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In late 2004, the community of the ''SPF Project'' decided that a more organized, cohesive approach would be needed in order to fight e-mail identity forgery and other e-mail abuse.  Thus, [[Press Release/2004-12-22|the SPF Council body was created and elected]] in December 2004.  [[Council Election/2004-11|Five council members were chosen]] to lead the project over the following months:  '''Mark Kramer''' (Leiden, Netherlands), '''Chuck Mead''' (Cary, NC, USA), '''Julian Mehnle''' (Munich, Germany), '''Wayne Schlitt''' (Lincoln, NE, USA), and project founder '''Meng Weng Wong''' (Philadelphia, PA, USA).  In mid-2005, Chuck Mead left the council and '''Greg Connor''' (San Jose, CA, USA) took the open seat.

In late 2004, the community of the ''SPF Project'' decided that a more organized, cohesive approach would be needed in order to fight e-mail identity forgery and other e-mail abuse.  Thus, [[Press Release/2004-12-22|the SPF Council body was created and elected]] in December 2004.  [[Council Election/2004-11|Five council members were chosen]] to lead the project over the following months:  ''Mark Kramer'' (Leiden, Netherlands), ''Chuck Mead'' (Cary, NC, USA), ''Julian Mehnle'' (Munich, Germany), ''Wayne Schlitt'' (Lincoln, NE, USA), and project founder ''Meng Weng Wong'' (Philadelphia, PA, USA).  In mid-2005, Chuck Mead left the council and ''Greg Connor'' (San Jose, CA, USA) took the open seat.



Now in 2006, one year after the council's formation, the ''SPF Project'' goes on to elect its second council.  Again, five council members will lead the project over the next twelve months to solidify the SPF standard and continue the battle against e-mail sender forgery according to the visions of the project's community.

In 2006, one year after the council's formation, the ''SPF Project'' went on to elect its second council.  Again, five council members lead the project over twelve months to solidify the SPF standard and continue the battle against e-mail sender forgery according to the visions of the project's community.



According to the [[Council Election|council election procedures]] that were passed on 2006-01-02, this year's election process has started on that same day.  Everyone was eligible to vote in the election who was subscribed to the [[Http://www.openspf.org/mailinglist.html|<tt>spf-discuss</tt> mailing list]] on Monday, 2006-01-09, at 00:00 UTC.  (As a one-time deviation from the formal procedures, due to tightness of schedule the eligibility key date was postponed by one week from the nominal date.)

=== Election Results

[[http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~andru/cgi-perl/civs/results.pl?id=E_1fd503d126aaa609|There were]] 34 voters who elected 5 council members from 8 candidates.  These were the elected council members (ordered by Condorcet rank):



The sitting council has [[Http://archives.listbox.com/spf-council@v2.listbox.com/200601/0014.html|appointed]] [[Mailto:gconnor@nekodojo.org|Greg Connor]] as the election officer who conducts the election and certifies the results.

'''See the [[Http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~andru/cgi-perl/civs/results.pl?id=E_1fd503d126aaa609|preliminary results]].

This is the schedule of the 2006 council elections (current phases in ''''bold''''):

* [[Julian Mehnle]]
* [[mailto:william@elan.net|William Leibzon]]
* [[mailto:stuart@bmsi.com|Stuart Gathman]]
* [[mailto:admin@asarian-host.net|Mark Kramer]]
* [[mailto:mark@primefactor.com|Mark Shewmaker]]



Per council resolution, these former council members are invited to act as advisors to the 2nd council:

* [[mailto:mengwong@pobox.com|Meng Weng Wong]]
* [[mailto:wayne@schlitt.net|Wayne Schlitt]]
* [[mailto:csm@moongroup.com|Chuck Mead]]
* [[mailto:gconnor@nekodojo.org|Greg Connor]]

The 2nd council's term began on 2006-01-30 and is projected to end on 2007-02-04.

=== Election Platforms

There were declarations of intent (or election platforms) by some of the candidates (in chronological order):

* [[http://archives.listbox.com/spf-discuss@v2.listbox.com/200601/0139.html|Julian Mehnle]]
* [[http://archives.listbox.com/spf-discuss@v2.listbox.com/200601/0175.html|Mark Kramer]]
* [[http://archives.listbox.com/spf-discuss@v2.listbox.com/200601/0178.html|Terry Fielder]]
* [[http://archives.listbox.com/spf-discuss@v2.listbox.com/200601/0179.html|Mark Shewmaker]]
* [[http://archives.listbox.com/spf-discuss@v2.listbox.com/200601/0183.html|Stuart Gathman]]
* [[http://archives.listbox.com/spf-discuss@v2.listbox.com/200601/0185.html|Alex van den Bogaerdt]]

=== The Election Process

According to the [[Council Election|council election procedures]] that were passed on 2006-01-02, the 2006 election process started on that same day.  Everyone was eligible to vote in the election who was subscribed to the [[Forums|<tt>spf-discuss</tt> mailing list]] on Monday, 2006-01-09, at 00:00 UTC.  (As a one-time deviation from the formal procedures, due to tightness of schedule the eligibility key date was postponed by one week from the nominal date.)

The sitting council [[http://archives.listbox.com/spf-council@v2.listbox.com/200601/0014.html|appointed]] [[mailto:gconnor@nekodojo.org|Greg Connor]] as the election officer who conducted the election and certified the results.

This was the schedule of the 2006 council elections:

|^ '''2006-01-02 .. 01-08''' |^ '''01-09 .. 01-15''' |^ '''01-16 .. 01-22''' |^ '''01-23 .. 01-25''' |^ '''01-26 .. 01-29''' |^ '''01-30''' |

|^ '''2006-01-02 .. 01-08''' |^ '''01-09 .. 01-15''' |^ '''01-16 .. 01-22''' |^ '''01-23 .. 01-25''' |^ '''01-26 .. 01-29''' |^ '''01-30''' |

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||| ||^ ''''Dispute Resolution'''' | |

||| ||^ ''Dispute Resolution'' | |

||||| |^ ''Start of Term'' |

||||| |^ ''Start of Term'' |

=== Contact

Please direct your questions and comments at the [[Http://www.openspf.org/mailinglist.html|<tt>spf-discuss</tt> mailing list]] or directly at the election officer, [[Mailto:gconnor@nekodojo.org|Greg Connor]].

Please direct your questions and comments at the [[Forums|<tt>spf-discuss</tt> mailing list]] or directly at the election officer, [[mailto:gconnor@nekodojo.org|Greg Connor]].


== Registration

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{{VoteRegister::WookeeModule context=vote vote="2006 Council Elections"}}
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In late 2004, the community of the SPF Project decided that a more organized, cohesive approach would be needed in order to fight e-mail identity forgery and other e-mail abuse. Thus, the SPF Council body was created and elected in December 2004. Five council members were chosen to lead the project over the following months: Mark Kramer (Leiden, Netherlands), Chuck Mead (Cary, NC, USA), Julian Mehnle (Munich, Germany), Wayne Schlitt (Lincoln, NE, USA), and project founder Meng Weng Wong (Philadelphia, PA, USA). In mid-2005, Chuck Mead left the council and Greg Connor (San Jose, CA, USA) took the open seat.

In 2006, one year after the council's formation, the SPF Project went on to elect its second council. Again, five council members lead the project over twelve months to solidify the SPF standard and continue the battle against e-mail sender forgery according to the visions of the project's community.

Election Results

There were 34 voters who elected 5 council members from 8 candidates. These were the elected council members (ordered by Condorcet rank):

Per council resolution, these former council members are invited to act as advisors to the 2nd council:

The 2nd council's term began on 2006-01-30 and is projected to end on 2007-02-04.

Election Platforms

There were declarations of intent (or election platforms) by some of the candidates (in chronological order):

The Election Process

According to the council election procedures that were passed on 2006-01-02, the 2006 election process started on that same day. Everyone was eligible to vote in the election who was subscribed to the spf-discuss mailing list on Monday, 2006-01-09, at 00:00 UTC. (As a one-time deviation from the formal procedures, due to tightness of schedule the eligibility key date was postponed by one week from the nominal date.)

The sitting council appointed Greg Connor as the election officer who conducted the election and certified the results.

This was the schedule of the 2006 council elections:

2006-01-02 .. 01-0801-09 .. 01-1501-16 .. 01-2201-23 .. 01-2501-26 .. 01-2901-30
Appoint Election Officer
Nomination
Acceptance, Discussion
RegistrationVotingDispute
Dispute Resolution
Start of Term

Contact

Please direct your questions and comments at the spf-discuss mailing list or directly at the election officer, Greg Connor.


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