Archive:Election

Current Election

 * Board11/Election
 * Board11-- there's some stuff here too

Past Election

 * Board09/Election

Election Process

 * Drafted at SFC NYC unconference

Personnel
Election Coordinator
 * Appointed at the end of each cycle by the existing Election Coordinator (see below)
 * One-year commitment, one time only
 * Anyone may volunteer for this position except for current board members (past board members are OK)

February 28

 * Election cycle begins, begin to solicit nominees
 * Set up wiki page for election
 * http://wiki.freeculture.org/Board09/Election
 * Make banner graphic and put it on the front of freeculture.org
 * Blog post with key dates and description of what the board is/does
 * Tweet it
 * Email chapters@, discuss@
 * This message should be very easy for chapter leaders to fwd to chapter members
 * Nominees can begin to accept/reject nominations

March 14

 * Confirm candidates
 * Deadline for nominees to accept
 * Announce candidate names, chapters
 * Tweet, blog, chapters@, discuss@
 * Candidates respond to prompt(s) on wiki page
 * 5 "thought" or "vision" questions regarding the future of SFC
 * Prompts written by Election Coordinator
 * Set up Selectricity and issue tokens to chapter leaders
 * Send email to chapters@ explaining the voting process

April 18

 * Voting begins
 * Selectricity is open for business
 * Re-send email to chapters@ explaining how to vote

April 30

 * Voting closes
 * Selectricity does not accept any more votes

May 1

 * Announce the election results
 * Blog, tweet, chapters@, discuss@
 * Add new board members to board@
 * Existing board and new board plan a conference call to discuss transition
 * Create new category on wiki for BoardYY (e.g. Board11 for 2011-2012 school year)
 * Appoint next Election Coordinator
 * Election cycle ends