Hey Guys,

en Wikinews Arbcom midterm elections are next month, Thunderhead has began the process of organising them. <http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Arbitration_Committee/Elections_July_2007 >

3 seats are up for election; these include expiring terms of committee members Chiacomo, Ilya Haykinson, and the seat left vacant when Messedrocker resigned from the committee.

The Arbitration Committee members elected will tentatively serve through July 31, 2008, however, there is talk, left over from last election, about extending terms to 2 years (from the current one year term).

Like last time in order to vote, you need to have been an active user on Wikinews for more than a month, and you must have at least 200 edits in the Main namespace.

The election will be held from July 18, 2007, 20:00 UTC to July 31, 2007, 20:00 UTC, nominations start at 22:00, 11 July 2007.

Cheers,

Brian NZ