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Subject: LegalXML Member Section Steering Committee Nominations Now Open
OASIS members: Two 'at-large' seats serving a 'one-year term' on the OASIS LegalXML Member Section (MS) Steering Committee [1] is up for election. All LegalXML MS participants are invited to nominate qualified candidates and/or serve on the Steering Committee. If you aren't currently active in the LegalXML Member Section, now is a great time to join. The OASIS LegalXML Member Section produces technical specifications that support implementation of XML technology in the legal system for use by all who have a stake in electronic legal documents, records, and information exchanges. The LegalXML Member Section engages legal document creators, vendors, academics, and users in a legal community in defining requirements, drafting and reviewing the specifications. The nomination and election procedures for the Steering Committee is defined by the OASIS Member Section Policy [2] and the LegalXML Member Section Rules of Procedure [3]. Any LegalXML MS participant [4] may nominate or be nominated as a candidate for the Steering Committee. Any OASIS member may join the LegalXML MS [5]. The process is simple but it must be completed during the nomination period to submit a nomination. The "At Large" LegalXML Member Section Steering Committee members will be nominated and elected by Member Section Qualified Electors. The LegalXML Member Section Qualified Electors are those Eligible Persons who are either an Individual Member Section Supporting Entity or an employee or designee of an organizational Member Section Supporting Entity, who subscribes to the Member Section email list. An organizational Member Section Supporting Entity may have more than one Qualified Elector. Please contact (member-services@oasis-open.org) if you have any questions regarding your affiliation with the LegalXML MS. NOMINATION & ELECTION SCHEDULE Nominations will be held 18-December-2008 through 5-January-2009. The election will be held 7-January-2009 through 21-January-2009. NOMINATION PROCESS ***Any LegalXML MS 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, promote the work of the Member Section). 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 LegalXML Member Section. ELECTION PROCESS The two new Steering Committee members will be selected by the LegalXML MS 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. Results will be announced immediately after they are tabulated and confirmed. We encourage all LegalXML 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.legalxml.org/governance/ [2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ms_policy.php [3] http://www.legalxml.org/governance/rules_of_procedures.shtml [4] http://www.legalxml.org/members/index.shtml [5] http://www.oasis-open.org/join/ [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote Thank you, Dee 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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