Re: governance should probably come first - past models and next steps

And part 3 of this chain of emails is some fun: pointers to the mailing list archives of the Gnome 2000 and 2001 election candidacy bids, Q&A, and election results. Apart from the fun and history, it also demonstrates transparency. 2020 * 2020-09-26 announcement "GNOME Foundation elections!", giving schedule: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-September/msg00031.html * 2020-10-03 "wanna join the election committee?": https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00011.html * 2000-10-05 "now accepting nominations for the board": https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00021.html * 2000-10 all the candidacy (mostly self-)nomination emails: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-November/author.html * Owen Taylor's comment on 11 people he liked for the board: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-November/msg00101.html * Miguel's "who I would like to work with": https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00001.html * 2000-11-09 "Preliminary results ...": https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-November/msg00101.html 2021 * 2021-10-22 "Procedures/Timeline for 2001 GNOME Foundation Elections" https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-October/msg00002... * 2021-11 candidacy announcements: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/date.html * 2021-11-08 "Candidate Richard Stallman": https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg0002... * 2021-11-27 "Preliminary results of 2001 GNOME Foundation Board Elections": https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg0003...