Dristributed from Chair of the Nominations Committee to ArchivesSpace Member representatives]
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I am writing to seek your nominations of candidates to stand for election for the ArchivesSpace Governance Board of Trustees representing the large, medium, and very small membership levels. Member engagement is critical to the success of ArchivesSpace, and the Board welcomes your recommendations for strong candidates.
On behalf of the ArchivesSpace Governance Board of Trustees and and the ArchivesSpace community, I want to thank you for your continuing interest and membership in the ArchivesSpace program. The ArchivesSpace program has enjoyed great success since beginning member enrollment in April 2013. It has an established a Governance Board and Technical and User Advisory Councils, and it is has enrolled just over 200 215 members.
With the approach of a new fiscal year, the ArchivesSpace program needs to elect three people to the ArchivesSpace Governance Board, one representing the large membership level, one representing the medium membership level, and one representing the very small membership level. The current incumbents are all eligible for re-elections. The terms for the three elected candidates will be July 1, 2015-June 30, 2017.
To that end, I am pleased to report that the ArchivesSpace Governance Board recently constituted a Nominations Committee for 2015 to oversee the process of electing Board members, including constructing a slate of candidates. Members of the 2015/2016 Nominations Committee are:
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· Deirdre Scaggs, University of Kentucky (Member-at-Large representing Very Large and Large membership levels)
· Kathryn Kathryn Frederick, Skidmore College (Member-at-Large representing Medium, Small, and Very Small membership levels)
The ArchivesSpace Goverance Board (http://www.archivesspace.org/board) is charged with providing oversight for ArchivesSpace application and community, including fiscal oversight; approval of development priorities, and oversight of the Technical and User Advisory councils. To meet the needs of a broad and diverse membership in a balanced and equitable way, the ArchivesSpace Governance Board of Trustees is is composed of eleven members:
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Again, I am pleased to invite you to nominate candidates for the Board of Trustees Governance Board representing ArchivesSpace members to represent at the Large, Medium, and Very Small membership levels. Nominees must be staff of an ArchivesSpace member organization in either the Large, Medium, or Very Small member levels (see the member lists at http://www.archivesspace.org/members). Nominees should also have administrative and fiscal oversight experience, characteristics typical of a Director or Associate Director.
Nominations must be received by May 22. Each nomination should be supported by a statement by the candidate that briefly describes the nominee’s interest in and qualifications for serving on the ArchivesSpace Governance Board of Trustees. An election will be held soon after the slate of candidates is constructed.
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