New Procedures for This Year's "Election" to the Board of Dictators

Due to the exceptionally high interest in applying for the GNU Public Dictatorship's Board of Dictators this year we have decided to implement some changes to the process. The application kit will be available later this month, but we thought we would give you advance notice of the changes so that you can be as prepared as possible for this once-in-a-lifetime, or at least once-in-a-year, opportunity.

In previous years the applications process has been:

1. Application materials are filled out and submitted
2. The Board reviews applications, performs background checks, and verifies your financial and other personal information
3. Finalists are notified by the Board and are interviewed to determine fitness for office
4. Zero or more finalists are named as new members of the Board of Dictators

The main problem is that the static Application for Membership, while it weeds out most applicants, is not particularly useful in distinguishing among the highest-ranked applicants. In order to differentiate better among the best-qualified applicants, we are adding a dynamic step to the application process. This year the process will be:

1. Application materials are filled out and submitted
2. Applicants are contacted by our automated e-mail system and asked to submit content for this forum. This request for content will be repeated periodically while step 3 is being carried out.
3. In the meantime, the background checks and verification of financial accounts is carried out
4. Finalists are notified by the Board and interviewed
5. Zero or more finalists are named as new members of the Board of Dictators

We hope that this interactive process (made possible in part by a grant from Eliza) will help us find the most qualified candidates with less expense and less distraction from running the world.