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                        FTSC INFORMATION
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              2015 FTSC election, call for nominations
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An election for FTSC standing members starts on Sunday 25th of October
2015 at 20:00 UTC.

As per FTA-1000.002 the number of FTSC members should be no less than
7 and no more than 30. Presently there are 14 FTSC members, 7 of them
have their term expire this year. That leaves room for a maximum of
30-(14-7)=23 members to be (re)elected.


From FTA-1001.007

  3.2 FTSC Standing Members
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  FTSC members are appointed for a two year renewable term.  [50 % of
  appointments on initial formation of the FTSC shall be for a 3 year
  renewable term, to ensure continuity of the Committee on expiry of
  the terms.]

  To be selected as a FTSC member, an individual must be a Fidonet
  node, and should be actively involved in Fidonet. Examples include
  having put out a Fidonet-related product or having updated a product
  in the preceding two years, or having experience as a Coordinator,
  Echomail Coordinator or mail or file Hub.

  Standing members may be nominated Fidonet-wide by all of the
  following methods:

  1. Any RC.
  2. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the FTSC.
  3. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the ZCC.

  A nominating committee may not consist of any current member or
  officer of the FTSC.

  Standing members are appointed on the basis of a vote by all RCs
  who are nodelisted as holding those positions at the time the
  nominations are published. A successful candidate must receive
  approval by a majority of votes.

  Publication of the nomination and the voting procedure, and posting
  of RC votes, shall take place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and
  voting shall close three weeks after publication of the vote.


The status of RC's will be determined by nodelist.298 for Zones that
issue a daily nodelist. For other zones by nodelist.296. In both cases
by the list as issued by the ZC in the zone where they reside.

All RCs and members of a nominating committee are hereby
invited to nominate members. Nominations must be posted in the
FTSC_PUBLIC echo.

Nominations start at Sunday, 25 October 2015. 20:00 UTC and end at
Sunday 8 November 2015, 20:00 UTC.

Nominators are advised to sound out prospective nominees before
filing a nomination. There is little or no point in nominating
someone that has not shown interest and expressed willingness to
accept.

Note to candidates: The main task of the FTSC is to document current
practise. Contrary to what the name suggests, the FTSC does not create
standards out of the blue. Current Fidonet practise evolves and when
it has stabilized, it may become a standard through FTSC documentation
Also, the FTSC is not an enforcement body. Those who wish to join the
FTSC in order to "engineer Fidonet" may be in for a disappointment.
Our main job is that of a clerk. We write the technical manual, we do
not design the machine. To avoid disappointment, sysops interested in
joining the FTSC are strongly advised to read the following documents:

http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1000.002
http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1001.007


Michiel van der Vlist
FTSC Election Coordinator

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       2015 FTSC standing member election, time frame
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Submission of nominations:
Sunday, 25 Oct 2015, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 8 Nov 2015, 20:00 UTC

Acceptance of nominations by candidates:
Right after nomination - Sunday, 15 Nov 2015, 20:00 UTC

Candidates MUST accept in FTSC_PUBLIC in order to qualify, with the
exception of self nominees.

Candidates MAY campaign in FTSC_PUBLIC right after accepting their
nomination. Everyone may challenge the candidates.

Submission of votes:
Sunday, 15 Nov 2015, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 29 Nov 2015, 20:00 UTC

Contesting of votes:
Sunday, 29 Nov 2015, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 6 Dec 2015, 20:00 UTC

If no contest: installation of new members:
Monday 7 Dec 2015.


Michiel van der Vlist
FTSC Election Coordinator

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                        FTSC Adminstator new term


My term as FTSC administrator ended 12 October 2015. I informed the
FTSC members that I was available for another term. No competing
candidates were nominated and so with the blessing of the FTSC members
I assumed another term ending 12 October 2019.


Michiel van der Vlist
FTSC Administrator


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