Jasig is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the Board of Directors, the uPortal Steering Committee, and the CAS Steering Committee.
Jasig, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)3, international consortium of educational institutions and commercial affiliates supporting community-driven, open source software development and promoting open system architectures for higher education. JASIG BOARD The Board is the group that manages strategic direction and policy for the entire organization, oversees all projects and events, provides shared infrastructure, and takes responsibility for the licensing and protection of intellectual property. The board also ensures that project management is consistent with the organization’s mission, and makes sure that Jasig operates within its fiscal resources. The 2010 elections will fill four (4) vacant Director positions that will result from an annual planned cycling of Board positions. Board Directors shall serve for a term of three years. Board Directors may serve two consecutive terms, if re-elected. UPORTAL STEERING COMMITTEE The uPortal Steering Committee will be filling two (2) stakeholder positions. uPortal Steering Committee members serve for a period of two years and may be re-elected to a second consecutive term. CAS STEERING COMMITTEE The CAS Steering Committee will be filling three (3) open stakeholder positions. Committee members serve for a one-year period and may be re-elected to a second consecutive term. 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. REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVING The slates for these committees are open to all. While voting is conducted by Jasig members, membership is not required to serve. These committees, and board, meet in person at least twice a year at Jasig events or at such times and places as designated by the Chair. Members are expected to attend monthly meetings and regularly conduct business electronically. The Board of Directors meets monthly by video-conference. Directors may phone in when they are not able to participate by video. The other committees meet monthly by teleconference. Prospective board and committee members should be prepared to serve in a proactive way. If elected, they are asked to take on oversight responsibilities, recruit others in the community to help out, when appropriate, serve as spokespeople for the organization or project, and occasionally lead initiatives on behalf of Jasig and its projects. The time commitment is manageable, usually amounting to several hours a month. Some key success factors are good communication skills and a keen desire to be helpful! Board and Committee members are not compensated for their work. Nominees will be expected to confirm that their organizational leadership approves of this commitment of time if elected. ELECTION PROCESS Nominations for all positions must be emailed to [email protected] no later than 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. As stated earlier, anyone can be nominated to stand for election to these positions. Self-nominations are also encouraged. Receipt of any nomination you submit will be confirmed. The Jasig Election Coordinator will notify all nominees and confirm their willingness and ability to run for election. If they agree, a short bio and a personal statement will be solicited and posted on the Jasig wiki. Following the nomination period, elections are scheduled to be conducted for a period of two weeks via email, beginning Tuesday, July 6, 2010, with results announced soon after Friday, July 16, 2010. Votes will be submitted by the designated Community Liaisons representing our member organizations. More complete directions for voting will follow. Newly elected committee members and board directors will join group meetings during the summer and officially assume their new responsibilities in September, 2010. A current list of Jasig Members eligible to vote include the Institutional Members and Jasig Partners on the Jasig wiki<https://wiki.jasig.org/display/JSG/Jasig+Members> . Thank you very much for helping us present the most qualified slate of candidates. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Deborah K. Smith, Election Coordinator and Jasig Administrator CONCENTRA-CMS -- 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
