Re: Start of Advisory Board Election - Call for Nominations

> On 3 Apr 2017, at 21:31, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Avneesh and Steering Committee,
> 
> Avneesh, thank you for the notification.
> 
> PBG Committee, I think we wanted to recommend that Rick Johnson run for this
> position.
> 
> Rick, are you good with this? Was there somebody else; I think not?
> Ivan or Bill, should this be self nomination? Should all of our AC reps
> nominate Rick?

It is better if an AC rep nominates him (or anybody else)

Ivan

> 
> Is a bio needed we should point to to help in the promotion?
> 
> Best
> George
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avneesh Singh [mailto:avneesh.sg@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 4:05 AM
> To: George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>
> Subject: Fw: Start of Advisory Board Election - Call for Nominations
> 
> Reminder for nominations.
> The steering committee has 4 weeks to decide.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coralie Mercier
> Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 14:30
> To: W3C Members
> Subject: Start of Advisory Board Election - Call for Nominations
> 
> Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
> 
> On 30 June 2017, the following four seats on the W3C Advisory Board (AB)
> expire and are up for election:
> 
> - Michael Champion (Microsoft)
> - Charles McCathie Nevile (Yandex)
> - Chris Wilson (Google)
> - Judy Zhu (Alibaba)
> 
> This is a Call for Nominations for people to stand for election as we
> announced last month [1].
> 
> If your organization is interested in participating on the AB, please
> use the following form to nominate (or renominate) one person:
>   https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/33280/ab2017/
> 
> And ask the nominee to complete this second form:
>   https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/abnominee2017/
> 
> The deadline for nominations is 23:59, Boston time on 30 April 2017.
> 
> All terms are for two years, starting 1 July 2017 and ending 30 June
> 2019. Each form includes details about the election, instructions for
> nominating an individual, and links to additional resources.
> 
> VOTING MECHANISM: Per the 1 March 2017 Process Document, we will use
> Single Transferable Vote (STV) [2] system for AB and TAG elections as
> described in Section 2.5.2 of the Process Document [3].
> 
> PUBLIC NOMINATION STATEMENTS: All nomination statements will be made
> public at the start of the election. Discussion of nominee statements on
> w3c-ac-forum is also customary (see the list policy [4]).
> 
> The Advisory Board provides ongoing guidance to the Team on issues of
> strategy, management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution.
> As the Open Web Platform and W3C expand, now is an opportune time for
> organizations with diverse technology and business interests, in diverse
> geographies, to provide strategic advice.
> 
> More information about the AB is available on their home page [5].
> 
> This Call for Nominations follows section 2.5.2 of the W3C Process
> Document [3]. For more about election mechanics, see "How to Organize an
> AB or TAG election" [6].
> 
> For Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO;
> Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications
> 
> [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2017JanMar/0043.html
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote
> [3] https://www.w3.org/2017/Process-20170301/#AB-TAG-elections
> [4] https://www.w3.org/2015/10/ac-forum-pol
> [5] http://www.w3.org/Member/Board/
> [6] http://www.w3.org/2002/10/election-howto
> 
> --
> Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Marketing & Communications -  https://www.w3.org
> mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 https://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/
> 
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Ivan Herman, W3C
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