The deadline for DSpace Leadership Group nominations has been extended to November 14th. Visit http://bit.ly/LGnomination to make your nominations. See below for additional information.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Valorie Hollister <[email protected]> > Subject: Let your voice be heard! > Date: October 31, 2014 11:16:51 AM EDT > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Cc: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Bcc: [email protected] > > Sent on behalf of Jonathan Markow - Apologies for the cross posting > > > Dear Colleague, > > DuraSpace’s open source projects -- DSpace, Fedora, and VIVO -- are > officially launching the nominations phase of our Leadership Group elections. > > New Project Governance > As you may be aware, each DuraSpace project is transitioning to a new > governance model. This representative, community-based model includes several > governing groups with various levels of responsibility (identifying project > strategic direction, setting project roadmap, establishing project budget, > etc.). Eligibility to serve in project governance is determined by > participation in the DuraSpace Membership Program, incrementally enabling > member organizations who have made the greatest commitments (financial or > in-kind staff commitments) to the project. It is NOT TOO LATE to become a > Member and participate in DSpace project governance! For more information on > how to become a Member visit http://duraspace.org/about_membership. And for > more information about the new governing groups, please visit > http://dspace.org/governance. > > Leadership Group > Individuals sitting on the Leadership Group play a key role in setting the > strategic direction and priorities of the project through: > Approval of the annual budget allocation > Approval of the project roadmap > Establishment of the community direction > > The Leadership Group will be partly comprised of individuals from > organizations that have contributed $10,000 or more annually to the project > and representatives from institutions contributing in-kind resources at > approved levels. Institutions that contribute at lower membership levels will > also be given an opportunity to serve on a Leadership Group, through annual > elections based on policies that are customized by each project. This > election process is where everyone in the community (both from member > organizations and non-member organizations) can have a voice -- by nominating > candidates for the Leadership Group from the pool of eligible member > organizations. > > Leadership Group Nominations > Beginning today, we invite anyone in the DSpace community, member or > non-member, to nominate an individual who you believe would be a good > representative of the community. All nominees must be from DSpace member > organizations that qualify for elections (see full list here: > http://bit.ly/dspace_members). Typically, Leadership Group candidates have > fiscal or staffing responsibility within their organization and are able to > allocate resources. And of course, they will, in your judgment, be able to > bring the commitment, creativity, and dedication that the role calls for. > Self-nominations are welcome and you may submit more than one nomination. > Please submit your nomination/s using this form http://bit.ly/LGnomination by > November 7. > > Next Steps > At the end of the nomination process anyone nominated will be asked for a > brief personal statement, which can either be emailed to > [email protected] or posted directly to the DuraSpace wiki. Voting > will be based on membership levels and will take place before the end of > November, with each member organization’s Community Liaison casting a vote > for candidates based on the direction of their management. We will send > additional instructions at the start of the election period later in November. > > If you have any questions about the new DSpace project governance or the > nomination and election process please contact me. > > Thank you, > > Jonathan Markow > Chief Strategy Officer > DuraSpace > [email protected] > >
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