Answers.Body: <p>The current election (October 2018) is to determine the structure of a board to oversee the CiviCRM project.  It will determine what the permanent board's mandate is as well as its structure.</p>
  
  <p>You can <a href="https://civicrm.org/voter-registration-for-the-community-advisory-committee-process" rel="nofollow noreferrer">register to vote</a> until October 18th and/or <a href="https://civicrm.org/nomination-form-for-the-establishment-committee-of-the-community-advisory-committee" rel="nofollow noreferrer">stand for election</a> until October 15th. <a href="https://civicrm.org/blog/josh/call-for-establishment-committee-nominations" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This blog post</a> has details.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Please note the blog post says: Nominations will be accepted through the end of day (UTC) October 10, 2018
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Answers.Text: KarinG, looks like the gitlab page now says Oct 15th. https://lab.civicrm.org/community/governance-summit-dev-camp/wikis/governance-summit/Governance-summit-decisions#election-of-the-establishment-committee
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Answers.Text: Blog still says Oct10 - not sure how one would unblog or retract emails.
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Body: <p>There's a CiviCRM election I heard about.  What's the deal? How do I vote or run for a position?</p>
  
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Title: What's the deal with the CiviCRM election? Am I eligible to vote/run?
ThreadText: # What's the deal with the CiviCRM election? Am I eligible to vote/run?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-09)
  
  There's a CiviCRM election I heard about. What's the deal? How do I vote or run for a position?
  
  **Tags:** community
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2018-10-09. Score: 3
  
  The current election (October 2018) is to determine the structure of a board to oversee the CiviCRM project. It will determine what the permanent board's mandate is as well as its structure.
  
  You can [register to vote](https://civicrm.org/voter-registration-for-the-community-advisory-committee-process) until October 18th and/or [stand for election](https://civicrm.org/nomination-form-for-the-establishment-committee-of-the-community-advisory-committee) until October 15th. [This blog post](https://civicrm.org/blog/josh/call-for-establishment-committee-nominations) has details.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Please note the blog post says: Nominations will be accepted through the end of day (UTC) October 10, 2018  
  > **username_2**: KarinG, looks like the gitlab page now says Oct 15th. https://lab.civicrm.org/community/governance-summit-dev-camp/wikis/governance-summit/Governance-summit-decisions#election-of-the-establishment-committee  
  > **username_1**: Blog still says Oct10 - not sure how one would unblog or retract emails.  
  
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