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never nominated myself - I don't want to commit to something I won't
have time for, when I already have a job and a personal life.<br>
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How much time does a person spend on work as the responsibilities of a
council member? You say "internal mailing list chatter", but that's kind
of open-ended. A high-traffic list is a big commitment. Aside from
meetings and mailing list chatter, is there anything else?<br>
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<span>Ben Bucksch wrote on 2020-09-21 10:13 AM:</span><br>
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<p>Hello TB community members,</p>
<p>I hope that you have received the email titled "[tb-election]
Thunderbird Council Elections - Nomination Deadline: Tuesday,
September 23, 2020". As of this date, as part of the normal
electorate, I have not received even a single nomination. That
makes me uneasy.<br>
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<p>I would like to urge all of you to consider whether you want to
serve as TB Council member. The last elections, there was very
little choice of candidates, so in fact I was <i>forced</i> to
vote for people that I did not want to vote for, because there
simply were not enough candidates.</p>
<p>If you care about Thunderbird, please consider whether you want
to help out in this important role. Even if you have not been
deeply involved in the Thunderbird project, but only been
helping out here and there, but you care about Thunderbird and
its future health, and you <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Council_Elections_2020">qualify</a>,
you may stand for the TB Council. If nothing else, to fill the
candidate list, so that we have enough choice.</p>
<p>Please think about why you care about Thunderbird. Why it's
important for you. What you would like to see preserved.</p>
<p>Also, please think about what is important for you in the
project structure. Transparency, so that you know what's going
on? How the Thunderbird donations are used? Participation, so
that you have a voice and will be listened to, esp. in important
decisions that decide on the future of the project? That people
are constructive, on both ends of an argument, and seek good
solutions?</p>
<p>We really need to have more people standing as TB Council
candidates. People that reflect the wishes of the Thunderbird
users as a whole. We simply do not have enough candidates. If
you care about Thunderbird users and think that you have a
positive, constructive approach, please consider to help out.</p>
<p>As work load, you can expect 2 meetings per month, typically on
an evening, plus internal mailing list chatter.<br>
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<p>Ben<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17. Sept. 2020 at 01:00 AM CEST:<br>
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<div>Welcome to the 2020 Thunderbird Council Elections ... We are
opening the nomination period, which will conclude on Wednesday,
September 23, 2020.<br>
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<div>Members of the electorate who desire to stand for election
should send their self-announcement to this mailing list (<a
href="mailto:tb-election@mozilla.org" moz-do-not-send="true">tb-election@mozilla.org</a>),
titled: “Standing for Election: <name>”, and stating in
the body of the email:<br>
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<div> a) name;<br>
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<div> b) current professional affiliation (if any);<br>
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<div> c) a statement summarizing their contributions to
Thunderbird; and<br>
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<div> d) a personal statement.<br>
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<div>During the nomination period, ... only messages for
contributors standing for election will be posted.</div></blockquote>
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