[wplug] November ballot follow-up

[Justin Smith]

Pat wants me to pass on this information regarding our election ballot
for the November meeting. Most of this is already covered in the ballot
itself, but it's a good idea to play it safe just so that everybody is
clear. 
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JUSTIN SMITH 

"Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work
done."
-Linus Torvalds 

-------- Original Message -------- 

		SUBJECT:
 		Re: Ballot

		DATE:
 		2013-10-22 4:59 pm

		FROM:
 		Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com>

		TO:
 		WPLUG Board of Directors <board at wplug.org>

On 10/22/2013 4:15 PM, Justin Smith wrote: 

> I ended up making my own ballot. I released it under a copyleft license and included an ODT version (along with the standard PDF version) on the meeting page so that this sort of thing won't happen again. 
> 
> I'll have the November meeting announcement ready to go in a couple of minutes.

 Just saw the meeting announcement, thanks!

 We should send out a follow-up to this, to expand on the mention in the
meeting announcement that ballots can be cast by mail. As the election
is conducted by absentee ballot, members are given the opportunity to
send in their ballot via US Mail, at any time from now up until the
meeting. Completed ballots can be sent to:

 WPLUG
 Attn: November 2013 Election
 PO Box 81685
 Pittsburgh, PA 15217

 Ballots returned by mail should have the member's return address
clearly marked on the envelope (so we can verify that the ballots are
sent by an actual member). The ballot should be sent in a blank
envelope, which is sealed inside the mailing envelope, and ballots will
not be opened until the meeting. Ballots sent without the "envelope
within an envelope" will still be counted, but the secrecy of the ballot
can not be guaranteed. If a member casts their ballot by mail, they may
not cast a ballot at the meeting (for reasons that should be
obvious....).

 --Pat.