Rules for election 2008
Board of directors European PostgreSQL User Group

- We elect 3 members for the board

- Candidates must be citizen of a european country or have a registered main residence in a european country
- Candidates are not required to be present in Brussels at FOSDEM 2008

- Voters must be citizen of a european country or have a registered main residence in a european country
- Voters must be present in Brussels at FOSDEM 2008
- Voters must present a photo-ID to get their ballot

- Everyone can suggest candidates, just send a mail to election@pgug.eu
  Include the name and email address of the candidate
  Please specify if you want your suggestion to be handled anonymously

- A person may suggest him/herself

- For definition of "Europe" we go with:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Europe&oldid=183951112 )
  This especially is not limited to "European Union".

- Every voter has 3 votes which can go to one, two or three candidates

- The election is anonymous

- The 3 candidates with the most votes win

- If one candidate does not accept his election, the next voted candidate
  will be asked

- We will provide printed ballots



Timeline:

- All suggestions up until 2008-02-17 (GMT) will get accepted

- If we don't have 3 accepted suggestions until 2008-02-17,
  the election will be canceled

- All suggested candidates are asked if they accept the candidature
  and are asked for a short profile

- The list of candidates is mailed to the -eu and -advocacy list
  on 2007-02-20

- Election is scheduled for sunday evening 2008-02-24
  https://www.bsdwiki.de/FOSDEM_2008

- If candidates not present in Brussels are elected, they are asked
  by mail if they accept the election. The answer must be given until
  2008-02-28 (GMT)

- The result of the voting is mailed to -eu and -advocacy list


Magnus Hagander, Andreas Scherbaum