IMPORTANT: How to vote in the upcoming election for Steering Committee

[greenbes]

As the organization matures, the current Steering Group believes that
it's time to get formal decision making bodies in place. The first
step in this process is for the membership to elect people to full
terms of office in the Steering Group.

The process in brief: You become a voting member of
DataPortability,org by saying that you want to be one. That's it.
You just have to send an email to the address below. Then, people
declare that they're willing to serve on Steering. Finally, the
members vote and the people with the most votes are the new steering
group.

There will be twelve seats on the new Steering Group. If twelve or
fewer people nominate themselves, they become the new group by
default. If more than twelve people offer to serve, an election will
be held.

NOTE: We are resetting the membership rolls, so EVERYONE MUST REGISTER
TO VOTE. Registering to vote in this election requires nothing more
than an email to the vote list declaring that you wish to be a
member. In order to post to the vote list, you must join the Google
Group. (http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-vote).




Step 1: Join the DP Vote group and send an email declaring your
intention to vote to:

dataportab...@googlegroups.com

This email must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July
18 2008.



Step 2: If you are willing to serve on the Steering Group, post a
message to that same list saying so.

This email must also be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday,
July 18 2008.

I will maintain a list of people who have registered, and who have
offered to serve on Steering at http://wiki.dataportability.org/x/7IYj

Step 3: Vote

Each member has one vote per open seat (12 total). You may cast as
many or as few of your votes as you like. You may divide your votes
any way that you see fit. Give all 12 votes to one person, one vote
each to 12 people, or any combination in between.

Cast your votes in ONE email to dataportab...@googlegroups.com.

Votes must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 25
2008.

Please let me know if you have any questions or this process isn't
clear.