OASIS Open CSA Member Section Steering Committee 'Special Election'

OASIS Open CSA Member Section Members,

One seat on the OASIS Open CSA Member Section Steering Committee (SC) is

now open for nomination and election. The current SC consists of six

members [1] and does not comply with the Rules of Procedure, 'The SC shall

consist of seven (7) members...' [2], therefore, a Special Election will be

held.

The Member Section will nominate and elect one Steering Committee Members to complete

the recently vacated one-year term.

The nomination and election procedures for the Steering Committee are

defined by the OASIS Member Section Policy [3] and the Open CSA Member

Section Rules of Procedure [2]. Any Open CSA participant [4] may nominate or

be nominated as a candidate for the Steering Committee. (Any OASIS member

may join the Open CSA MS at no additional cost [5].)

Each Open CSA Supporting Entity has one Qualified Elector who casts the

single vote on behalf of his/her organization. Unless otherwise designated,

the organization's Primary Representative serves as the Qualified Elector.

***Per the schedule below, the voting period will be one week. Please note,

if you are the Primary Representative for your organization and unable to

vote during the designated time period, please defer the voting member role

to another employee member by sending an email to

member-services@oasis-open.org, any such change should be in place before

the ballot is cast.**

NOMINATION & ELECTION SCHEDULE

Nominations will be open 16-Oct-2008 through 31-October-2008.

The election will be held 03-Nov-2008 through 11-Nov-2008.

NOMINATION PROCESS

Any Open CSA participant may nominate a candidate via email to:

nominations@oasis-open.org.

Prior to being confirmed as a candidate, each nominee must:

1. Accept the nomination;

2. Confirm his/her ability to meet the time commitments of the position

(participation in a two-hour teleconference each month, additional support

activities as needed);

3. Provide background information and a position statement describing

his/her qualifications and motivations for serving on the Steering

Committee; and

4. Be a participant in the Open CSA Member Section.

ELECTION PROCESS

The new Steering Committee members will be selected by the Open CSA

Qualified Electors, using the Single Transferable Voting (STV) process -

Scottish  Method [6]. STV considers each voter's ranked preference for

candidates, in order to more accurately reflect the wishes of the

electorate. Open CSA Qualified Electors will be sent detailed voting

instructions separately.

Results will be announced immediately after they are tabulated and

confirmed.

We encourage all Open CSA participants to consider serving on the Steering

Committee. Please contact member-services@oasis-open.org with any questions

you might have regarding this process.

[1] http://www.oasis-opencsa.org/steering-committee

[2] http://www.oasis-Open CSA.org/RoP

[3] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ms_policy.php

[4] http://www.oasis-Open CSA.org/roster

[5] http://www.oasis-Open CSA.org/join

[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote

Thank you,

Dee Schur

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Dee Schur, Manager of Member Support
OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org
+1.978.667.5115 x211

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