[MEI-L] MEI Board elections – call for nominations

[Benjamin W. Bohl]

Dear MEI Community,

on December 31, 2016, the terms of three MEI board members will come to an end. The entire Board wishes to thank Axel Teich Geertinger, Eleanor Selfridge-Field, and Johannes Kepper for their dedication to the MEI community. Additional gratitude is due Johannes for his leadership as Chair of the Board.

In order to fill these soon-to-be-vacant positions, elections must be held. The election process will take place in accordance with the Music Encoding Initiative By-Laws.[1]

Nominations

- Nominations can be sent to elections at music-encoding.org between November 21 - December 19, 2016.
- Individuals who have previously served on the Board are eligible for re-appointment.
- Any person who subscribes to MEI-L has the right to nominate candidates and/or be a candidate.
- Self nominations are welcome.
- Individuals will be informed of their nomination and asked to confirm their willingness to serve on the Board.
- Acceptance of a nomination requires submission of a short CV and a personal statement of interest in MEI (a maximum of 200 words each) to elections at music-encoding.org by December 28, 2016.

Election

- The voting period will be open from January 1 - January 15, 2017.
- The election will take place using OpaVote and the Ranked Choice Voting method (https://www.opavote.com/methods/ranked-choice-voting).
- You will be informed about the election and your individual voting tokens in a separate e-mail.

The selection of Board members is an opportunity for each of you to have a voice in determining the future of MEI. Keep MEI open!

Benjamin W. Bohl
MEI Elections Officer 2016
by appointment of the MEI-Board

[1] The By-laws of the Music Encoding Initiative are available online at: http://music-encoding.org/community/mei-organization/mei-by-laws/