Nominations open for Special Board of Directors Election

["Scott McGrath" <scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS members:

A Special Election has been authorized by the Board of Directors to fill the
seat vacated by the recent resignation of Colin Evans.  The person selected
by majority vote of OASIS members will serve on the Board of Directors until
the vacated term expires, July 2006.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The OASIS Board of Directors is comprised of executive-level officers,
experienced in managing organizational growth, defining policies and
dedicated to advancing open standards for interoperability. By serving on
the OASIS Board, Directors exercise a major impact on the strategic
direction of the consortium. Recognized for their contributions by the
entire standards community, the Directors guide OASIS in its mission to
drive the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for
e-business.

The OASIS Board is comprised of 10 elected Directors, each serving two-year
terms. The terms are staggered annually to preserve management continuity.
Elected Directors serve as individuals, regardless of their affiliation or
employment. Additionally, the OASIS president holds a seat as an appointed
Director on the Board. See http://www.oasis-open.org/who/bod.php for
details.

THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION PROCESS
The nominations and elections process details may be found at
http://www.oasis-open.org/private/elections/2005special/index.php 

MEMBER QUESTIONS TO BOARD CANDIDATES
During regularly scheduled Board elections, OASIS staff compiles questions
from members to be presented to the candidates. As this special election has
an accelerated nomination and election period, we will start with the
questions from the June 2004 election. See
http://www.oasis-open.org/private/elections/2005special/questionaire.php Any
member wishing to add to or modify this question list should send their
comments to nominations@oasis-open.org prior to 7 January 2005   Candidate
replies to the questions are optional, but if provided, must be submitted
with the candidate profile.


2005 SPECIAL ELECTION SCHEDULE
Nominations Open	7 January 2005
Nominations Close	21 January 2005 11:30 PM US EST [GMT-5]
Ballot Opens		26 January 2005
Ballot Closes 		11 February 2005 11:30 PM US EST [GMT-5]
Seating of the new Board Director: 23 February 2005 (Board conference call)


Please feel welcome to contact me directly with any questions about the
election process.  We welcome your interest and participation in the OASIS
Board of Directors special election.

Scott McGrath
Director Member Services

scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org
+ 1 978 667-5115 ext 202
+ 1 978-667-5114 fax
 
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