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The OASIS Board of Directors is comprised of top-level executives experienced in managing growth and dedicated to advancing standards for interoperability. By serving on the OASIS Board, directors exercise a major impact on development and implementation of XML-based standards and specifications. Recognized for their contributions by both the technology and user communities, the directors guide OASIS in its mission to drive the development, convergence and adoption of open e-business standards.
The OASIS Board is comprised of eight directors, each serving two-year terms. The terms are staggered annually to preserve management continuity.
Nominations
Any OASIS member organization may nominate an individual for the Board of Directors. Nominees are not required to be members of OASIS.
Nomination Process
Nominations must be sent to nominations@oasis-open.org and be received during the nomination period.
Nominations must be made or approved by the primary representative of the member company making the nomination. You can find your Primary company representative by navigating to your account in the members-only area, or go directly to http://www.oasis-open.org/kmembers/person/roster/
Accepting Nominations
Nominees must email formal acceptance to nominations@oasis-open.org during the nomination period. Nominations not accepted by the end of the nomination period will be considered withdrawn.
Each nominee's acceptance letter should include:
- A short biography and an optional statement describing the nominee's interest in and qualifications for serving on the OASIS Board.
- Platform information, identifying opinions on priorities and issues facing OASIS, ideas for technical activities, and suggestions for business development initiatives or strategic partnerships. This information will serve as the primary means for members to understand a candidate's vision for the future of the Consortium.
- A statement that the nominee has support from his or her management to devote approximately 10-20% of time his or her time to OASIS Board activities and is able to travel to attend face-to-face meetings approximately quarterly at his or her employer's or own expense. The first such meeting will be held on 30-31 July 2003, where the newly elected Board members will be formally seated.
Review Period
Nominees' acceptance letters will be published in the OASIS Members-Only area of the website for review during the balloting period. Once made available to the membership, the nominees' pages cannot be altered. These pages will be identified to members during the election process.
OASIS will provide a discussion mechanism by which members may post questions to all nominees. This discussion will enable voting members to select candidates based on their perspectives and views regarding issues that affect the Consortium. All nominees are strongly encouraged to participate in this forum, and their responses will be accessible by OASIS members only.
In accordance with the OASIS Bylaws, candidates may request that material reasonably related to the election be forwarded to voting members.. This provision will be offered equally to all candidates. Materials for distribution should be sent to scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org. Candidates will be copied on distribution of their material.
Voting Process
Each OASIS organizational member company is eligible to vote via one ballot. In order to submit a ballot, members must be in good standing when the ballot opens.
Notification of the availability of online ballots is distributed via email to each organizational member's primary representative and/or designated voting representative. Ballots list candidates by name and company and include their submitted biographies and statements of interest.
Each OASIS Sponsor and Contributor member company may submit one ballot with votes for four individuals. Completed ballots must be received by OASIS before the end of the balloting period. The balloting system confirms receipt of the ballot to the voting member. The balloting period ends at the time stated. If quorum is not reached, the balloting period will be extended by reasonable notice to all voting members. The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes join the OASIS Board of Directors.
In the case of a tie, the current Board of Directors will decide on the selection from among the tied candidates. Should this happen, the membership of OASIS will be notified of which candidate(s) were elected by ballot, which tied candidate(s) was selected by the Board , and which tied candidate(s) was not selected in this process.
2003 Board of Directors Elections Schedule
29 April Nominations open
27 May (23:59 hrs, 11:59pm US EDT) Nominations close
30 May Ballot opens
25 June (23:59 hrs, 11:59pm US EDT) Ballot closes
30-31 July Board Meeting, new Board seated at meeting at Billerica, MA, USA
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