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To active developers and users of the X Window System:
You are invited to join and help shape the direction of the new X.Org Foundation. Membership in the X.Org Foundation is now open and free. Applications for membership are sought from all contributors to the X and Desktop communities.
The Interim Board of directors has established that examples of acceptable contributions that will qualify you for membership in the Foundation include coding, bug-fixing, testing, design, documentation, translation, administration or maintenance of project-wide resources, speaking at conferences, and supporting bugzilla or release management.
Should you wish to apply for free membership in the X.Org Foundation, then please visit:
http://www.x.org/XOrg_Foundation_Membership.html
All Members are eligible for election to the Board of Directors and the Architecture Group of the XOrg Foundation. The XOrg Foundation is now seeking nominations for candidates for election to these groups.
Nominations for each election are open until 23.59 PDT on Friday 30th April 2004 for those Members of the X.Org Foundation who wish to stand for election. You may nominate yourself for election. You may not nominate any other member.
There will be 8 people elected to each of the Board of Directors and the Architecture Group. In this first year of the X.Org Foundation, the four candidates polling the most votes in each election will be granted a two year term of office (until June 2006), and the next four candidates will receive 1 year term of office (until June 2005). In subsequent years, four seats of each group will be re-elected in the annual elections.
It is permissible for a candidate to stand for election for both the Board of Directors and the Architecture Group.
The responsibilities of an elected person are detailed in the current Bylaws of the X.Org Foundation, which can be found at:
http://www.x.org/XOrg_ByLaws_17Sep03.pdf
In addition, an elected person will be required to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org Foundation, which will be held a location determined in advance by the Board of Directors.
Should you wish to enter your candidacy for these elections, then please prepare a personal statement of up to 200 words that can be provided to prospective voters. This statement, and the statement of contribution to the X.Org Foundation (which you completed when applying for membership) will be made available to all voters to help them make their voting decisions.
Once you have completed your personal statement, then you may visit:
http://www.x.org/member/XOrg_Foundation_Election_Nomination.tpl
to enter your candidacy for the X.Org Foundation elections.
We look forward to your membership and candidacy submissions,
The Interim Board X.Org Foundation.
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