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| <p>VOTING CONCLUDED AUGUST 12, 2011 at 4pm EDT. The new Bylaw vote passed. The results were:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>YES: 224</li> |
| <li>NO: 5</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p>Here are links to the new Bylaw document:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="/org/documents/2011.06%20Members%20Meeting%20(Bylaws).pdf">Summary of Bylaws changes.</a></li> |
| <li><a href="/org/documents/2011.05%20Eclipse%20Bylaws_commented.pdf">New Bylaws with change bars and comments.</a></li> |
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| <p> |
| The current <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse%20BYLAWS%202008_07_24%20Final.pdf">Bylaws of the Eclipse Foundation </a> |
| have served our community well for a number of years. Changes have been proposed to the Bylaws to prepare them for the future and to reflect |
| current practice. These changes require super-majority (two-thirds plus one) approval of the Membership-at-Large to become effective. |
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| <p>The By-law changes have been unanimously approved by the board and were outlined in the Annual General Members Meeting on March 21, 2011 |
| and then Members Meeting on June 21, 2011.</p> |
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| <p> |
| On JULY 12, 2011 we initiated an electronic vote of the Eclipse Foundation Membership-at-Large to approve the proposed changes. All Member Company |
| Representatives and Committers should vote on the proposed changes. If you are a Member Company Represenative or Committer Member and did not |
| receive your official voting instructions on JULY 12, 2011 please contact <a href="mailto:membership@eclipse.org">membership at eclipse.org</a>. |
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| <h2>The proposed changes</h2> |
| <p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Replace the annual Roadmap with an annual community report</li> |
| <li>Eliminate the Membership Committee. Make the IP Advisory Committee a Standing Committee</li> |
| <li>Delete the Requirements Council</li> |
| <li>Put the Architecture Council in charge of future revisions of the Eclipse Development Process</li> |
| <li>Delete the requirement for there to be a ratio of Strategic Consumers to Strategic Developers</li> |
| <li>Remove the requirement that the AGM be in Q1</li> |
| <li>Allow for flexibility in covering expenses</li> |
| <li>Sustaining Member board reps need to be a Sustaining Member</li> |
| <li>Revisit collapsing votes from same member company to a single vote. Proposed solution: One committer one vote |
| Total number of candidates from the same organization may not exceed one-half (1/2) of the total number of seats |
| available for that year’s annual at-large election</li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
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| <h2>FAQ</h2> |
| <p><b>Who do I contact for more information?</b> For email questions, please |
| contact <a href="mailto:membership@eclipse.org">membership@eclipse.org</a>. |
| If you would like to speak to someone in North America or APAC, please call Andrew Ross at +1 (613) 614-5772. |
| In Europe and India, please contact Ralph Müller |
| at +49 (177) 4490460. |
| </p> |
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| <p><b>How does the voting process work?</b> All Committer Members and Company Representatives are required to vote. Ballots |
| have been sent electronically by email. Committer Members are Committers who work for a Member Company or have completed the |
| Committer Membership paperwork. Each Company Representative vote counts as one vote. Each group of committers for a Member |
| Company also count as a single vote based on a collapsable single vote. Each vote by a Committer who has completed the |
| Committer Membership paperwork and is not working for a Member Company will also count as one vote. The voting process |
| will be open for 30 days until close of business August 11 , 2011. A super-majority of affirmative votes is required |
| for the changes to become effective. |
| </p> |
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| <p><b>I do not see any of the benefits of membership noted in the Membership Agreement or Bylaws; how do I find out about those?</b> Members |
| all have certain rights and obligations as noted in the Bylaws and Membership Agreement. However, many of the benefits members receive are |
| from programs run by the Eclipse Foundation - thanks to the support of its membership. You can find out about these benefits on the |
| <a href="/membership/become_a_member/benefits.php?member=yes">membership benefits</a> page and some of the |
| special programs being run on the <a href="/membership/special_programs">special programs</a> page. New benefits and programs are always being added |
| and you can find out about those from your Member Newsletters, Members Meetings, and other information feeds. |
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