On May 07, 2008, at 5:27 AM, Mark Little wrote:
> Just a quick question: isn't Mike taking over from Graham and
> doesn't IBM have a permanent seat on the board anyway? (OK,
> technically two questions ;-)
seats are held by individuals, not companies.
-jeff
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Dee Schur" <>
>> Date: 6 May 2008 20:03:41 BST
>> To: <>
>> Subject: [opencsa-ms] OpenCSA Member Section Steering Committee
>> Election Now Open
>>
>>
>>
>> Greetings Open CSA Member Section Members,
>>
>> The Open CSA Member Section Steering Committee Election is now
>> open; voting
>> closes at 5:00 PM EDT on 20-May-2008.
>>
>> This year, the Member Section will elect three Steering Committee
>> members to
>> serve two-year terms and one member to serve one year (completing
>> the term
>> of a retiring Steering Committee member). The three candidates
>> receiving the
>> highest ranked votes will each serve two-year terms.
>>
>> Each Open CSA Supporting Entity has one Qualified Elector who
>> casts the
>> single vote on behalf of his/her organization. Unless otherwise
>> designated,
>> the organization's Primary Rep serves as the Qualified Elector,
>> see current
>> roster,
>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/opencsa-ms/members/
>> roster.php.
>> The Primary Rep may defer the voting member role to another
>> employee member
>> by sending an email to ; any such
>> change
>> should be in place before the ballot is cast.
>>
>> 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 , your
>> message should
>> be 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 Choice Candidate name
>> 3 Third Choice Candidate name
>>
>> Your candidates are alphanumerically listed:
>>
>> David Burke
>> Mike Kaiser
>> Mark Little
>>
>>
>> The candidate profiles may be found at:
>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/opencsa-ms/
>> documents.php,
>> located in the ‘2008 Steering Committee Nominees’ folder.
>>
>> The voting will be by email, with the results tallied via the Single
>> Transferable Voting (STV) - Scottish Method.
>> See http://stv.sourceforge.net/Details.html and
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singel_transferable_vote.
>>
>> STV considers your ranked preference for candidates in order to more
>> accurately reflect the wishes of the electorate.
>>
>> Remember, vote by email to . Deadline is
>> 5:00 PM
>> EDT on 20-May-2008.
>>
>> I am happy to answer any questions.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Dee Schur
>>
>>
>>
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