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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear ArchivesSpace Member Representative;</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I am writing to seek your nominations of candidates to stand for election for the ArchivesSpace Governance Board representing the large, medium, and very small membership levels. Member engagement
is critical to the success of ArchivesSpace, and the Board welcomes your recommendations for strong candidates. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On behalf of the ArchivesSpace Governance Board and the ArchivesSpace community, I want to thank you for your continuing interest and membership in the ArchivesSpace program. The ArchivesSpace program
has enjoyed great success since beginning member enrollment in April 2013. It has established a Governance Board and Technical and User Advisory Councils, and it is has enrolled just over 215 members.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">With the approach of a new fiscal year, the ArchivesSpace program needs to elect three people to the ArchivesSpace Governance Board, one representing the large membership level, one representing the
medium membership level, and one representing the very small membership level. The current incumbents are all eligible for re-election. The terms for the three elected candidates will be July 1, 2015-June 30, 2017.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To that end, I am pleased to report that the ArchivesSpace Governance Board recently constituted a Nominations Committee for 2015 to oversee the process of electing Board members, including constructing
a slate of candidates. Members of the 2015/2016 Nominations Committee are:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Carol Mandel, Chair, New York University (Chair of the Board of Trustees)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sibyl Schaefer, University of California, San Diego (Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Gordon Daines, Brigham Young University (Chair of the User Advisory Committee)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Deirdre Scaggs, University of Kentucky (Member-at-Large representing Very Large and Large membership levels)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kathryn Frederick, Skidmore College (Member-at-Large representing Medium, Small, and Very Small membership levels)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The ArchivesSpace Goverance Board (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://www.archivesspace.org/board"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://www.archivesspace.org/board</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">)
is charged with providing oversight for ArchivesSpace application and community, including fiscal oversight; approval of development priorities, and oversight of the Technical and User Advisory councils. To meet the needs of a broad and diverse membership
in a balanced and equitable way, the ArchivesSpace Board of Trustees is composed of eleven members:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">9 voting members:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">5 elected members, one from each of the five membership categories;</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">3 standing members, one representing each of the three project partners: New York University, UC San Diego, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">1 member representing the LYRASIS management team.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2 ex officio members:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">ArchivesSpace Program Manager, and</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">1 member of the LYRASIS Board of Directors.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Again, I am pleased to invite you to nominate candidates for the
<span style="background:white">Governance Board </span>representing ArchivesSpace members at the Large, Medium, and Very Small membership levels. Nominees must be staff of an ArchivesSpace member organization in either the Large, Medium, or Very Small member
levels (see the member lists at</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://www.archivesspace.org/members"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#1155CC">http://www.archivesspace.org/members</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">).
Nominees should also have administrative and fiscal oversight experience, characteristics typical of a Director or Associate Director.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nominations must be received by May 22. Each nomination should be supported by a statement by the candidate that briefly describes the nominee’s interest in and qualifications for serving on the ArchivesSpace
Governance Board. An election will be held soon after the slate of candidates is constructed.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I look forward to receiving a nomination from you. Please send it to Bradley Westbrook (brad.westbrook@<a href="http://lyrasis.org/"><span style="color:#3B73AF">lyrasis.org</span></a>), the ArchivesSpace
Program Manager, who will collect nominations on behalf of the Nominations Committee.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Cordially,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Carol A. Mandel<br>
Chair, ArchivesSpace Nominations Committee<br>
Dean, Division of Libraries, New York University</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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