[Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

[Angela]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:54 AM, philippe <philippe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> The reason not to have it in two weeks is that it generally takes
> longer than that to effectively translate both the policy pages and
> the candidate statements to allow as many people to participate in as
> many languages as possible.  Two weeks would almost guarantee a
> primarily english-centric election.  In the past we've had no problem
> getting the votes counted/confirmed in two days; we did it last year.

I believe the suggestion is to have the vote lasting for 2 weeks, not
starting in 2 weeks from now.

Voting last for 3 weeks in past elections.

Angela