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Ärende: FTSC Standing Member Election
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FTSC                                  FIDONET TECHNICAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE
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Election Rules and Procedures for the FTSC Standing Member election of 2005


Summary
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  In compliance with the FTSC Charter, no less than seven (7) and no more
  than seventeen (17) new Standing Members must be elected to replace the
  Members whose terms have now expired.

  All election business shall be conducted publicly in the FTSC_PUBLIC
  echo.  Any private correspondence received by the election coordinator
  will be reposted in FTSC_PUBLIC.

  The Election Coordinator is the current FTSC Administrator, Scott Little.

  These rules are subject to change and interpretation by the Election
  Coordinator, FTSC Administrator and/or FTSC Standing Members, if/when/as
  deemed necessary.


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0. Short Version
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  15 Apr 2005: Post election rules & notify RCs; 1 week
  22 Apr 2005: Accept nominations; 2 weeks
  29 Apr 2005: Accept nominations; 2 weeks
  06 May 2005: Allow for confirmations from nominees; 1 week
  13 May 2005: Vote for Standing Members; 3 weeks
  20 May 2005: Vote for Standing Members; 3 weeks
  27 May 2005: Vote for Standing Members; 3 weeks
  03 Jun 2005: Results posted, allow for contest/challenge; 2 weeks
  10 Jun 2005: Results posted, allow for contest/challenge; 2 weeks
  17 Jun 2005: Results final.

  All dates refer to midnight, UTC.  Date syntax below is ISO-8601.


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1. Post election rules & notify RCs
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  On Friday, 15th of April, the official election rules shall be posted in
  the FTSC_PUBLIC echo.  RCs will be notified by netmail of the upcoming
  election.


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2. Accept nominations from RCs/RECs
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  From Friday, 22nd of April through Thursday, 5th of May (inclusive),
  nominations will be accepted as outlined in section 3.2 of FTA-1001:

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    Standing members may be nominated Fidonet-wide by all of the
    following methods:

       1. Any RC or REC.
       2. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the FTSC.
       3. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the ZCC.

    A nominating committee may not consist of any current member or
    officer of the FTSC.
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  As the FTSC Administrator and Election Coordinator, I hereby appoint all
  previous FTSC Standing Members whose terms have just expired (Jan 2005)
  as a nominating committee, and will allow this committee to nominate
  themselves and/or others.

  To nominate, start a new (non-reply) message addressed:

    To: Election Coordinator
    Subject: Nominees [RCxx or RECxx]

  and the nominee(s) listed in the message body.  Substitute Region number
  for xx.

  Nominees will be notified via netmail by the Election Coordinator.

  If after two weeks less than seven (7) nominations are received, another
  two weeks will be allowed with any Fidonet member in good standing able
  to nominate themselves or another.  The nominee will still have to obtain
  a Majority Vote.


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3. Accept late confirmations & hear election platforms
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  Nominees will be required to personally accept their nominations by
  replying to/quoting the nomination message, readdressed as:

    To: Election Coordinator
    Subject: Accepted

  Acceptance messages may be posted any time after nomination and until the
  start of voting.  Nominees may also use this extra week to campaign,
  answer questions, etc.


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4. Accept votes
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  A voting ballot will be posted on Friday, 13th of May.  Completed ballots
  will be accepted until Thursday, 2nd of June (inclusive).

  For our purposes, all RCs and RECs nodelisted as holding those positions
  when the election rules are posted are eligible to vote.

  A successful candidate must have more Yes votes than No votes.  If there
  are too many successful candidates, those with the most Yes votes will
  take precedence.

  Electors are not obligated to cast a vote (Yes/No) for every candidate;
  an Abstain shall be considered a null vote and not counted either way.


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5. Post results & evaluate disputes
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  Results will be posted on Friday, 3rd of June.  Any discrepancies,
  disputes, challenges, etc. will be heard until Thursday, 16th of June
  (inclusive).


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6. Results final
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  As of Friday, 17th of June the results shall be final, unless the
  Election Coordinator feels there are any legitimate outstanding issues
  from Stage 5.

  The FTSC Administrator will see that the new Members are given access
  to the private FTSC echos.

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-- Scott Little  [fidonet#3:712/848 / sysgod@sysgod.org]

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