Good morning, Evergreen Community! The nomination and voter registration periods for the 2016 Evergreen Oversight Board elections close today at 5pm PT. Please be aware that nominating and registering to vote are two separate actions.
*Nominate Individuals for the Evergreen Oversight Board * *Four* seats on the board are open this year for a three-year term. Nominations may be made by any individual who has contributed to Evergreen or who is employed by an institution that runs Evergreen. Email nominations and self-nominations can be sent to the Evergreen Oversight Board mailing list <[email protected]>.. After confirming the nominees, the committee will announce the nominee’s names to the Evergreen Community general discussion list and ask each nominee to contribute a brief statement regarding their interest in serving on the EOB. Information on the Oversight Board and it's duties can be found on the Governance page <https://evergreen-ils.org/governance/> of the Evergreen web site. *The deadline for nominations is 5pm Pacific, March 25, 2016.* *Register to Vote for Evergreen Oversight Board Members* To be eligible to *vote* in the elections, you must either be an individual who has contributed code, documentation, or other work to the Evergreen Project, or you must be employed by an institution that is contributing to the project by virtue of running Evergreen. Please register to vote by completing this short survey *[*https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EOB2016] no later than 5PM Pacific, March 25, 2016. The election will be held March 28 through March 31. Like last year, we will be using the OpaVote “Approval Vote” wherein registered voters are asked to select their top 4 candidates from a list. For more information on OpaVote, please see: https://www.opavote.org/ We will be sending our more information and reminders as the process moves along. Thank you and we look forward to your nominations! Sincerely, Grace Dunbar on behalf of the Evergreen Oversight Board -- Grace Dunbar, Vice President Equinox - Open Your Library [email protected] 1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com
