All,
Now that we have started Education Architecture Special Interest Group (EASIG), as the Interim Chair, I'd like to propose that we conduct a formal election to select a chair and a vice chair for the group. As it is defined in our charter, 7.3b Election, which is attached towards the end of this message, states that there are 2 ways you can express your interests, one is to send an email to this list, and the other contact directly Mr. David Boswell as the Hyperledger point of contact. As much as I would like to continue facilitating the group, I'd highly encourage every member to run for the 2 leadership roles: the chair and vice chair.
I'd suggest that we start the open period tomorrow (11/8/2019) for 7 days for those of you who are interested to put your names on the ballot. After the 7th day (11/15/2019), I'll ask David Boswell to help set up an election poll and keep it running for 2 days till 11/17/2019 for the EASIG members to vote. David will announce the election results at the end of the 2nd day.
Please let me know ASAP if you have any questions and/or would suggest to change the procedures.
Without any doubt, this is a very significant SIG, which was the reason why I, like many early supporters wanted to create the group to begin with. We are at the point now that we can either work together to establish some standards for blockchain education architecture and build interoperable and easy access to blockchain services to ALL learners, or we can continue to pursue our own blockchain solutions like what has happened in so many IT areas in education such as ERP, CMS and LMS, just to name a few. You can help build and grow this group and make it a major voice in education blockchain.
Thanks!
Feng
7.3b Election
The first interim Chair of a SIG is nominated by the initial proposer of the SIG and s/he serves for approximately 90 days or up to the first 6 meetings as long as the SIG has active participation and contributors. All future Chairs will be selected through an election process where group members vote.
An EASIG officer shall be elected by membership into position through a simple majority vote, and with Hyperledger leadership approval.
When there are two or more candidates, officer election shall be determined through a plurality vote, and with Hyperledger leadership approval.
Candidate Nomination can happen in a few ways (to be decided by the community on which approach to employ):
- Candidates email the mailing list individually and provide a statement of candidacy indicating why s/he are a good candidate for chair.
- Candidates email the Hyperledger point of contact with their statement of candidacy. Once all are received, Hyperledger point of contact gathers all submissions and posts the names and candidate statements in the mailing list all together for the community to review.