[Cz-editcouncil] Election of the Editorial Council Chair

[Larry Sanger]

All,

I will soon be replaced as Chair.  According to the newly-passed rules, the
Editorial Council Chair is replaced each year from among the people who
entered the Council in the previous year--and, in the present case, it is
important to add: from among the people who are eligible to continue on the
Council in the coming year.

We have run past a certain deadline, I'm afraid!  The Chair was supposed
call for nominees for new Chair in the first week of March, but that was
impossible since the resolution wasn't adopted until March 13.  Therefore, I
propose the following schedule:

1. The Secretary (Supten) presents me with a list of current members who are
eligible, according to the rules, to continue for the next year on the
Council and (therefore) to serve as Chair.  If you are concerned about your
eligibility see   Hopefully he'll have this done in the next few days.

2. I immediately call for (private) nominations from among these members.
(Again, hopefully in the next few days.)  Reminders are posted after 3 and 6
days.

3. As nominations come in, I contact the nominees to see whether they can
attest to time and support requirements in the rules.

4. One week after the call for nominations (approximately March 26), the
nominations close.  The candidates are immediately announced.

5. The Secretary does a private balloting, unless the Secretary is among the
nominees, in which case I propose to nominate another person to do the
balloting.  Note that outgoing members are eligible to vote!

6. Of course, the nominees may use cz-editcouncil and/or the wiki to post
any statements they would like to make.

7. The Secretary (or other balloting official) announces the result after
one week, or--probably--at the same time that the new Council members are
announced.

The soon-to-be-ex-Chair