Blue Steering Committee election is open

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

Blue Member Section Members,

The Blue Member Section Steering Committee election is now open; voting
closes at 5:00 PM ET on 23 December 2009.

This year, the Blue Member Section will elect two Steering Committee
members--one
to serve a two-year term, one to serve a one-year term.  

Each Blue 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, see
current roster,
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/blue-ms/members/roster.php

The Primary Rep may 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.


ELECTION PROCESS 
 
The new Steering Committee members will be selected by the Blue MS
Qualified Electors, using the Single Transferable Voting (STV) process -
Scottish Method, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote. STV
considers each voter's ranked preference for candidates, in order to more
accurately reflect the wishes of the electorate. To insure that all Members
and Observers in this Member Section understand the election process, the
voting instructions are as follows:
 
Cast your vote by email to sc-election@oasis-open.org, wirth the subject
Blue vote.  Your message should contain your ranked preference for the
candidates.  Start with 1, continuing until you have no further preference
for the remaining candidates.  
 
1 First Candidate name
2 Second Candidate name

The candidate receiving the highest preference will win the two-year seat.
The other candidate will win the one-year seat and be eligible for
reelection in 2010 for a two year seat.

Your candidates are:

Rik Drummond
Arnaud Martens

The candidate profiles may be found at: 
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/blue-ms/documents.php

We encourage all Blue Member Section Members to vote in this election!

Remember, vote by email to sc-election@oasis-open.org. Deadline is 5:00 PM
ET - 23 December 2009.

I am happy to answer any questions. Thank you in advance for your
participation.

Scott McGrath
Senior Director of Member Services

Tel +1 978-667-5115 x202 
Fax +1 978-667-5114
scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org

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