The deadlines for annual Jasig elections have been extended, as follows: Call for nominations ends: July 9, 2010
Start of voting begins: July 19, 2010 Voting ends: July 29, 2010 Thank you, Deborah K. Smith, Election Coordinator and Jasig Administrator CONCENTRA-CMS On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Jonathan Markow <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
