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| ==Background==
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| Please refer to the [[Bylaws#Votes_of_the_Membership | bylaws]] for the up to date rules on votes. The bylaws are guaranteed to be accurate and this page is not.
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| The bylaws will tell you the deadlines for when votes need to be announced to the board of directors and to the membership.
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| ==How to set up a vote on the wiki==
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| * How to create a page to represent your vote
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| ** Type the name of the your vote into the search box. This will become the name of your page.
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| ** There is text that says "Create the page XX on this wiki" (or something to that affect). Click on the link within the text.
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| * Page content
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| ** The best thing to do is to copy the source of another vote page. You can find vote pages [[Votes | here]].
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| ** Generally, there are four parts to vote text.
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| *** Sponsor - The person who is proposing the vote
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| *** Background - All explanatory text and language that will not be voted on
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| *** Language - The actual voted upon text
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| *** History - This is going to contain the dates for a vote, like when it was proposed
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| ** Category
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| *** You will need to make sure that the Votes category is on the page. We also use the category: "CurrentYear Votes". Assuming it is 2014, that means that the page should be in the category "2014 Votes".
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| *** In the visual editor, find the icon that is 3 lines towards the right. Click page settings. Click on the categories section. Add the "Votes" category.
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| *** In the source editor, type <nowiki>[[Category:XX]]</nowiki> on its own line, where XX is the name of the category. Do both "Votes" and "YYYY Votes" where YYYY is the current year.
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| * Votes page
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| ** You now need to add it to the votes page. Do this by going to the [[Votes]] page and finding the current year. Add your vote to the Upcoming Votes table.
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| ** The description needs to be a link to the vote page you just created.
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| == General Tips ==
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| * Giving the membership at least a full week for discussion is best.
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| * Generally, don't put much in the language. The background is not binding, and is best for most details.
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| ** A good example is [[Compressed Air System Updates]].
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