Election and Nominations 2009

Ideally we would have preferred to have nominations done in August and elections done in November as recommended. When it can't be done on that schedule, it still needs to be done as soon as possible. We have enough nominations to fill all the officer and director seats up for election. We gave another chance for others to jump in, as required by the By-Laws. It's common that volunteer positions with responsibility are not contested after the minimum number of seats have volunteers for them.

The goal is to elect people for the following positions:

• President (2010 term)
• Vice President (2010 term)
• 2 directors (2010-2011 term)

List of Nominees

Nominations closed at 23:59 Pacific Time on Saturday, December 26, 2009.

Other positions not up for election

The following positions on the Board of Directors are not up for election:

• Treasurer, currently held by Warren Turkal - to be elected by the Board of Directors in January
• Secretary, currently held by Ian Kluft - to be elected by the Board of Directors in January
• Director 2009-2010, Bill Dale - 2-year term continues to 2010
• Director 2009-2010, Mark Whittington - 2-year term continues to 2010

The position of "Immediate Past President" (IPP) in 2010 is reserved for the current president, Craig Anderson (President 2009). If Craig is re-elected president for 2010, the current holder of the IPP seat (Heather Stern, President 2007-2008) will not be re-elected with him. That would create a vacancy for a 1-year term on the Board of Directors which would be filled by appointment of the President and approval of the Board of Directors. If that happens, it's another opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors if you're interested - be sure to speak up!

Candidate qualifications

In order to run or hold an officer or director position, you must be a member of the non-profit corporation. (All the current members are listed on that page.) You must also be a member of the corporation in order to vote in the election.

How do you become a member of the corporation? Express interest in it. If you're involved in at least one SIG of SBAY, and interested in the wider SBAY community, that's good enough to qualify. You can be nominated for membership by any 3 members, any SIG, or the Board of Directors. Once nominated the membership can vote you in as a member.

Please consider how you can participate in the future. Qualifications of the candidates for this election are shown below.

Craig Anderson

Craig Anderson N6YXK (candidate for President) is the current President of the South Bay Community Network for 2009. He has been SVWUX Coordinator for the past 3 years. He has been leading the development of SVWUX's Santa Clara Emergency Wireless Network (SCEWN). He's a member of Stratofox and a participant in the Linux Picnic. He lives in San Jose.

Community connections: Data Communications Manager for San Jose RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services)

TR Fullhart

TR Fullhart KG6WEL (candidate for Vice President) is the current Vice President of the South Bay Community Network for 2009. He was previously Secretary of the South Bay Community Network since 2007. He has been a participant in SVWUX, the Linux Picnic and Stratofox since 2006. He lives in Mountain View.

Community connections: various Open Source and science fiction organizations

His web site is at http://genetikayos.com/

John Delaney

John Delaney (candidate for Director) is currently a Director of the South Bay Community Network in a 2008-2009 seat. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since it was established in 2005. He has been a participant in the Linux Picnic since 2006. He came to SBAY from SVLUG in 2003 during the period when the organizations had originally intended to merge for a common incorporation effort.

Community connections: SBAY representative to the Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC), participant in local IEEE chapter

Heather Stern

Heather Stern KG6ZYC (candidate for Director) is currently a Director of the South Bay Community Network in a 2009 seat (the Immediate Past President seat). She was President of the South Bay Community Network in 2006-2007. She was Vice President of the South Bay Community Network in 2005. She has been a participant in the Linux Picnic since the original "Linux10" Linux 10th anniversary picnic in 2001, including Linux Picnic Coordinator in 2009. She has been a participant in SVWUX and Stratofox since 2005.

Community connections: SBAY representative to the Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC), various Open Source and science fiction organizations

Her web site is at http://starshine.org/star/

Important Dates

Got suggestions?

There is active brainstorming on possible updates to the corporate By-Laws at MembershipAmendmentDiscussion

-- IanKluft - 2009-12-21