UW PROJECT LEADERSHIP ELECTION PROCESS

Link to Leadership Nomination wiki can be found here

Ubuntu Women Project Team Leadership

The team will be electing 3 co-leaders who together have diverse strengths and span many areas of the community.
Benefits of Leadership Committee
- Co-leaders can demonstrate simultaneous existence of unity and diversity.
- Co-leaders can demonstrate that within a group individuality is possible and that conflict can be dealt with without tearing the group apart.
- Co-leaders provide for division of labor
- Co-leadership can give more individual attention to items and tasks as they arrive.
- Co-leaders can model communication and conflict resolution.
- Co-leaders provide diversity in theoretical orientation, interpersonal style, and cultural resources.
- Co- leaders provide more expertise.
- Co- leaders provide different perspectives.
Leaders are expected to have signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and be familiar with the Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct.
Ubuntu Membership is strongly recommended as we strive for this goal for all active members, but if you're not yet a member having it as a solid goal is sufficient.

Voting Members of the Team will vote on the leaders in a Condorcet poll.
You must be listed on the Ubuntu Women LP Team for 1 month prior to election date in order to be eligible to vote.
Ubuntu-Women Project Team on LP
- It is important that all Ubuntu Women Project Team members who are active in the following areas but have not joined the Ubuntu-Women Team in Launchpad are encouraged to do so:
- Ubuntu Women Mailing List
- Ubuntu Women Forums
- #ubuntu-women and #ubuntu-women-project IRC channels.
July 21st - The List of the eligible Ubuntu Women Project Team members will be put together using the LP list. I have been updating the list from the channel poll - so this will not be a hard or time consuming task. It will just need to be double checked.
July 21st - After the nominations are closed and the testimonial Phase begins. 2 people who are NOT seeking the leadership position (s) will need to be responsible for the Condorcet poll. Don't worry if you are unfamiliar with Condorcet it's easy and we can set up some "mock" polls to make you are comfortable and familiar with how it works before the leadership poll is schedule to open.

July 7th - July 21st - Nominations Phase - All Ubuntu Women Project Team members who would like to be considered for the one of the 3 leadership roles should complete their nomination wiki's during this time frame.

Team members can be self nominated or peer nominated.

If you want to nominate someone other than yourself (Peer nominations) please double check with them and make sure that they are willing to be included and make sure they are aware of the time lines and each phase of the Election Process

July 21st and August 8th - Testimonial Phase - Each Nominated Team Member should make sure that all testimonials are added by August 8th.
August 9th, close on August 21st - Voting Phase - Condorcet Poll is sent to all Eligible Ubuntu Women Project team members and Voting begins. Voting will close on August 21st at 2400UTC.
August 22nd - New Leadership is announced. The Leadership term is for one year.

(Include but not limited to the following, duties may be added as team or leadership identifies need to add responisbilities)

Leaders will be elected for one (1) year terms - Beginning June 22nd, 2010 through August 22, 2011. Between April 15th and May 1st, 2011 the Ubuntu Women Project Team will review the leadership term and make a decision as to whether elections are to be called for or is current elected Leaders will remain in place for another year.
Gathering input from team and other key community members and finalizing a roadmap at the beginning of each cycle.
Seek to serve the team and its charter as well as help team members to agree upon goals and be successful in achieving those goals.
May be called on to resolve conflicts of varying nature
Weekly Responsibilities:
- Organizing and chairing regular IRC meetings and coordinating the discussion to achieve agreed objectives and unblock problems.
- Taking care of meeting minutes and reporting those minutes in the Team Reporting framework (may be delegated)
- Following up with the team on work items and cycle commitments to maximize the opportunity for success.
- Add items to monthly Team reports. Reports are due by 1st Sunday of each month
- Leadership to set/remind team members of next meeting date.