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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">[<a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=ABT&title=Dristributed+from+Chair+of+the+Nominations+Committee+to+ArchivesSpace+Member+representatives"><span style="color:#6D1806">Distributing
for the Chair of the ArchivesSpace Nominations Committee</span></a>]</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">As chair of the 2016/17 ArchivesSpace Nominations Committee,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I am writing to
seek your nominations of candidates to stand for election for the <a href="http://www.archivesspace.org/board">
<span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">ArchivesSpace Governance Board</span></a> representing the Very Large and Small membership levels</span></strong>. Member engagement is critical to the success of ArchivesSpace, and the Board relies upon your recommendations
for strong candidates. Even if you represent a different category of membership, please consider colleagues you know at other institutions. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Only ArchivesSpace members representatives may submit a nomination. All other staff of ArchivesSpace member organizations may submit nominations through their Member Representatives.
All Member Representatives are strongly encouraged to consult with all interested colleagues within their organization. Self-nominations are also welcome if you represent a Very Large or Small member institution. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To submit a nomination, you can simply send us names and the institutional affiliation for each name, indicating whether or not you have contacted the nominee, so that a member of the
nominating committee can follow up with the nominee to confirm interest. Or you can submit a brief statement from the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>nominee that briefly describes the nominee’s interest in and qualifications for serving on the
ArchivesSpace Governance Board. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nominations must be received by 9:00 p.m. EDT Friday, April 29, 2016.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">They
may be sent to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ArchivesSpace Program Manager<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bradley Westbrook (brad.westbrook@<a href="http://lyrasis.org/"><span style="color:#3B73AF;text-decoration:none">lyrasis.org</span></a>),
who will collect nominations on behalf of the Nominations Committee.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The Nominations Committee will review all nominations and confirm a slate of nominees with the current Governance Board. An election ballot will
be circulated to member institutions in mid-May.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The current incumbents at the Very Large and Small membership levels are no longer eligible for re-election as representatives to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.archivesspace.org/board"><span style="color:#3B73AF;text-decoration:none">Governance
Board</span></a>. The terms for their successors will be July 1, 2016-June 30, 2018. Each newly elected member representative will be eligible to run for a second term, July 1, 2018-June 30, 2020.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nominees must be currently employed by an ArchivesSpace member organization in either the Very Large or Small member levels (see the member lists at<a href=":%20http:/www.archivesspace.org/members">:
http://www.archivesspace.org/members</a>).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Nominees should have administrative and fiscal oversight experience, characteristics typical of director or associate director level staff. The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Governance
Board<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is charged with providing oversight for the ArchivesSpace application and community, including fiscal oversight, the approval of development priorities, and oversight of the Technical and User Advisory councils.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To meet the needs of a broad and diverse membership in a balanced and equitable way, the Governance Board is composed of twelve members: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">9 voting members:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">5 elected members, one from each of the five membership categories;</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">3 standing members, one representing each of the three original project partners (New York University, UC San Diego, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); and</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">1 member representing the LYRASIS management team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">3 ex officio members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">ArchivesSpace Program Manager,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">LYRASIS Director of Collection Services and Community Supported Software, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">1 member of the LYRASIS Board of Directors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Please feel free to contact me or any member of our Nominations Committee with any questions. Again, nominations should be sent to Bradley Westbrook and must be received by April
29.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Thank you for your participation in this important process, which is an essential part of our identity and operations as a community-based software organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Christian Dupont<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Chair, 2016 ArchivesSpace Nominations Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Burns Librarian and Associate University Librarian for Special Collections, Boston College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">On behalf of Nominating Committee members:</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Christian Dupont, Chair (Boston College), Member, Governance Board<br>
Gordon Daines (BYU), Chair of User Advisory Council<br>
Sally Vermatten (NYU), Chair of Technical Advisory Council<br>
Stephen Hussman (University of Arizona), representing very large membership level<br>
Ed Galloway (University of Pittsburgh), representing large membership level<br>
Annie Benefiel (Grand Valley State University), representing medium membership level<br>
Margot Note (World Monuments Fund), representing small membership level<br>
Yue Ma (Museum of Chinese in America), representing very small membership level<br>
Brad Westbrook (ArchivesSpace), <em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ex officio</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:brad@archivesspace.org"><span style="color:#1F497D">brad.westbrook@lyrasis.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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