The Jasig election cycle for 2009 will be starting early in June. We encourage you to participate by nominating your colleagues or yourself for a governance committee position.
This year there are a number of opportunities to become involved in Jasig through the election process: The Jasig Board of Directors will have four open positions. The Board is the group that manages strategic direction and policy for the entire organization, oversees all projects and events, and takes responsibility for the licensing and protection of intellectual property. The uPortal Steering Committee will be filling four stakeholder positions. This year the group will be undertaking an outreach initiative to proactively seek increased input from portal users at all levels. The CAS Steering Committee will be filling three open stakeholder positions. Both steering committees serve as advocates for their project. They exercise strategic and operational oversight, encourage broadened support, and seek to increase participation from the community. Finally, the new Jasig Incubation Committee will be filling four positions. This is the group of community stakeholders who oversee the process of incubating new projects. The group reviews projects for entry into incubation, facilitates their movement through the incubation process, and reviews their status on a quarterly basis. Time commitments for these positions are moderate. They require a monthly phone meeting plus a few additional hours during the month for followup activity. Board Director positions may entail participation in other working groups, as well. Attendance at in-person meetings during the spring conference and fall unconference are also encouraged of committee members where possible. The election process will begin with a three-week "Call for Nominations" in June, during which nominees will be asked to submit a brief bio and personal statement which will be posted on the Jasig wiki. A two-week election period will follow. Results will be announced in July and new roles will begin September 1st. This year votes will be cast by newly appointed Community Liaisons, who have been identified by our member organizations. These liaisons are the local individuals who are most involved in the operations of Jasig on a regular basis, through mailing lists, committees, conferences, or development efforts. Their role is to represent the organization's interests to Jasig. We all know that the ongoing health of an organization like Jasig depends on an active community. Participation takes many forms--attending a conference, contributing code to a project, offering help on a mailing list, sitting on a panel or giving a presentation, to name a few. Serving on a committee is one very direct way of influencing the direction of Jasig and helping to chart a course towards our future. We hope you will seriously consider serving on a Jasig committee this year. Watch for an announcement from our Election Committee in the coming days. Thank you, Jonathan Jonathan Markow Executive Director -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user
