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50 changes: 40 additions & 10 deletions Documentation/Association/VotingProcedure.rst
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Voting Procedure of the TYPO3 Association
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.. _voting-procedure-board-bcc-elections:

Elections for Board / BCC
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*Version 2.0 13.11.2025 • Author Stefan Busemann*

.. _voting-procedure-board-bcc-timetable:

Recommended Timetable
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* - 84 days (-3 month): First announcement of the election
* - 56 days (-2 month): Start of the online nomination
* - 28 days (-1 month): End of nomination
* - 28 days (-1 month): Set up a discussion platform
* - 21 days (-3 weeks): Second announcement of the election
* - 14 days (-2 weeks) at 0:00 (CET): latest start of the online voting
* - 1 day at 23:59 (CET): End of the online voting
* - 0 days: General Assembly which approves the result of the online voting
* -84 days (-3 month): First announcement of the election
* -56 days (-2 month): Start of the online nomination
* -28 days (-1 month): End of nomination
* -28 days (-1 month): Set up a discussion platform
* -21 days (-3 weeks): Second announcement of the election
* -14 days (-2 weeks) at 0:00 (CET): latest start of the online voting
* -1 day at 23:59 (CET): End of the online voting
* -0 days: General Assembly which approves the result of the online voting

In case of extraordinary elections, the timetable is shortened:

* - 49 days (-7 weeks): Announcement of the election
* - 42 days (-6 weeks): Start of the online nomination
* -49 days (-7 weeks): Announcement of the election
* -42 days (-6 weeks): Start of the online nomination

.. _voting-procedure-board-bcc-announcement:

Announcement
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The first announcement is sent 84 days before the General Assembly (49 days in case of an extraordinary Assembly). The second announcement will be sent 21 days before the General Assembly.

.. _voting-procedure-board-bcc-nomination:

Nomination
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The nomination can be refused by the Board of TYPO3 Association, if the nominee can not prove a relationship to the TYPO3 project or if the nominee did harm to the project or the Association. Further nominations are not allowed if the result of an election could lead to a situation where two employees of the same company would be part of one body.

.. _voting-procedure-discussion-platform:

Discussion platform
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The members can discuss with all nominees. A platform is provided by the TYPO3 Association. The discussion phase starts 28 days before the General Assembly and lasts for 14 days.

.. _voting-procedure-elegible-voter:

Eligible Voter
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The Voting Committee of the TYPO3 Association sends an invitation for the online voting to each member. The due date for the start of the online voting is latest -14 days at 0:00 before the General Assembly and earliest -28 days before the General Assembly. To be an eligible voter the admission fee has to be paid by the member and the membership must be signed until two weeks before the beginning of the online voting.

.. _voting-procedure-online-voting:

Online Voting
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Each voter has as many votes, as positions in the body are to vote.

E.g. three members of the Board have to be elected, so the voter has three votes for this voting. It is not possible to accumulate or to cross-vote.

.. _voting-procedure-election-order:

Order of the elections
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If a nominee has applied for more than one body and is elected in more than one body, he is elected for that body, which is elected first.

.. _voting-procedure-voting-procedure:

Voting Procedure
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#. If fewer than six Board Members and four BCC Members achieve the required majority, additional rounds of voting will be held among the remaining candidates.
#. Voting rounds will continue until at least six Board Members and four BCC Members have been elected.

.. _voting-procedure-voting-committee:

Voting committee
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* A timetable of any actions
* A protocol of all mail errors

.. _voting-procedure-tool-data-expiry:

Voting tool data expiration
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The data in the online voting tool is kept up to the start of the next nomination phase. With the start of the next nomination phase, all expired elections and pollings will be removed.

.. _voting-procedure-board-election:

Board election
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Tenure of the board of the TYPO3 Association is three years and ends at a regular General Assembly. The Board is elected by the members of the TYPO3 Association.

The President, the Vice-president, the Secretary, the Treasurer and the four Assessors are elected within the Board itself. The president must be at least one year member of the Board. If no majority can be found within the Board for the president, a new election by the members takes place.

.. _voting-procedure-faq:

FAQ
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.. _voting-procedure-faq-budget-polls:

Budget Polling
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The Budget Polling is not an official election. It is a tool of the Board, to ask the members for their preferences regarding the next budget. For the polling, the voting is used, but it has no official character.

.. _voting-procedure-faq-discontinuation:

Discontinuation and step back of positions
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