2018 FTSC Administrator special election, call for nominations
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An election for FTSC Administrator starts on Sunday 11th of November
2018 at 20:00 UTC.

From FTA-1001.007

  3.1 FTSC Administrator
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  The FTSC administrator is appointed for a four year renewable term.

  To be eligible for appointment, an individual must be a Fidonet
  node, be actively involved in Fidonet, though not necessarily in a
  programming context, and should have proven organizational skills. A
  candidate need not be a member of the FTSC. It is recommended that a
  successful candidate not carry any *C or *EC responsibilities during
  the term of office.

  A candidate for FTSC Administrator may be nominated by any Standing
  Member.

  The FTSC Administrator is appointed on the basis of a vote by all
  Standing Members who are defined by the then-current edition of
  FTA-1003 (FTSC Membership List). A successful candidate must receive
  approval by at least a plurality of votes.

  Publication of the nominations and the voting procedure shall take
  place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and voting shall close three
  weeks after publication of the vote. Votes shall be by netmail
  ballot to an independent enumerator.

  Responsibilities:

  1. Ensuring FTSC Mandate is adhered to.
  2. Facilitating communications links between members.
  3. Maintaining document distribution links.
  4. Coordinating all membership nominations and voting.
  5. Developing Working Groups as required.
  6. Ensuring that the FTSC seeks, accepts and responds to public
     input.
  7. Assigning FSP numbers to new Standards Proposals.

Timeline
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Sunday, 11 November 2018 (20:00 UTC)    Nominations begin.
Sunday, 18 November 2018 (20:00 UTC)    Nominations close/candidate
                                        list posted in FTSC_PUBLIC.
Monday, 19 November 2018                Voting begins.
Sunday, 09 December 2018 (20:00 UTC)    Voting ends.
Monday, 10 December 2018                Results posted in FTSC_PUBLIC/
                                        opportunity to contest results begins.
Sunday, 16 December 2018 (20:00 UTC)    Period to contest results ends.
Monday, 17 December 2018                Final results posted in FTSC_PUBLIC/   
.                                       new FTSC adminstrator begins work.

Nominations
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Nominations will be placed in FTSC_PUBLIC.  Any standing member of the FTSC
may nominate a candidate or candidates.  Any prospective candidate must 
publicly accept the nomination in FTSC_PUBLIC to be considered a valid 
candidate.

In the event that only one candidate is properly nominated, that candidate will
become the new FTSC administrator, effective Monday, November 19, 2018.

Voting
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Ballots are to be submitted via NetMail to Fred Riccio at 1:132/174.  Ballots 
must be received during the above voting period to be considered valid. Ballots
should include the name of the candidate selected and a password.  The 
passwords will be periodicly posted in FTSC_PUBLIC to allow the voters to 
verify that their ballot was counted correctly.

Results
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At the completion of the voting period, the results will be posted in 
FTSC_PUBLIC.  To be elected, a candidate must receive a plurality of votes 
cast.

Challenges
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Any voter or candidate wishing to challenge the results may do so by sending 
NetMail to the independent enumerator (Fred Riccio @ 1:132/174).  No challenges
 
will be considered if received after the period specified above.  The 
independent enumerator will have the final say in any challenges of candidates 
or votes.  Upon expiration of the challenge period, the final results will be 
posted in FTSC_PUBLIC, and FTA-1003 will be updated to reflect the final 
results.
 

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