[MEI-L] Call for Candidaates & MEI Board Election

[Johannes Kepper]

Dear Community,

I can't resist to respond to this E-Mail, since this is probably one of the most important moments in the history of MEI. We do have by-laws now, which shows both the maturity that MEI has gained over the last few years and the appreciation it gets from the larger scholarly community. It is astounding to see where we stand when looking back where we were only five years ago, and together with Perry, I would like to thank all of you for your contributions, endurance, and passion about MEI. I'm especially proud that we reached this by consensus, which has been Perry's wise guiding principle since the very beginning of MEI. This is really a great community achievement!

However, I would like to highlight the hard work that our "strategy group" had with moderating us, preparing drafts, revising them, and keep everything on track. Without your dedication, it wouldn't have been possible – thank you Christine, Giuliano, Axel, Laurent, Andrew, Dave, Anna and especially Benni. 

For now, I can only encourage people to stand for election for the new Board. MEI needs your input now, and it seems clear that we need a lot of input from non-technicians as well. Even if you don't know all 50+ attributes a note may have in MEI right away, you definitely have some skills that others may not have. In Charlottesville we agreed that we will continue our technical team as a separate group, so there is no reason to not stand for election. Our community spreads across different fields of scholarship, and I believe we need that diversity in the Board as well. 

All the best,
Johannes



Am 13.11.2014 um 18:21 schrieb Benjamin Wolff Bohl <bohl at edirom.de>:

> Dear MEI-L:isteners,
> thank you very much for some more discussion and help in finalizing the MEI By-laws!
> The document mostly stayed as it was, except for a few typo corrections. Two comments with regard to contents have been left unimplemented; but nevertheless commented and obvious for future inspection by the Board. (The document will stay available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e5eyFeiW6-yscOoBLw9gotzWGA7D_7JBZHiWu5c13eA/edit?usp=sharing)
> 
> With this said it is my pleasure to bring to you the
> 
> **Call for Candidates for the first MEI Board elections**
> **open until 11 December 2014**
> **places to fill: 9 (nine)**
> 
> To cite from our to be by-laws:
> "In order to determine a range of candidates, a four-week nomination phase will precede the elections, in which self-nominations are permitted. Individuals will be informed of their nomination and asked to confirm their willingness to serve on the Board determined. Elections will be held in a timely manner after determination of a final list of candidates. A ranked voting system without minimum voter turnout will be applied.
> Each member holding Personal Membership in MEI has the right to vote in Board member elections."
> 
> Some personal notes:
> - Anybody receiving this E-Mail via MEI-L is both eligible and has the right to nominate candidates, as by definition subscription to MEI-L (no matter how long or short) makes us members to the community.
> - Self nominations are welcome.
> - Please be aware that a short CV and a personal statement/commitment to MEI (each with a maximum of 200 words) can be provided by the candidates for publication on music-encoding.org. Deadline for submission ends with the Call for Candidates.
> 
> The **election** will take place in a timely manner after the the end of the Call for Candidates. Our hope is to hold elections it the subsequent week (**December 15 to 22**). More details on how to vote and the precise voting system will reach you during the next weeks.
> 
> With all the best wishes on behalf of the
> MEI Interim Steering Group, and
> MEI Strategy Development Group,
> 
> Benjamin W. Bohl
> - Keeper - MEI Strategy Development Group
> 
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