[Eg-oversight-board] 2015 Evergreen Oversight Board Elections: Call for Nominations + Voter Registration

Fri Apr 17 14:43:12 EDT 2015

My preference is option 1 as well -- I'd prefer to see one email with 
all candidate statements than several emails.

Though I guess option 2 doesn't necessarily preclude collecting 
candidate statements & sending out an email.

I'd just rather have all candidate statements in one place, for ease of 
reading/comparing.

Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
Librarian II, Public Services
Kent County Public Library
408 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-3636 x2115
www.kentcountylibrary.org

On 4/17/2015 2:39 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
> I guess I have a slight preference for option 1, but option 2 works 
> for me too.
>
> Kathy
>
> On 04/17/2015 02:13 PM, Chris Sharp wrote:
>> I like option 2, personally.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ben Hyman" <ben.hyman at bc.libraries.coop>
>>> To: "Kathy Lussier" <klussier at masslnc.org>
>>> Cc: eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
>>> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 1:56:11 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] 2015 Evergreen Oversight Board 
>>> Elections:    Call for Nominations + Voter Registration
>>>
>>> Ah, thanks Kathy. I'll make a note to document the election process 
>>> for next
>>> round - it can only get smoother ;)
>>>
>>> So - two approaches I can see:
>>>
>>> 1. Ask nominees to submit a brief bio on the nomination deadline 
>>> (May 1,
>>> giving all nominees 10 days before polls open to get their bios in)
>>> 2. Ask nominees to submit a brief bio as part of their nomination 
>>> acceptance
>>> (via note to the general list soon'ish).
>>>
>>> I'm easy - what do folks think - approach 1 or 2?
>>> I'm on the road today - apologies for delays.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Ben Hyman
>>> Executive Director | BC Libraries Cooperative
>>> ben.hyman at bc.libraries.coop | 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001 | cell: 
>>> 250.889.2738 |
>>> Skype: ben_hyman
>>> bc.libraries.coop | Twitter: @BCLibrariesCoop
>>>
>>>> On Apr 17, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ben,
>>>>
>>>> I have one follow-up question. Last year, the candidates were asked to
>>>> write a statement. See -
>>>> http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/thread/62mse57e4zse2q6y.
>>>>
>>>> I believe we asked for the statements last year because it was a 
>>>> contested
>>>> race. We don't know if it will be a contested race again this year, 
>>>> but
>>>> since there is a quick turnaround time between the nomination 
>>>> deadline and
>>>> the voting dates, if we do need statements, it would be good if 
>>>> they had
>>>> some lead time to prepare them.
>>>>
>>>> Is this something we should be asking them to do?
>>>>
>>>> I apologize for not raising the question during yesterday's 
>>>> meeting, but it
>>>> didn't occur to me until this morning.
>>>>
>>>> Kathy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 04/17/2015 11:59 AM, Ben Hyman wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> To clarify, the actual vote will open very shortly after voter
>>>>> registration closes on Monday, May 11 and will run through the 14th.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 16, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Ben Hyman <ben.hyman at bc.libraries.coop>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The nomination and voter registration periods for the 2015 Evergreen
>>>>>> Oversight Board elections are now underway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Three seats on the board are open this year, each for a 
>>>>>> three-year term.
>>>>>> Nominations may be made by any individual who has contributed to
>>>>>> Evergreen or who is employed by an institution that runs Evergreen.
>>>>>> Email nominations and self-nominations can be sent to the Evergreen
>>>>>> Oversight Board mailing list. If you have questions or would like
>>>>>> information about what it means to be on the board, you are 
>>>>>> welcome to
>>>>>> contact the Nominating Committee by sending an email to any or 
>>>>>> all of:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rogan Hamby, York County Library (South Carolina) and SC LENDS
>>>>>> Chauncey Montgomery, Sunbury Community Library (Ohio)
>>>>>> Chris Sharp, Georgia Public Library Service (Georgia)
>>>>>> Ben Hyman, British Columbia Libraries Cooperative (BC, Canada)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After confirming the nominees, the committee will announce the 
>>>>>> nominee’s
>>>>>> names to the Evergreen Community general discussion list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The deadline for nominations is 1700 Pacific, Friday, May 1st, 2015.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To be eligible to vote, you must either be an individual who has
>>>>>> contributed code, documentation, or other work to the Evergreen 
>>>>>> Project,
>>>>>> or you must be employed by an institution that is contributing to 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> project by virtue of running Evergreen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please register to vote by completing this short survey no later 
>>>>>> than
>>>>>> 1600 Pacific, Monday, May 11:
>>>>>> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RXVRSKJ
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The election will be held on Thursday, May 14th. Unlike last 
>>>>>> year, we
>>>>>> will not be using the Scottish Single Transferable Vote (STV) 
>>>>>> System.
>>>>>> Instead, we will be using an OpaVote “ Approval Vote” wherein 
>>>>>> registered
>>>>>> voters are asked to select their top 3 candidates from a list.
>>>>>> For more information on OpaVote, please see: 
>>>>>> https://www.opavote.org/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Registered voters will receive an invitation to vote on Thursday 
>>>>>> May, 14.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ben Hyman
>>>>>> Executive Director | BC Libraries Cooperative
>>>>>> ben.hyman at bc.libraries.coop | 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001 | cell:
>>>>>> 250.889.2738 | Skype: ben_hyman
>>>>>> bc.libraries.coop | Twitter: @BCLibrariesCoop
>>>>>>
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>>>> -- 
>>>> Kathy Lussier
>>>> Project Coordinator
>>>> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
>>>> (508) 343-0128
>>>> klussier at masslnc.org
>>>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
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