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REMINDER!  Please help encourage people to click that link and vote!  We 
need the quorum.


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Subject: 	[Foundation Board] Please encourage members to vote Monday 
January 12; A special reminder to vote on the proposed bylaw changes
Date: 	Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:03:20 -0700
From: 	Alan Clark <aclark at suse.com>
To: 	foundation-board at lists.openstack.org, 
goldmembers at lists.openstack.org <goldmembers at lists.openstack.org>



On January 12, the Individual elections begin. Included on ballot is set of proposed bylaw changes. To be enacted, these changes require approval by the individual members.  At least 25% of the Individual Members must participate in this election in order for the vote to take effect.  Getting %25 of the community out to vote is a challenge.  We need your help.  We are not telling people how to vote, we simply want people to get out and vote, particularly on the bylaw changes.

The unprecedented growth, community size and active nature of the OpenStack community has precipitated the need for OpenStack Bylaw updates.  The updates will enable our community to adapt to our continued rapid growth, change and diversity, while reflecting our success and market leadership.  Although the proposed changes only effect a small set of verbiage in the bylaws, the changes eliminate some of the hard coded values and naive initial assumptions that found their way into the bylaws when they were initially created in 2013.  Those initial assumptions did not anticipate that by 2015 we would have such a large, active community of over 17,000 individual members, over 430 corporate members, and a large diverse set of OpenStack based products and services.

Through many months of community iterative discussion and debate, the DefCore team and Board have unanimously accepted a set of changes that are now placed before you for your approval.  The changes replace the original hard coded "core" definition with a process for determining the software elements required for use of the OpenStack commercial trademark. Processes which will also account for future revisions and determinations for Core and Trademark Policy.

Much effort has been put forth to get the bylaw changes ready in time for this ballot.  Would you please send out a "Get out and vote" reminder to those you know, and members from your company.



A  reminder can be as simple as the following:
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On January 12, 2015 the OpenStack individual elections begin.  While we always encourage your participation, for this election it's especially important.

Included on the upcoming individual elections ballot is set of proposed bylaw changes. The unprecedented growth, community size and active nature of the OpenStack community have precipitated the need for OpenStack Bylaw updates.  The updates will enable the OpenStack community to adapt to the continued rapid growth, change and  diversity, while reflecting the community success and market leadership.

In order for the vote to change the bylaws to be effective at least 25% of the Individual Members must participate in the election. We are not telling you how to vote, rather we are asking you to study the candidates and as a responsible individual member cast your vote.


Information on the candidates is available at this location:
http://www.openstack.org/election/2015-individual-director-election/CandidateList


Complete details on the proposed bylaw changes are located at:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/2014ProposedBylawsAmendment


Watch for the election notices from the Foundation with information on how and where to vote.




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