more2nd meeting to plan Drupal Association at large board elections
Please join in to help confirm the plan for 2012 elections of "At Large" directors of the Drupal Association.
Drawing on decision criteria and options outlined in the elections planning wiki, we will work on firming up the draft proposal for presentation to the Drupal Association board Wed. Jan. 18.
Pad for editing the draft proposal during the meeting: http://lullapad.com/LBd4ZUyGob
Call time
Date: Friday, Jan. 13th 2012
Time: 19:00 UTC
Community election process proposal for Drupal Association Board
Last updated by rachel_norfolk on Mon, 2020-08-10 13:06
This page should now be regarded as "historical information", now that the 2020 Election pages are at https://www.drupal.org/association/board/elections -- Rachel Lawson, Community Liaison.
Overview
The Drupal Association is holding its first round of elections for "at-large" (community-elected) board members under its new governance structure. This proposal was prepared by numerous community participants, including the Election Committee members, at http://groups.drupal.org/node/199178 and related sub-threads.
Election Timeline
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How should voting work for electing the "At Large" board members of the Drupal Association?
As a result of the call to discuss the DA board elections resulting from this thread: http://groups.drupal.org/node/199178, we agreed to post a couple of specific follow up threads on topics that needed further resolution, so I'm posting on behalf of those who were on the call (FTR the call's etherpad is here: http://lullapad.com/5TCVHgaCYV)
The relevant section of the DA Board Election wiki post calling for input and suggestions has been pasted below for convenience.
Read moreDA Board Elections - Voting eligibility
As a result of the call to discuss the DA board elections resulting from this thread: http://groups.drupal.org/node/199178, we agreed to post a couple of specific follow up threads on topics that needed further resolution, so I'm posting on behalf of those who were on the call (FTR the call's etherpad is here: http://lullapad.com/5TCVHgaCYV):
Voting eligibility
Question: Who gets to vote [DA Members? Drupal.org users? Some other parameters?]
Answer: Basically, narrowed it down to two choices for this year's election, and these are generally for practical reasons:
Read moreBackground on Drupal Association governance and board elections
To help provide background information that Drupal community members might find useful in tasks like planning elections of at large Drupal Association directors, this wiki page aims to document the evolution of decision making and meetings in the Drupal Associations, both the Belgian-based VZW and the US-based Drupalcon Inc.
Read moreDrupal Association at large director elections--planning meeting 1
This is an open meeting for any and all interested in helping push ahead the wiki-based planning process for organizing and holding the first Drupal Association elections of at large directors. See the wiki page for details. Thanks for all the great ideas and research so far!
Call time
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 4th 2012
Time: 20:00 UTC
That's:
- 12 noon PST in North America
- 2 PM in Tegucigalpa
- 3PM EST in North America
- 9 PM in Rome
- 7 AM Jan. 5th in Sydney Australia
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Are the 4 in-person board sprints necessary?
The DA board has regular meetings online and in-person. It's currently a requirement for board members to attend 4 in-person meetings per year.
Board members can get reimbursed for costs if that is necessary and if the DA has the funds for it.
Is this a reasonable requirement to place on board members?
Are in-person meetings valuable for the board?
Does this burden exclude people who would be valuable board members?
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