<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Greetings,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">The nomination and voter registration periods for the 2015 Evergreen Oversight Board elections are now underway.</b><br class=""><br class="">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:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rogan Hamby, York County Library (South Carolina) and SC LENDS</div><div class="">Chauncey Montgomery, Sunbury Community Library (Ohio)</div><div class="">Chris Sharp, Georgia Public Library Service (Georgia)</div><div class="">Ben Hyman, British Columbia Libraries Cooperative (BC, Canada)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">After confirming the nominees, the committee will announce the nominee’s names to the Evergreen Community general discussion list.<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">The deadline for nominations is 1700 Pacific, Friday, May 1st, 2015.</b><br class=""><br class="">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. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Please register to vote by completing this short survey </b><b class="">no later than 1600 Pacific, Monday, May 11:</b></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RXVRSKJ" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RXVRSKJ</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""><b class="">The election will be held on Thursday, May 14th.</b> 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.</div><div class="">For more information on OpaVote, please see: <a href="https://www.opavote.org/" class="">https://www.opavote.org/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Registered voters will receive an invitation to vote on Thursday May, 14.</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">Cheers!</div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">Ben Hyman <br class="">Executive Director | BC Libraries Cooperative<br class=""><a href="mailto:ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop" class="">ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop</a> | 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001 | cell: 250.889.2738 | Skype: ben_hyman<br class=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">bc.libraries.coop | Twitter: @BCLibrariesCoop<br class=""></div></div><br class=""></div></body></html>