Hi all, A reminder that the deadline for nominations to the Evergreen Oversight Board is 1700 Pacific today (Friday, May 1st, 2015).
An additional reminder to please register to vote by completing this short survey no later than 1600 Pacific, Monday, May 11: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RXVRSKJ Voting will open very shortly after voter registration closes on Monday, May 11 and will run through the 14th. Cheers! Ben Hyman Executive Director | BC Libraries Cooperative [email protected] | 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001 | cell: 250.889.2738 | Skype: ben_hyman bc.libraries.coop | Twitter: @BCLibrariesCoop > On Apr 16, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Ben Hyman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > The nomination and voter registration periods for the 2015 Evergreen > Oversight Board elections are now underway. > > Three seats on the board are open this year, each 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. > If you have questions or would like information about what it means to be on > the board, you are welcome to contact the Nominating Committee by sending an > email to any or all of: > > Rogan Hamby, York County Library (South Carolina) and SC LENDS > Chauncey Montgomery, Sunbury Community Library (Ohio) > Chris Sharp, Georgia Public Library Service (Georgia) > Ben Hyman, British Columbia Libraries Cooperative (BC, Canada) > > After confirming the nominees, the committee will announce the nominee’s > names to the Evergreen Community general discussion list. > > The deadline for nominations is 1700 Pacific, Friday, May 1st, 2015. > > To be eligible to vote, 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 no later than 1600 > Pacific, Monday, May 11: > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RXVRSKJ > > The election will be held on Thursday, May 14th. Unlike last year, we will > not be using the Scottish Single Transferable Vote (STV) System. Instead, we > will be using an OpaVote “ Approval Vote” wherein registered voters are asked > to select their top 3 candidates from a list. > For more information on OpaVote, please see: https://www.opavote.org/ > > Registered voters will receive an invitation to vote on Thursday May, 14. > > Cheers! > > Ben Hyman > Executive Director | BC Libraries Cooperative > [email protected] | 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001 | cell: 250.889.2738 | > Skype: ben_hyman > bc.libraries.coop | Twitter: @BCLibrariesCoop >
