Subj : FidoNews 29:45 [02/07]: Ftsc Information To : All From : FidoNews Robot Date : Mon Nov 05 2012 00:02:06 ================================================================= FTSC INFORMATION ================================================================= 2012 FTSC election, call for nominations By: Michiel van der Vlist, 2:20/0 An election for FTSC standing members starts on Sunday 4th of November 2011 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. Of the present 17 members, 8 of them had their term expire this year. That leaves room for a maximum of 30-(17-8)=21 members to be (re)elected. From FTA-1001.007 3.2 FTSC Standing Members ------------------------- 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.309 for Z2 and for the other zones by nodelist.307 as issued by the ZC in the zone where they reside. All RCs and members of the nominating committee are hereby invited to nominate members. Nominations may be posted in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo or in netmail/e-mail to the FTSC adminstrator. (2:2/20, 2:280/5555 or administrator at ftsc dot org) Nominations received by netmail or e-mail will be posted in FTSC_PUBLIC. Nominations start at Sunday, 4 November 2011. 20:00 UTC and end at Sunday 18 November 2011, 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 Administrator ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 FTSC standing member election, time frame By: Michiel van der Vlist, 2:20/0 Submission of nominations: Sunday, 4 Nov 2012, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 18 Nov 2012, 20:00 UTC Acceptance of nominations by candidates: Right after nomination - Sunday, 25 Nov 2012, 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, 25 Nov 2012, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 9 Dec 2012, 20:00 UTC Contesting of votes: Sunday, 9 Dec 2010, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 16 Dec 2012, 20:00 UTC If no contest: installation of new members: Monday 17 Dec 2010. Michiel van der Vlist FTSC Administrator ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Azure/NewsPrep 3.0 * Origin: Home of the Fidonews (2:2/2.0) .