[lacnog] Call for LACNOG board election

[Ricardo Patara]

LACNOG Directory Board Membership Election Call for Candidates

  *** IMPORTANT ***
  This call is not related to the Program Committee elections.
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  * Important Dates: *
   - closing electoral college: November 22th 2017
   - nominations: November 22th 2017 until December 15th 2017
   - election: December 21th 2017 until January 12th 2018
   - announcement: January 20th 2018

LACNOG Directory Board calls for candidates interested to participate in the 
election process to renew THREE positions available for year 2017.

One of the positions will be elected by the community in a public vote the one 
other member will be chosen by a nominating committee (NOMCOM).

The nominations (self nominations are allowed) can be sent until December 15th, 
2017. As announced in the LACNIC 28 / LACNOG 2017 event in Montevideo, it is 
relevant for the organization to promote and receive applications from different 
countries of the region and specially from women of the community..

Candidates must send an e-mail to elecciones_lacnog en lacnog.net
writing a brief professional description and the reasons to be chosen as a 
candidate.

At the end of this period, all the names and descriptions will be announced in 
the LACNOG mailing list to allow the vote of the members of the community.
Candidates must understand and accept the responsibilities of board member, 
which are:

  * Work as a board member representing the operators in the region.
  * Moderating and collaborate on mailing lists.
  * Work on related organization, sign agreements, organize events and represent
    the organization.
  * Knowing about the details of the Statute of the organization, available in
    the LACNOG website.
  * To participate at least 50% of so-called coordination meetings to be held
    using videoconferencing, with schedules defined according to group consensus.
  * Commit an average of three hours a week to meet the assigned
    responsibilities.
  * Collaborate with the requirements placed by the working groups chairs.
  * Be able to travel with own resources or sponsored by your employer and
    participate in two annual events (one week per event) and other activities
    related to LACNOG.
  * Having documentation up to date in case of the need to travel abroad.

It is very important to note that LACNOG Statute does not allow more than one 
board member belonging to the same company or organization. Similarly, it is not 
allowed to have more than two members of the same country.

Board members remaining for this period:

Erika Vega [Colombia]
Alejandro Guzmán [Colombia]
Ricardo Patara [Brasil]
Gregorio Manzano [Venezuela]

Board members who leave or renew their charge:

Rogerio Mariano [Brasil]
Guillermo Cicileo [Argentina]
Ariel Weher [Argentina]


Nomination Committee members: (NOMCOM):

Carlos Martinez  (Nominated by Task Forces)
Christian O'Flaherty (Nominated by Task Forces)
Jorge Villa (Nominated by Program Committee)
Nicolas Antoniello (Nominated by Program Committee)
Galvão Rezende (Nominated by Program Committee)
Ricardo Patara (Nominated by Board)
Alejandro Guzman (Nominated by Board)

Best regards
-- 
Ricardo Patara
NOMCOM