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• The Edubuntu Council oversees Edubuntu, providing technical guidance, community governance, and ensuring the health of the project.

• Launchpad Home: https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-council

• Community Council Delegate: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil/Delegation

EC 2010/2011

The Following members have been nominated or are up for renewal on the 2010/2011 Edubuntu Council:

• Stéphane Graber (stgraber) - renewal

• Jonathan Carter (highvoltage - renewal

• Scott Balneaves (sbalneav) - renewal

• Jordan Erickson (Lns) - renewal

• Alkis Georgopoulos (alkisg) - renewal

• Marc Gariépy (mgariepy) - nominated

EC Members 2009/2010

• Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
• Stéphane Graber (stgraber)
• Richard Johnson (nixternal)
• Scott Balneaves (sbalneav)
• Alkis Georgopoulos (alkisg)
• Jordan Erickson (Lns)

A quorum shall consist of 4 EC members.

EC Charter

The Edubuntu Council will:

• Normally consist of at least 5 members;
• Be nominated by ~ubuntu-members and;
• Be voted in by ~edubuntu-members with supervision by the Community Council;
• Have a quorum of at least half the members plus one additional member;
• Have regular meetings that will be held publicly in #ubuntu-meeting;
• Serve for 1 year, elections will run 11 months after EC members have been elected. It may be decided that the term be changed to 2 years after the elections in 2010.
• Have a rotating chairman for each EC meeting based alphabetically on IRC nickname, in the event of a split vote the chairman will have an additional vote.

Role of Edubuntu Council

• Technical aspects of Edubuntu:
  • Release management
  • Feature specification approval
• Community aspects of Edubuntu:
  • Approval of new Edubuntu Member applications (during EC meetings, normally every two weeks)
  • Conflict resolution and escalation to Community Council
  • Reporting to the Community Council
  • Maintain the various Edubuntu LP Teams

Meetings

Edubuntu meetings take place every Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. When there are issues requiring the attention of the council it is also made an Edubuntu Council meeting. Please refer to our Meetings Page for more information.

Reporting

The Edubuntu Council shall send a report to the Community Council after any EC meeting introducing new members and summarizing any other decisions and actions that have been taken.

Elections

For Edubuntu Council elections, the Edubuntu Council will announce it publicly trough the Edubuntu mailing lists and the Fridge. Ubuntu members will be able to make nominations by contacting the Edubuntu council. The Edubuntu Council will then forward the list of nominees to the Community Council. The Community Council will set up a vote for Edubuntu Members on Launchpad and announce the results of the election. In the case where the new Edubuntu Council member is not an Edubuntu Member, they will receive Edubuntu Membership concurrently.

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