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OCTOBER 17-November 5: REGISTRATION PERIOD. Registration begins at 12:01 am EDT (UTC 04:01 am), October 17. List, web, and review editors, as well as officers and councillors, must login to the voter registration page (link above) and register to vote. REGISTRATION CLOSES at 11:59 pm EDT November 5 (UTC 03:59 am November 6). Individuals who register to vote after the closing of registration are not eligible to vote unless specially cleared by the H-Net Council. Please contact Associate Director Heather Hawley with questions concerning registration. Registration instructions will follow in a separate announcement.
OCTOBER 17-November 5: NOMINATIONS OPEN at 12:01 am, (UTC 04:01 am) October 17. Self-nominations and nominations by others are welcome; "seconds" to nominations are not necessary and will be held by the HNET-STAFF editor for delayed posting during the campaign period. A nominee may withdraw at any time. Posting of a nominating statement by a candidate constitutes acceptance of nomination. When nominating someone, please limit your message to a simple statement to that effect. Nominees must accept nomination during the nominating period, and then post a campaign statement during the campaign season in order to appear on the ballot.
Endorsements or other expressions of opinion about candidates, aside from the candidate's own position statement, will be held until the campaign season.
NOVEMBER 5, 11:59 pm EST (UTC 04:59 am November 6) NOMINATIONS CLOSE.
NOVEMBER 5-NOVEMBER 19: Campaign Season. HNET-STAFF will circulate initial candidate position statements when the candidate posts his or her announcement. HNET-STAFF will hold all other campaign messages until the campaign season begins. During this period, candidates answer queries by HNET-STAFF members and general discussion of the issues proceeds. The season ends at 11:59 pm EST November 19 (UTC 04:59 am November 20).
NOVEMBER 20-30 inclusive: vote. Voting (link above) begins at 12:01 am EST November 20 (UTC 05.01 am). The polls will remain open until 11:59 pm EST November 30 (UTC at 04:59 am December 1 ). You will need the username and password given to you when you registered to vote to access the ballot.
Offices subject to election:
President Elect (1-year term) - [Incumbent, Frank Conlon, who becomes President on 1 January 2008.]
Vice President, Networks - (2-year term) - [Incumbent, Matthew Gilmore]
H-Net Staff Editor - (2-year term) - [Incumbent, Joe Ferreira]
General Council Member - (3-year term) - [Incumbent, Greg Downey]
General Council Member - (3-year term) - [Incumbent, Michael Innis-Jimenez]
General Council Member - (3-year term) - [Incumbent, Melvin Page]
Additional Ballot Questions
1.) Voting staff will be asked to vote on four additional articles for H-Net's Articles of Incorporation, to bring them more into conformity with federal tax and Michigan nonprofit statutes. These include provisions specifically limiting liability for staff, officers, and volunteers (editors); providing for distribution of assets in case the corporation dissolves; providing for action without a meeting (in effect, allowing electronic voting); providing for nondiscrimination; ensuring nonprofit operations; and discussing conflict of interest. The articles, accompanied by explanatory text, will be published on the staff list, at the voting site, and on the ballot.
2.) Alternates for officer vacancies: if a sitting officer accepts nomination for another open office, an alternate slot will be available on the ballot to permit candidates to finish that officer's term should he or she win election. This will have the effect of holding the required special election to fill the vacancy. This applies only to elected officers; at-large council seats that become vacant are filled through a different process outlined in the by-laws.
