ACTION REQUESTED

Date:	January 28, 2008
Responses Due:	February 28, 2008
Reply to:	Jennifer Garner
Phone:	(202) 626-5737
Email:	jgarner@itic.org

To:	Mr. Tom Albin - For Distribution to the Members of the INCITS Study Group on Accessibility (US TAG to the JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A)) INCITS Executive Board Members - For Information
Subject:	Call for Volunteers - US Candidate for Convener, JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A)

The term of the current JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) Convener, Ms. Karen Higginbottom, will expire following the November 2008 JTC 1 Plenary.  This call for volunteers to serve as the US candidate for JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) Convener is being issued to the members of the INCITS Study Group on Accessibility (the US TAG to JTC 1 SWG-A) to identify a US candidate for endorsement at the June 2008 meeting of the JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility and will close on February 28, 2008.

Any member of the US TAG meeting the requirements set forth below is welcome to volunteer to serve. Before one considers doing so, however, the commitment in time and responsibilities should be considered. 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.

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

1. A statement of experience, indicating the volunteer's expertise in the subgroup's program of work, voluntary standards efforts, committee experience and leadership abilities. 
   
   
2. A statement indicating that the volunteer's organization is a member in good standing of the associated US TAG.
   
   
3. 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 organizational letterhead.

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.


4. A statement indicating that the candidate is a representative of a US domiciled organization.