The following series of four email messages was used to solicit participation of Voting Members from Very Large Member organizations in the 2016 election for their Governance Board Representative.
Note that the messages contained a link to the ballot and were sent only to the Voting Member using a list supplied by LYRASIS. LYRASIS also set up the online ballot and provided periodic updates on voter participation that were used to encourage all Voting Members to cast their votes. The messages included candidate statements for the respective candidates as PDF attachments.
From: (2016 Nominating Committee Chair)
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 11:16 AM
To: (Very Large Voting Members)
Cc: (Archives Space Program Manager)
Subject: RE: LAST CALL!! / POLLS CLOSE TODAY: 2016 ArchivesSpace Governance Board Election - ballot - Very Large Member Representative
Only 5 more of you still need to vote … polls close at 9:00pm EDT … but don’t wait!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SQ96BH5
Election results will be announced soon,
Christian
From: (2016 Nominating Committee Chair)
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 10:56 AM
To: (Very Large Voting Members)
Cc: (Archives Space Program Manager)
Subject: RE: Reminder: 2016 ArchivesSpace Governance Board Election - ballot - Very Large Member Representative
Importance: High
Hi again, everyone,
and many thanks to those of you who have been heeding our reminders and voting. As of this morning, we have received ballots from 35 of the 44 of you addressed here.
We would like to get 100% participation, if we can, especially since in smaller elections like this, every vote really does count.
If you have not yet cast your ballot, please do so now. Polls close next Monday. Candidate statements are attached. Here again is the ballot link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SQ96BH5
If you have any questions about who your institution’s voting member is, and think it may no longer be you, please contact Brad Westbrook (brad.westbrook@lyrasis.org) right away so that we can update your records accordingly and get the ballot to the right person.
Many thanks,
Christian
From: (2016 Nominating Committee Chair)
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 6:57 AM
To: (Very Large Voting Members)
Cc: (Archives Space Program Manager)
Subject: Reminder: 2016 ArchivesSpace Governance Board Election - ballot - Very Large Member Representative
Dear ArchivesSpace Voting Members:
If you have not done so already, let me encourage you to vote for a candidate to represent the Very Large membership level on the ArchivesSpace Governance Board. Voting for the candidate to represent your membership level is one of the many ways you can participate in shaping the ArchivesSpace community and influence the direction of the ArchivesSpace application.
Statements for each candidate are attached. To cast your ballot, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SQ96BH5
All voting must be completed by 9:00pm EDT on Monday, June 27.
Thank you,
Christian Dupont
Chair, 2016 ArchivesSpace Nominating Committee
From: (2016 Nominating Committee Chair)
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 11:26 PM
To: (Very Large Voting Members)
Cc: (Archives Space Program Manager)
Subject: 2016 ArchivesSpace Governance Board Election - ballot - Very Large Member Representative
Dear ArchivesSpace Voting Member:
As an official Voting Member of a Very Large member institution, you are eligible and encouraged to cast your vote for one of the following two candidates to represent Very Large member institutions on the ArchivesSpace Governance Board, filling a vacancy left by outgoing Very Large member representative Megan Sniffin-Marinoff.
Very Large Member Representative
- Cynthia Ghering, Director, University Archives, Michigan State University
- Audra Eagle Yun, Head of Special Collections & Archives and University Archivist, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Statements for each candidate are attached. To cast your ballot, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SQ96BH5
All voting must be completed by 9:00pm EDT on Monday, June 27.
Election results will be announced in early July. Elected candidates will serve a two-year term concluding June 30, 2018.
Respectfully,
Christian Dupont, Boston College
Chair, 2016 Nominating Committee
2016 Nominating Committee Members
Christian Dupont, Chair (Boston College), Member, Governance Board
Gordon Daines (BYU), Chair of User Advisory Council
Sally Vermatten (NYU), Chair of Technical Advisory Council
Stephen Hussman (University of Arizona), representing very large membership level
Ed Galloway (University of Pittsburgh), representing large membership level
Annie Benefiel (Grand Valley State University), representing medium membership level
Margot Note (World Monuments Fund), representing small membership level
Yue Ma (Chinese Museum in America), representing very small membership level
Brad Westbrook (ArchivesSpace), ex officio
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Christian Dupont
Burns Librarian and Associate University Librarian for Special Collections
John J. Burns Library | Boston College | 140 Commonwealth Ave | Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3801
Main: (617) 552-4861 | Direct: (617) 552-0105 | christian.dupont@bc.edu
http://bc.edu/burns | https://bc.academia.edu/ChristianDupont