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Subject: Nominations Requested for ArchivesSpace Governance Board
Posted by Nominating Committee Chair to the following ArchivesSpace mailing lists:
- ArchivesSpace Users Group list (archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org)
- ArchivesSpace Member Representatives list (archivesspace_member_reps@lyralists.lyrasis.org)
As chair of the 2016/17 ArchivesSpace Nominating Committee, I am writing to seek your nominations of candidates to stand for election for the ArchivesSpace Governance Board representing the Very Large and Small (Specify Size(s)) membership levels. Member engagement is critical to the success of ArchivesSpace, and the Board relies upon your recommendations for strong candidates. Even if you represent a different category of membership, please consider colleagues you know at other institutions.
Only ArchivesSpace members representatives may submit a nomination. All All other staff of ArchivesSpace member organizations may submit nominations through their Member Representative. All All Member Representatives are strongly encouraged to consult with all interested colleagues within their organization. Self-nominations are also welcome if you represent a Very Large or Small member (Specify Size(s)) member institution.
To submit a nomination, you can simply send us names and the institutional affiliation for each, indicating whether or not you have contacted the nominee, so that a member of the nominating committee can follow up with the nominee to confirm interest. Or you can submit a brief statement from the nominee that briefly describes the nominee’s interest in and qualifications for serving on the ArchivesSpace Governance Board.
Nominations must be received by 9:00 p.m. EDT Friday, April 29, 2016 (date in late April). They may be sent to ArchivesSpace Program Manager Bradley Westbrook (brad.westbrook@lyrasis.org (name and email address), who will collect nominations on behalf of the Nominations Nominating Committee. The Nominations Nominating Committee will review all nominations and confirm a slate of nominees with the current Governance Board. An election ballot will be circulated to member institutions in mid-May.
The current incumbents at the Very Large and Small membership levels (Specify Size(s)) membership levels are (or: are no longer) eligible for re-election as representatives to the Governance Board. The terms for their successors will be July 1, 2016 20??-June 30, 2018 20??. Each newly elected member representative will be eligible to run for a second term, July 1, 201820??-June 30, 202020??.
Nominees must be currently employed by an ArchivesSpace member organization in either the Very Large or Small member (Specify Size(s)) member levels (see the member lists at:http://www.archivesspace.org/members). Nominees should have administrative and fiscal oversight experience, characteristics typical of director or associate director level staff. The Governance Board is charged with providing oversight for the ArchivesSpace application and community, including fiscal oversight, the approval of development priorities, and oversight of the Technical and User Advisory councils.
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Please feel free to contact me or any member of our Nominations Nominating Committee with any questions. Again, nominations should be sent to Bradley Westbrook (name) and must be received by (date in late April 29).
Thank you for your participation in this important process, which is an essential part of our identity and operations as a community-based software organization.
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