A reminder that OGF will accept Board of
Directors nominations for 2 more days.
From: Julie
Wulf-Knoerzer [mailto:wulf@ogf.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:34
PM
To: '
Subject: OGF Board of Directors
Nominations
Dear All,
As a follow-up to last week's Town Hall meeting at OGF23, I
wanted to remind you of the very important process being launched to
re-populate At-Large seats on our Board of Directors. As a community, you
have the ability to play an important part in the process. Previously
only Platinum and Gold organizational members were able to nominate individuals
for At-Large seats but we are now soliciting nominations from the entire
community.
Three at-large Director terms will expire in July; Charlie
Catlett from Argonne National Laboratory, Paul Strong from eBay, and Hiro
Kishimoto from Fujitsu. As a result of their term expiration, we will be
filling their seats at the next Board meeting.
We are currently holding an open call for nominations and
you may nominate anyone involved in OGF (i.e., individual member or employee of
an organization member) except from a Platinum member, whose representatives
sit as organizational Directors on the Board. If you are unsure whether a potential
nominee is a member or not, go ahead and submit the name and the OGF staff will
perform the necessary check.
There are two items to note while you are considering
nominees. First, the bylaws indicate that At-Large Board members are
intended to represent the broad community (of members and non-members), not
their own organizations.
Secondly, the bylaws do not rule out consecutive terms, so
the outgoing Board members above may be re-nominated for a new term.
The nomination website will remain open until June 20
(http://www.ogf.org/bod_election/nomination.php). Time is short so please take
a moment and submit a few names for consideration by the Board. Please
let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.
Best regards,
Julie Wulf-Knoerzer
Director, Operations
OGF