Elections are held every 12 months to determine all the core-team members (ie. Arabeyes' managers).

Elections are to always be held on the first Thursday in SEPTEMEBER.

Elections are voted on by Arabeyes CVS holding account members (1 person yields one vote per 'core' seat). For instance, if 'core' is constituted by 5 members, each CVS holder is to cast 5 votes (a vote per 'core' seat) to different individuals (or parts there-of).

Each voter is to get an email confirmation noting his selections.

Each voter's vote is held in confidence on Arabeyes' server in case of any voter irregularities and/or recounts (individual users' selections are not to be divulged publicly) for a period of six months (the raw election results sans individual info is to be maintained at all times). It is the current 'core' team's function to ensure proper elections.

Only CVS holding account members are allowed to be candidates (ie. run for election)

Candidates can run (and rerun) for elections as many times as they like (there are no limits).

Candidates are to announce their candidacy (nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else given prior approval) via email to Arabeyes' "forum" mailing-list during the nomination period which starts 2 weeks prior to elections and ends one week before elections.

Elections are to be held by Arabeyes (preferably on its website).

Elections are considered valid and binding irrespective of total number of people who have voted.

The candidates with the highest raw number of votes that constitute 'core' are elected.

If a subset of 'core' members are elected (due to zero votes), the newly elected 'core' group recruits its remaining members within 2 weeks of election results.

In case of a tie between candidates, the tied-candidates will be given a one week period in which to discuss their fate in hopes of them agreeing on who is to proceed and who is to step aside. If no results are reached during that one week period, the current 'core' team takes a vote to break the deadlock.

If fraud (multi-voting/counter-error/hacks) is detected, the elections are voided until an expedient solution is found to the problem. 'core' is to remain as it were prior to the elections maintaining its duties until elections are re-held.

All notices, results, debates (if any) are to take place in an open public setting (preferably the "forum" mailing-list) to give all candidates equal opportunity to reply and/or voice their opinions.

No election mails will be accepted on any of the other lists and a blatant breach will constitute disqualification.

Core-team disqualifications can occur due to,

In case of core-team disqualification, "special" elections are called for (any CVS holder is then entitled to make that call) to be held 2 weeks from initiated action. General elections are to maintain their strict timetable.

In case of "special" elections and until new results are announced, the disenfranchised 'core' team will continue to attend to all of 'core's duties until official hand-over.