Timeline

Convergence 15 Bid and Vote Timeline

This is a copy of the official timeline. It is not necessarily how things WILL work, but how they SHOULD. Keep an eye on alt.gothic, alt.gothic.convergence and this website for updates to this information.

[0:00EST (05:00GMT) April 1, 2007] Convergence 14 Registered Voter Database PING. Mail-In Convergence Voter Registration Period BEGINS.

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An email ping will be send to the current Registered Voter database to weed out dead addresses and transmit this document. If you do NOT receive a ping within 72 hours, you are not registered to vote for whatever reason and you MUST submit a mail-in registration in order to vote this year.

See the Mail-in registration document or browse altgothic.com for information on how to register to vote via mail-in.

[0:00EST (05:00GMT) April 1, 2007] Convergence 14 Bid Proposal Request Period BEGINS.

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All Convergence 14 Bid Proposal Committee Chairpersons must contact Siobhan (convergence@virulent.org) to have a web account set up on altgothic.com to host their proposal web sites.

[0:00EST (05:00GMT) April 13, 2007] Convergence 14 Bid Proposal Submission Period BEGINS. Convergence 14 Bid Proposal Public Discussion and Debate Period BEGINS.

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During this time Bid Proposal Committees may submit their Bid Proposals and preliminary event budgets to Siobhan (convergence@virulent.org) for inclusion on the Convergence 14 ballot. After receipt of submission they may post their Bid Proposals to the alt.gothic.* news groups, and open their web sites to the public. Posting to regional mailing lists, weblogs and other mediums is acceptable but not essential.

See the Proposal Guidelines document or altgothic.com for information on how to create and submit a Convergence 14 proposal.

The Convergence 14 Bid Proposal Public Discussion and Debate Period also begins at this time. Discussions will take place primarily on the alt.gothic news groups and altgothic.com mailing lists.

Browse altgothic.com for more information on how to subscribe to available convergence-centric mailing lists.

[0:00EST (05:00GMT) May 5, 2007] Convergence 14 Bid Proposal Submission Period ENDS.

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Additional Convergence 14 Bid Proposals will NOT be accepted after this date.

[0:00EST (05:00GMT) May 5, 2007] Convergence 14 Bid Proposal Public Discussion and Debate Period ENDS. Convergence 14 Mail-In Voter Registration Period ENDS.

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All official public debates conclude and Proposal web sites are frozen.

Any Mail-in registrations received after this date will NOT be processed.

[0:00EST (05:00GMT) May 5, 2007] Convergence 14 Voting Period BEGINS.

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Convergence 14 vote keys and instructions are mailed out to all registered voters and voting begins.

[0:00EST (05:00GMT) May 13, 2007] Convergence 14 Voting Period ENDS.

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Voting is closed and results will be reviewed and tallied.

[0:00EST (05:00GMT) May 14, 2007] Convergence 14 winning Proposal is announced.

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The winning Convergence 14 Proposal and relevant voting demographics will be announced on altgothic.com, the alt.gothic news groups and send to all voters who submitted their votes. THE WINNING BID:

This year's winning bid will be announced following the closing of voting and verification of the counted votes. At that time, an announcement will be posted to the alt.gothic.* news groups, as well as the altgothic.com mailing lists and regional mailing lists. Control of the planning and execution of Convergence 14 will then be formally transferred to the winning committee.