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Nomination

AC = Active Contributor PL = Project Leaders PC = Official Project Channels Project = SciCat Project vote = Voting

Description

Any Project Active Contributor meeting the eligibility criteria can be nominated as candidate to fill the open position, except when a direct replacement is being appointed under the Direct Replacement procedure. He or she may be asked to sustain one or more interviews with or make a presentations to any of the Project governance entities. The course of action will be decided by the current Project Leaders together with the Steering Committee on per-nomination and per-position case. The eligibility criteria are described in the governance document of the related entity.

Process

Candidates for open positions as Project Leader should follow this process:

  • the open position should be advertised through the Official Project Channels.
  • a set date should be indicated when nomination will be accepted.
  • the nomination period will be one month starting from the set date.
  • candidate nomination should be submitted by one or, preferably, both the following methods:
  • direct email to one or more Project Leaders or Steering Committee members
  • a posting on the Official Project Channels.
  • each candidate should have the support from at least two other project members. One of them should be from a different institution.
  • the nomination can be initiate directly by the candidate or by one of the contributing organizations.
  • the nomination becomes official when listed in the relevant file under roles/

Elections will then be held as described in the voting procedure.

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