Reminder: Steering Committee Nominations end today at Midnight GMT- Also don't forget to register to vote- details inclosed

[daniela barbosa]

Important deadline # 1 is tonight at Midnight GMT if you are
interested in running for a steering position and if you have not
acknowledged that you want to be a voting member of the Plenary please
do so now as well

***Please make sure to note your intention to vote:**** thanks!

REMEMBER - 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. (voting will begin
Dec 1st)

*** 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
(http://bit.ly/5l5WD6) 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 (http://bit.ly/
5l5WD6) 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.

thank you everyone for your continued support!
--
Daniela Barbosa
http://www.danielabarbosa.com
www.dataportability.org