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INCITS
InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
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Action Requested

Date: January 17, 2006
Ref. Docs: in050926, in051023
Reply to: Jennifer T. Garner
Phone: (202) 626-5737
email: jgarner@itic.org
cc: P. Jeran, INCITS/W1 Chairman
      C. Zeller, INCITS/W1 International Representative

To: Members, INCITS/W1
INCITS Standards Development Board
Subject: Status of Officer Position - International Representative for INCITS/W1, Office Equipment - Two Calls for Volunteers Closed Without Response


Background

The term of office of the current INCITS/W1 International Representative, Dr. Claude Zeller, will expire in April 2006. Two calls for volunteers to serve as International Representative for INCITS/W1, Office Equipment, have closed without response:


Requested INCITS/W1 Member Action

Members of INCITS/W1 are requested to consider volunteering to serve as the International Representative.  Officers must actively support the administrative structure that ensures due process to all participants, assists in reaching consensus and protects the accreditation of the entire system. [There is no limit to the number of terms an individual may serve. There is a rule prohibiting one individual from being appointed to two or more offices of the same committee simultaneously.]

The INCITS/RD-2, Organization and Procedures of INCITS, generally describes officers' responsibilities, and a more detailed list of duties has been compiled in the INCITS/RD-3, Officers' Guide.

Those willing to make this commitment must submit three written statements in support of their candidacy:

  1. A one-page statement of experience, indicating the volunteer's expertise in the subgroup's program of work, voluntary standards efforts, committee experience and leadership abilities (to be forwarded to the INCITS Subgroup for an advisory ballot if there is more than one candidate).

  2. A statement of management support for a three-year term on company letterhead acknowledging the additional workload, financial resources and duties required of an officer over and above that of a technical participant.  This statement must be signed by the candidate's management and submitted on their organization's letterhead.

    3. The statement of management support for the three-year term is a good faith commitment, not a legal binding commitment. If future circumstances require the applicant to resign from the office before the term has been fulfilled, this will be accepted without prejudice.

  3. A statement as to whether or not the candidate is a representative of a U.S. domiciled organization.

Statements from candidates wishing to serve as the INCITS/CS1 International Representative should be sent to the attention of Jennifer Garner (jgarner@itic.org).


Potential INCITS SDB Action

In the event that a candidate has not been identified prior to the April 25, 2006 meeting of the INCITS Standards Development Board, the status of this vacant officer position will be addressed at the meeting.