Gentoo News

Note: the original announcement was made on March 31 by Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto.

Hello fellow devs, users and Gentoo community,

in this election we received 80 valid ballots from a total of 208 voters, which means we had a 38.46% turnout. Without much ado, here is the list of new members of the 2009 Trustees Board:

• Robin H. Johnson
• Matthew Summers

The master ballot and the full result sheet are accessible under the elections project space. The personal confirmation emails will follow soon. Thanks to Shyam Mani for the technical support and to my fellow election officials Łukasz Damentko and Alec Warner for running another election.

Congratulations to the new trustees, to all that ran for office, to those that nominated and or were nominated and to everyone that voted in this election.

For reference, the complete ranked list is:

• Robin H. Johnson
• Matthew Summers
• Christina Fullam
• Patrick Lauer

Note: the original announcement was made on January 31 by Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto.

We've come again to that time of the year when we need to cast our votes for the Foundation.

The nomination period started today and lasts until Saturday, February 28th. The election polls will be open from Monday March 2nd to Sunday March 29th. The elected trustees start their term on April 1st.

Details about nominations and election officials follow the President's note.

Here are some words from the Foundation President, Roy Bamford, about this election:

Team,

At the forthcoming trustee election, two of the five seats will be contested. The other three trustees (neddyseagoon, fmccor and tsunam) will remain in office until 2010.

As we had two resignations in the first year it was relatively easy to determine which two of us would stand down for this election. One of the vacancies was never filled and dmwaters was appointed to the other.

This is the first election for staggered two year terms that are planned to help preserve trustee continuity.

The Gentoo Foundation Inc. is first and foremost a legal business entity. The trustees are legally responsible for the way the business is organized and run. If you are a minor under New Mexico law, that could make things difficult, were you to be elected.

The election officials for now are Łukasz Damentko and Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto. Anyone wishing to become the 3rd election official should contact us directly. The infrastructure team contact for the election is Shyam Mani. All officials will keep a daily presence in #gentoo-trustees and #gentoo-elections for the duration of the election. You can reach all the officials for this election at the elections alias.
The election officials have published a page with all the information on the election.

To nominate a candidate, join the gentoo-nfp mailing list. Trustee nominations are open to the public; voting is limited to eligible voters. Send all your nominations, acceptances and feedback to the gentoo-nfp list. Expect a mail from the Foundation Officers about member details and with more info about this election.

If you have any doubts about the election or any corrections to the page and lists, contact the election officials.

The Gentoo Trustees held meetings on December 14, 2008 and January 11, 2009. The items put up for discussion were:

• Foundation banking and treasury report
• Finding a CPA
• Stopping copyright infringement on Cafepress stores
• Foundation membership applications
• Foundation Knowledge Management Needs
• Logo usage
• Trustee elections 2009

Open bugs

• The Gentoo Store is Out of Date
• Request for reimbursement for legal fees to lawyer
• Document of being an active developer
• budget limit for infra repairs
• Gentoo Store - Add case stickers, badges

The meeting minutes and complete IRC logs are also available.

The next meeting is scheduled for February 15.