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Subject: OASIS Emergency Interoperability Member Section Steering Committee Nomination Period Extended to 27 October 2008!
OASIS members: Two seats on the OASIS Emergency Interoperability (EI) Member Section (MS) Steering Committee [1] are up for election. All EI MS participants are invited to nominate qualified candidates and/or serve on the Steering Committee. If you aren't currently active in the EI Member Section, now is a great time to join.
The OASIS Emergency Interoperability (EI) Member Section accelerates the development, adoption, application, and implementation of emergency interoperability and communications standards and related work. EI endeavors to represent and serve the needs of all constituents, from practitioners to technology providers and national, international and multinational oversight agencies.
The nomination and election procedures for the Steering Committee is defined by the OASIS Member Section Policy [2] and the EI Member Section Rules of Procedure [3].
There are five elected members on the EI Steering Committee; each serve a two-year term. The elections are staggered annually to assure continuity of leadership. The two candidates receiving the highest ranked votes will each serve two-year terms.
Any EI MS participant [4] may nominate or be nominated as a candidate for the Steering Committee. Any OASIS member may join the EI MS [5]. The process is simple but it must be completed during the nomination period to submit a nomination.
Each EI MS 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. 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.
NOMINATION & ELECTION SCHEDULE
Nominations will be held from 19-September-2008 through 27 - October-2008.
The election will be held 29 -October-2008 through 12 – November -2008.
NOMINATION PROCESS
Any EI 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 EI Member Section.
ELECTION PROCESS
The two new Steering Committee members will be selected by the EI 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. EI MS Qualified Electors will be sent detailed voting instructions separately.
Results will be announced immediately after they are tabulated and confirmed.
We encourage all Emergency Interoperability 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-emergency.org/steering-committee
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ms_policy.php
[3] http://www.oasis-emergency.org/RoP
[4] http://www.oasis-emergency.org/members
[5] http://www.oasis-emergency.org/join [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote
Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Regards,
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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