• UbuntuWomen
• LeadershipNominationsProcess
• January2010

Proposed Election Process

Election process

• Call for nominations. Each candidate will use a wiki template in a standard location (wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UbuntuWomen/LeadershipNominations/January2010/<name>.

• When the call for nominations deadline is complete, there will be a call for testimonials for the provided nominations.
• When the testimonials deadline is complete, the CC is sent the final list of nominations and they will decide on a leader.
• When the CC has completed their decision, the leader is appointed and the term length begins from that date.

Recommended Election Timescales:

• Open Call For Nominations - 10th Dec
• Nominations Deadline - 23rd Dec
• Testimonials Deadline - 8th Jan
• CC Deadline - 15th Jan

Responsibilities: (includes but not limited too)

(leader can and should delegate responsibilities when and where necessary and possible)

• Sit the full term Length of one (1) year (after -M elections are held, 1st leader appointed by CC will be for a 6 month period at the end of 6months leader will be reevaluated and team will decided to extend current leaders term or make a call for elections.
• 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 it's charter and 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.
  • Leader to set/remind team members of next meeting date.