*** IMPORTANT – DATA PORTABILITY ELECTIONS ***
It is time to elect the Data Portability Project steering committee for the upcoming 2010 term, pursuant to the Data Portability Charter.
How it works:
1. Nominate. Interested parties must nominate themselves or be nominated (and accept)
- Nominees should post a message to the DPP vote mailing list stating their intention, a brief background, and interest/experience in Data Portability
- Must be an eligible plenary member
- Nominations must be received no later than midnight (GMT) November 23.
2. Register to Vote. To be eligible to vote, participants must be a member of the plenary
- A person becomes an active member of the PLENARY by posting a message to the dataportability-voting mailing list declaring their intention to be a member
- Active membership in the PLENARY expires annually for all members at midnight, GMT on the last day of the OPERATING YEAR.
- Current members may declare their intention to remain in good standing for the following year up to 30 days before this date.
- People who have joined the PLENARY no less than one week before the election opens are considered eligible to vote.
3. Vote. Voting shall begin on December 1st (GMT) and end midnight (GMT) December 8th
- Each member of the PLENARY shall have one vote to cast for each open seat.
- They may cast all votes for one candidate, or one vote each for multiple candidate.
- A member may also choose to cast only some of their votes and abstain the remainder.
4. Results. Winners to be announced upon certification of the election results within 48 hours from election close.
5. Govern. Newly elected committee members will begin their 1 year term on January 1, 2010.