Call for Nominations: ArchivesSpace Governance Board

[Annie Benefiel]

As chair of the 2024/2025 ArchivesSpace Nominating Committee, I seek your nominations of candidates to stand for election for the ArchivesSpace Governance Board representing the Very Large and Small membership levels. The Governance Board is charged with providing leadership for the ArchivesSpace community and the ongoing growth and support of ArchivesSpace, including setting membership policies, providing fiscal oversight, approving program initiatives, and oversight of the Technical and User Advisory councils. ArchivesSpace Board service is an excellent way to serve the ArchivesSpace community while also gaining valuable experience with organizational governance. Please see the full description of the responsibilities of Board members for more information on this key role in the ArchivesSpace community.

We are seeking 2 candidates for the Very Large level, and 1 candidate for the Small level. (The current incumbent at the Small membership level is running for re-election as representative.) The terms for all successful candidates will be July 1, 2024-June 30, 2027. Each newly elected member representative will be eligible to run for a second term, July 1, 2027-June 30, 2030. 

Governance Board nominees must be currently employed by an ArchivesSpace member organization in either the Very Large or Small member levels (see the member lists at: http://archivesspace.org/community/whos-using-archivesspace/). A variety of skills, interests, and experience can be useful in furthering the Board's mission, but nominees should ideally have some administrative and fiscal oversight experience. As the community for a software application used in many different settings, we seek diverse voices to help improve ArchivesSpace and support those who use or may benefit from using it. We especially encourage Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, and others currently less represented in our governance groups to consider joining us in these important leadership roles.

To submit nominations, including self-nominations, please submit this form at https://forms.gle/LmL2KaPXkQ2o2r3V8. Nominees who confirm their interest in standing for election will be requested to supply a formal candidate statement outlining their qualifications for serving on the ArchivesSpace Governance Board (see: http://archivesspace.org/about/governance-board-and-councils/). The Nominating Committee will review all nominations and confirm a slate of nominees with the current Governance Board. An election ballot will be circulated to member institutions in mid-May.

Nominations must be received by 9:00 p.m. EDT, May 3, 2024. Please contact Christine Di Bella, ArchivesSpace Program Manager, at christin...@lyrasis.org or any member of the Nominating Committee with questions.

Thank you for your participation in this important process, which is an essential part of our identity and operations as a community-based software organization.

Respectfully,

Annie Benefiel
Grand Valley State University
Chair, and Governance Board member

On behalf of Nominating Committee members:

Suzanne Reller, University of Cincinnati, Chair of User Advisory Council

Rebecca Baugnon, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Vice Chair of User Advisory Council
Rachel Searcy, New York University, Chair of Technical Advisory Council

Austin Munsell, University of Oregon, Vice Chair of Technical Advisory Council
Mark Custer, Smithsonian Institution, representing very large membership level
Dawne Lucas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, representing large membership level
Nadia Nasr, Santa Clara University, representing medium membership level
Celia Caust-Ellenbogen, Swarthmore College, representing small membership level
Courtney Rookard, The National WWII Museum, representing very small membership level
Christine Di Bella, ArchivesSpace Program Manager, ex officio

 

[Annie Benefiel]

Correction: The ArchivesSpace Nominating Committee is seeking 2 candidates for the Small level representative.  Apologies for the confusion.

Respectfully,

Annie Benefiel
Grand Valley State University
Chair, and Governance Board member

 

From: Annie Benefiel
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Subject: Call for Nominations: ArchivesSpace Governance Board

 

As chair of the 2024/2025 ArchivesSpace Nominating Committee, I seek your nominations of candidates to stand for election for the ArchivesSpace Governance Board representing the Very Large and Small membership levels. The Governance Board is charged with providing leadership for the ArchivesSpace community and the ongoing growth and support of ArchivesSpace, including setting membership policies, providing fiscal oversight, approving program initiatives, and oversight of the Technical and User Advisory councils. ArchivesSpace Board service is an excellent way to serve the ArchivesSpace community while also gaining valuable experience with organizational governance. Please see the full description of the responsibilities of Board members for more information on this key role in the ArchivesSpace community.

We are seeking 2 candidates for the Very Large level, and 2 1 candidates for the Small level. (The current incumbent at the Small membership level is running for re-election as representative.) The terms for all successful candidates will be July 1, 2024-June 30, 2027. Each newly elected member representative will be eligible to run for a second term, July 1, 2027-June 30, 2030.