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Subject: Nomination recommendation period begins for OASIS LegalXML Member Section Steering Committee
OASIS members: Two seats serving one-year terms on the OASIS LegalXML Member Section (MS) Steering Committee [1] are open for nomination recommendations. The OASIS LegalXML Member Section produces technical specifications that support implementation of XML technology in the legal system for use by all who have a stake in electronic legal documents, records, and information exchanges. The LegalXML Member Section engages legal document creators, vendors, academics, and users in a legal community in defining requirements, drafting and reviewing the specifications. If you aren't currently active in the LegalXML Member Section, now is a great time to join. The nomination and election procedures for the Steering Committee are defined by the OASIS Member Section Policy [2] and the LegalXML Member Section Rules of Procedure [3]. Any LegalXML MS participant [4] may nominate or be nominated as a candidate for the Steering Committee. Any OASIS member may join the LegalXML MS. The "At Large" LegalXML Member Section Steering Committee member will be nominated and elected by Member Section Qualified Electors. The LegalXML Member Section Qualified Electors are those Eligible Persons who are either an Individual Member Section Supporting Entity or an employee or designee of an organizational Member Section Supporting Entity, who subscribes to the Member Section email list. An organizational Member Section Supporting Entity may have more than one Qualified Elector. Please contact (member-services@oasis-open.org) if you have any questions regarding your affiliation with the LegalXML MS. NOMINATION & ELECTION SCHEDULE Nominations will be held 9-July-2012 through 30-August-2012 The election will be held 31-August-2012 through 14-September-2012. NOMINATION PROCESS Any LegalXML MS participant may nominate a candidate via email to: nominations@oasis-open.org. Prior to being confirmed as a candidate, each nominee must: 1. Accept the nomination; 2. Confirm his/her ability to meet the time commitments of the position (participation in a one-hour teleconference each month, promote the work of the Member Section, participate in the growth of the LegalXML Member Section, etc). 3. Provide background information and a position statement describing his/her qualifications and motivations for serving on the Steering Committee; and 4. Be a participant in the LegalXML Member Section. We encourage all LegalXML participants to consider serving on the Steering Committee. Please contact (member-services@oasis-open.org) with any questions you might have regarding this process. [1] http://www.legalxml.org/governance/ [2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ms_policy.php [3] http://www.legalxml.org/governance/rules_of_procedures.shtml [4] http://www.legalxml.org/members/index.shtml Regards, Dee Dee Schur Senior Manager - Standards Advocate OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org +1.781.425.5073 x211
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