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DSpaceLeadership Election Process
The yearly Leadership Group elections process begins each year in mid-June so that elections are finalized by September. Representation on Leadership Group by a vote put to the Members is as follows:
As of October 28, 2014 DSpace is officially launching the nominations phase of our Leadership Group elections.
New Project Governance
As you may be aware, each DuraSpace project is transitioning to a new governance model. This representative, community-based model includes several governing groups with various levels of responsibility (identifying project strategic direction, setting project roadmap, establishing project budget, etc.). Eligibility to serve in project governance is determined by participation in the DuraSpace Membership Program, incrementally enabling member organizations who have made the greatest commitments (financial or in-kind staff commitments) to the project. It is NOT TOO LATE to become a Member and participate in the DSpace project governance! For more information on how to become a Member visit http://duraspace.org/about_membership. And for more information about the new governing groups, please visit http://dspace.org/governance.
Leadership Group
Individuals sitting on the Leadership Group play a key role in setting the strategic direction and priorities of the project through:
Approval of the annual budget allocation
Approval of the project roadmap
Establishment of the community direction
The Leadership Group will be comprised of individuals from organizations that have contributed $10,000 or more annually to the project, and representatives from institutions contributing in-kind resources at approved levels. Institutions that contributed at lower membership levels will also be given an opportunity to serve on a Leadership Group too, through annual elections based on policies that are customized by each project. This election process is where everyone in the community (both from member organizations and non-member organizations) can have a voice -- by nominating candidates for the Leadership Group from the pool of eligible member organizations.
Leadership Group Nominations
Beginning today, we invite anyone in the DSpace community, member or non-member, to nominate an individual who you believe would be a good representative of the community. All nominees must be from DSpace member organization that qualify for elections (see full list here http://bit.ly/dspace_members). Typically, Leadership Group candidates have fiscal or staffing responsibility within their organization and are able to allocate resources. And of course, they will, in your judgment, be able to bring the commitment, creativity, and dedication that the role calls for. Self-nominations are welcome and you may submit more than one nomination. Please submit your nomination/s using this form http://bit.ly/LGnomination by November 7.
Next Steps
At the end of the nomination process anyone nominated will be asked for a brief personal statement, which can either be emailed to Jonathan Markow or posted directly to the DuraSpace wiki. Voting will be based on membership levels and will take place before the end of November, with each member organization’s Community Liaison casting a vote for candidates based on the direction of their management. We will send additional instructions at the start of the election period later in November.
If you have any questions about the new Fedora project governance or the nomination and election process please contact Jonathan Markow .
Mid-June
- Platinum - 1 seat per member
- Gold - 1 seat per every 2 members
- Silver - 1 seats for every 4 members
- Bronze - 1 seat for every 8 members
- 2 Members nominated by the community at large and voted by the Members
- Additionally, the participation will be solicited from the following categories:
- Platinum Providers have a guaranteed seat; others can run to participate at community-at-large level
- Ex-officio and/or emeritus members
- Google Form for nominations sent
July
- After collecting nominations, results are compiled of nominations
- If there are more nominations than seats available, elections are run, with each Member receiving one vote. Members vote by membership tier, I.e., Bronze for Bronze, Silver for Silver, etc.
- For Community Member At Large Seats, current Leadership/Steering group nominates and votes for those positions.
August
- Tally election results (if election was run) and report results to Members
September
- Onboard new Leadership Group representatives
- Schedule November quarterly Leadership meeting
November
- Hold first Quarterly Leadership Group meeting. Discuss nominations for new steering group leadership at this meeting and hold elections offline immediately and finish by November 30
- Schedule quarterly Leadership meetings
December
- After nominations and elections for Steering, schedule monthly Steering meetings. Include the Vice Chair on Steering Meetings, which is optional and at discretion of the Vice Chair. Vice Chair participation in Steering is non-voting.
- Hold first Steering Meeting