[Foundation-l] Call for candidates closing

[Philippe Beaudette]

Hi folks,

This is a reminder that July 27 is the final day to present yourself  
as a candidate for the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees.   
Candidate submissions must be in by 23:59 (UTC) tomorrow.  Voting will  
begin at the earliest practical point on July 28 (hopefully shortly  
after candidate submissions closes, but that really depends on how  
long it takes Tim to work his magic that makes the voting extension  
run on the SPI servers).

I know I speak for the full committee when I thank Tim for his work to  
make the technical end of this happen, and extend our deep  
appreciation to Software in the Public Interest (and particularly  
Michael Schultheiss) for their part in hosting the election on their  
servers.  They are very kind to do this for the third year in a row.

I also would like to point out that although we are theoretically  
accepting candidates until 23:59 UTC, candidates MUST have their  
identity confirmation to the Foundation prior to standing in the  
election, so practically speaking I would encourage any remaining  
candidates to present themselves very soon.

For the election committee,
Philippe