The JA-SIG Elections Committee is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for three (3) positions on the JA-SIG Board of Directors.
JA-SIG, 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. JA-SIG BOARD The Board of Directors provides leadership for JA-SIG by serving the interests of the entire community, promoting JA-SIG's objectives, representing and coordinating sponsored projects, ensuring that project management is consistent with the organization's mission, and making sure that JA-SIG operates within its fiscal resources. The Board of Directors meets in person at least twice a year at such times and places as designated by the Chair. Board members are expected to attend monthly video-conferences and regularly conduct Board business electronically. Board members are not compensated for their work. Nominees will be expected to confirm that their institutional leadership approves of this commitment of time if elected. The Board elections will fill three vacant Director positions that will result from an annual planned cycling of Board positions. This year, positions held by Ian Dolphin, William G. Thompson, and Barry Walsh will become vacant. Nominations for these positions will be open, and nominees will be selected by a vote of the JA-SIG Membership. Board Directors shall serve for a term of three years. Board Directors may serve two consecutive terms, if re-nominated. ELECTION PROCESS Nominations for Board Directors must be emailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] no later than 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) on Friday, May 30, 2008. Anyone can be nominated to stand for election to these positions. Self-nominations are also permitted. Receipt of any nomination you submit will be confirmed. The JA-SIG Elections Committee will notify all nominees, explain the expectations for Board Directors and confirm their willingness and ability to run for election. If they agree, additional information about them will be solicited and posted. A current list of JA-SIG Members eligible to vote may be found on the JA-SIG website <http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/JA-SIG+Members>. The elections are scheduled to be conducted for a period of three weeks via email, beginning Monday, June 2, 2008, with results announced soon after Friday, June 20, 2008. More complete directions will follow. Newly elected Directors will join Board video-conferences during the summer and officially assume their new responsibilities in September, 2008. Thank you very much for helping us present the most qualified slate of candidates. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Carl Jacobson Chair, JA-SIG Elections Committee -- Join your friends and colleagues at JA-SIG 2008 - "Higher Education Solutions: The Community Source Way!" April 27th - 30th, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota USA Featuring CAS, DSpace, Fedora, Fluid, Internet2, Kuali, Sakai, uPortal, and more! Information/Registration at: http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/index.html Subscribe to the conference blog, The Community Source Way http://jasig2008.blogspot.com, for news and updates about the event. Join the Conference networking site at http://ja-sigspring08.crowdvine.com/ 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/uportal-dev
