Call for Nominees - PKI Member Section Steering Committee

Title: Call for Nominees - PKI Member Section Steering Committee

This is a call for nominees for electing the five-person PKI Member Section Steering Committee.  I'm attaching a Word version of the following announcement, which also includes the charter of the PKI MS.

Please let me know if there are any questions on the nomination/election process.

Thanks,

John Sabo

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR NOMINEES for

PKI MEMBER SECTION STEERING COMMITTEE

We are seeking nominees willing to stand for election to the PKI Members Section Steering 

Committee.  The Steering Committee consists of five (5) seats.  

BACKGROUND:

The OASIS PKI Member Section emerged from the PKI Forum, established in 1999 to foster 

support for standards-based, interoperable public-key infrastructure (PKI) as a foundation for 

secure transactions in e-business applications.  The purpose of the PKI Member Section Steering 

Committee is to:

a. Coordinate the activities of OASIS technical committees that are part of the Member Section 

(i.e. the SC serves the purpose of an OASIS Joint Committee);

b. Promote the adoption and implementation of specifications developed by PKI TCs, including 

directing the creation of implementation guidelines, conformance tests, white papers, etc. by PKI 

TCs;

c. Promote PKI technology in general through appropriate marketing efforts, and own and 

maintain the PKI identity as part of that effort.

ELIGIBILITY:

Steering Committee members may be corporate members of the PKI Member Section who are in 

good standing as eligible OASIS participants.   

NOMINATION PROCESS:

Members interested in serving on the Steering Committee and standing for election shall provide 

notice of their intention to run by sending an email to the PKI MS mailing list, -

open.org, and include a statement of their intention to run and any other information they believe 

will describe their interest and qualifications. Nominations will be accepted until 10AM, Eastern 

Daylight Time, May 18, 2004.  Where an individual is nominated by another member, the 

nominee shall provide notice of their willingness to serve on the Steering Committee by that 

deadline. 

ELECTION:

Following close of the nomination period, a formal ballot will be established and open for a two 

week period. Five Steering Committee seats will be filled.

Each organizational member of the PKI Member Section will get one vote in this election. 

Individual Members and OASIS members who are not PKI MS members may not vote.  

That is, only those OASIS organizational members who had designated PKI Member Section 

support at the time of joining OASIS or at renewal are eligible to vote.  

The OASIS administration team has recently synchronized the PKI MS group to their accounting 

records, so any company that committed to the PKI Member Section has a representative on the 

list. We suggest that eligible members review the PKI Member Section members list to ensure 

that the appropriate individual is designated as a MS voting member.

This list is available at http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/pki-ms/members/roster.php

Individual members of the PKI Member Section interested in voting can upgrade from Individual 

Member status to Organizational Member status by submitting the organization member 

application --with PKI support clicked-- and notify  that they 

wish to convert to an organizational member.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

If additional information is desired on the responsibilities of Steering Committee members, 

background on the PKI Member Section, or election issues, we will address those issues by email 

and can set up a teleconference to address questions and provide more information.

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John T. Sabo, CISSP

Manager, Security Privacy and Trust Initiatives

Computer Associates International

2291 Wood Oak Drive

Herndon, Virginia, 20171

USA

Phone: +1 703-708-3037

Mobile: +1 443-629-6198

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