Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/Elections July 2007/Nomination stage announcement

Hello everyone, The July 2007 Arbitration Committee Election will begin accepting nominations on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 22:00 UTC, and voting will begin on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 22:00 UTC. Wikinewsies will have the oppurtuniy to choose three candidates to be elected to the Arbitration Committee for the upcoming year. The Arbitration Committee is the ultimate dispute resolution authority in the project.

The election will be conducted on-wiki on the election page. Prior to the voting phase, there will be a a nomination phase where established Wikinewsies can nominate other users for the position. In order to nominate a user, you must meet the eligibility requirements (see below). Nominees, however, need not meet any requirements in order to take part in the election.

The three candidates with the most votes will be appointed to the committee after the votes have been verified by the Wikinews Arbitration Committee Election Coordinators. In the event of a tie, a run-off election will be conducted.

Once a user has been nominated, the candidate must accept the nomination before it will be considered valid. Election Coordinators will be regularly checking for fraudulent nominations and votes, and these will be removed if they do not meet the requirements below.

To be eligible to vote for or to nominate a user, a contributor must have made his or her first edit on the English Wikinews before June 1, 2007, and must have had at least 250 edits on the English Wikinews before July 1, 2007.

Thanks, Thunderhead 18:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Martinp23 18:21, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

 Daniel  07:45, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Arbitration Committee Election Coordinators