December 2010 Fedora Election Plan

[Jon Masters]

On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 14:59 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:57:38 -0700,
>   Larry Cafiero <larry.cafiero at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > The Fedora Project is gearing up for our bi-annual elections process,
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry to jump in with the proverbial blue pencil, but if it's twice a year,
> > or once every six months, it should be "semi-annual." Semi-annual means once
> > every half-year, or twice a year. Bi-annual (more appropriately, biennial)
> > means once every two years.
> 
> I was going to make the same comment.

It's an Americanism. In the US, one can say odd things like "bi-annual",
"next week", "shelved", etc. etc. etc. that are ambiguous and weirdly
construed by others :) I would say "semi-annual" is better globally.

Jon.