Fedora Board, FAmSCo, FESCo Election Season, and Fedora Board Appointment.

[Robyn Bergeron]

The nomination period for FAmSCo (Fedora Ambassador Steering Committee), 
FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), and the Fedora Board is 
now open, and will close on November 13, 2012, at 23:59:59 UTC.

This election cycle will fill the following seats for a one-year period:
* Fedora Board: 2 elected seats, as well as 2 appointed seats
* FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee): 4 elected seats
* FAmSCo (Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee): 3 elected seats

Full information about the elections, including the elections schedule, 
and links to where one may nominate, can be seen here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections

Running concurrently with the nomination period (and, hence, closing at 
the end of the nomination period), the elections questionnaire is also 
open for adding questions which will be posed to candidates. Following 
the closing of the questionnaire, candidates will be asked to answer 
questions relevant to the position for which they are seeking election.

Questions may be added here, and, again, will also close on November 13, 
2012:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F19_elections_questionnaire

As noted above, there are 2 seats on the Fedora Board that will be 
appointed in this cycle, and I'm pleased as can be to announce that 
Major Hayden as the first of these appointments.  I'm sure that many of 
you know Major from IRC (where you may know of him as rackerhacker), or 
perhaps from his blog posts about security or OpenStack, or from the 
Fedora Cloud SIG.  He's enthusiastic, a fountain of knowledge, 
passionate about Fedora, and an all-around awesome guy, and I'm certain 
that he'll be able to bring some unique perspectives to the Board.  
Welcome, Major!

Major will be taking the seat previously occupied by Toshio Kuratomi 
(aka: abadger1999). Toshio has served two years in his appointed seat on 
the Fedora Board, and I am incredibly grateful to him for
his efforts, dedication, and commitment to the Board, and Fedora in 
general.  You are a fantastic role model and contributor - thank you, 
Toshio! :)

Further details regarding each body's election follows below.  I 
encourage everyone to consider running for an elected seat if they have 
the interest and desire to do so, and to encourage others that they feel 
would be ideal representatives for particular Fedora bodies.

Cheers!

-Robyn

== Fedora Board ==
This election cycle will fill two elected seats for the Board (seats
E1 and E2). Two appointed seats (A1 and A2) will also be filled this 
cycle, the first of which is the aforementioned appointment of Major 
Hayden; the remaining seat will be appointed following the election. For 
more information on nominations, and the process refer to:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board_nominations
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/History

== FESCo ==
This cycle will see candidates elected to four open seats in the Fedora 
Engineering Steering Committee. For information on the nominations and 
elections:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FESCo_election_policy
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations

== FAmSCo ==
This election cycle will see candidates elected to fill three open seats 
on the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee.  For more information, 
refer to:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_election_rules
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_elections
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_nominations