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         First Call for Nominations for the UK Usenet Committee
                        Open Class (3 vacancies)

Please note that, in this Call for Nominations, all email addresses,
including the application address, are munged with (at) replacing the @,
in accordance with standard practice.

Applications and Nominations are requested for the "Open" class of
membership of the UK Usenet Committee.

There are currently 3 Open Vacancies


Primary Votetaker: Pedt Scragg <com2k06 (at) mx2.org.uk>
Secondary Votetaker: Richard Ashton <cmt2006 (at) voting.semolina.org>
(Please only contact the secondary votetaker in an emergency)

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Definition of Open Class of Membership

Any participant in the uk.* hierarchy qualifies as a candidate in the
Open class.

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Application Requirements

Any participant in the uk.* hierarchy qualifies as a nominator for the
Open class.

Any individual may nominate a maximum of three candidates.

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Nominations must be received by 23:59:59 BST, 28th October 2006.

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Each candidate must receive four nominations. The nominators must
confirm support for their candidate(s) by replying to an email from the
votetaker. Replies must be received by 23:59:59 GMT, 2nd November 2006.

Please note that the usual voting rules on email address validity also
apply to all application and nomination emails. An application or
nomination cannot be accepted if the votetaker is unable to verify the
identity of the sender.

If a candidate fails to attract four confirmations from their nominators
by that deadline, they will not qualify for this round of elections.

NOTE: All applications will be released to the community by a posting
from a votetaker handling the elections as soon as they are received and
confirmed by similar method once the nominators have confirmed their
nomination.

Please note that there will be not be any period of grace for
confirmations after the deadline of 23:59:59 GMT, 2nd November 2006.

If candidates wish to supply more than the minimum four nominators, they
may do so. The first four qualifying confirmations received from
nominators will be announced by the votetaker as the official nominators
for each candidate.

In the event of there being more than 3 "Open" Candidates an election
will be held during November 2006.

Nominations must be sent to com2k6a (at) vote.ukvoting.org.uk.

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Persons resigning from the Committee

Open Member Class:

Fiona Gostling (aka 'Kat')
Chris Croughton
Jim Clokey (aka 'Lt. Cmdr. Jim')


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================= Call for Nominations - 2006 Election =================

Sections A and B MUST be completed for your nomination to be considered. 
Section C is optional, but recommended.

A. Candidate - Name, Email Address:

Name : [           ]
Email: [           ]

B. Nominators - Name and Email Address

1.  Name : [           ]
1.  Email: [           ]

2.  Name : [           ]
2.  Email: [           ]

3.  Name : [           ]
3.  Email: [           ]

4.  Name : [           ]
4.  Email: [           ]

5. (continue the sequence if required)

C. A short (< 15 lines) paragraph on yourself (optional):

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