Topic: News

The L PRIZE, an exciting new LEGO software developer contest is launching at SIGGRAPH 2004. This contest aspires to stimulate the creation of next-generation LEGO CAD tools that will benefit LEGO fans of all ages, skill levels, and interests.

Check out the L PRIZE Pre-Launch at http://www.lprize.com. On their web site, you can learn how you can get involved by volunteering, sponsoring, or donating to the contest. The public launch and media campaign will happen in conjunction with SIGGRAPH in August. (Select title to read more)

It is our great pleasure to introduce ourselves as the first elected LDraw.org Steering Committee. Over the past few days, we have been settling into our roles, doing housekeeping, and orienting ourselves to the tasks ahead. (click the article title to expand this text)

The winners of the LDraw Steering Committee Election are (in alphabetical order
by last name):

Kevin L. Clague
Tim Courtney
Chris Dee
Larry Pieniazek
Orion Pobursky

A total of 86 votes were cast. Congratulations to the new LDraw Steering Committee members!

The LDraw.org Ad-Hoc Organizing Committee (4+1) would like to take the time to publicly wrap up its duties as the provisional authority for LDraw.org with a few words. (click article title to expand this text)

The LDraw.org Steering Committee election is now open. To vote, you may log in to the web site with your user account, then visit the:

Steering Committee Ballot* (Voting is now closed)

and cast your vote for up to five candidates. Please cast only one vote per individual candidate. Multiple votes for the same candidate will be counted as one vote.

If you are not registered as a member of the organization and would like to join, follow the instructions at the bottom of this page, under the header "Joining the Organization."

The poll will conclude at 2359 EDT (GMT -0500), May 13, 2004, and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter.

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(This information is now only for historical interest, the 2004 election is over) A quick reference to the candidates for the 2004 LDraw.org Steering Committee election. The information is drawn from posts on LUGNET, and corrections are welcome, please email Larry Pieniazek.

In preparation for the upcoming LDraw.org Steering Committee elections, LDraw.org now allows you to become a member of the organization. By registering as a member, you will have voting privileges for elections of the organization's Steering Committee and the (technical) LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC). You will also be able to vote on items organizational business that are passed to the general membership.

Per the newly adopted LDraw.org Bylaws, Subsection 6.03(a), I hereby call for the community to nominate individuals for the upcoming Steering Committee vote.

Please post nominations in response to this message. Nominations will be only be recognized if they are in response to this message - they will be collected from the announcement on LUGNET and from the comments field below the article on LDraw.org [1].

Read on for more info.

With a total of 52 votes of "yes" and 4 votes of "no", the LDraw.org bylaws are hereby ratified.

The Ad-Hoc Organizing Committee will move towards the call for nominations. More information will be posted in the next couple days to LDraw.org and to LUGNET.

Thanks to everyone who voted!

Over the past weeks, the LDraw.org Bylaws Drafts have been posted and publicly discussed on LUGNET. There appear to be no lingering objections to the drafts in their current state. Therefore, I hereby call for a community vote to ratify these drafts as the official Bylaws of the LDraw Organization. Read on for more info.

In the ongoing effort to formalize LDraw.org into a democratic organization, draft documents for the organization Bylaws and Policies and Procedures have been posted for public discussion on LUGNET. The LUGNET thread can be found here.