X.org Foundation membership & BOD

[Jim Gettys <Jim Gettys hp com>]

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 14th
May 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.

-- 
Jim Gettys <Jim Gettys hp com>
HP Labs, Cambridge Research Laboratory