[chrisplough]

All,

In December the OTM SIG will be holding elections to determine the new Board for 2010-2011. I highly encourage everyone to participate, either by running for a Board position (you can do it!) or by voting.

First - if you'd like to know more about the election process, please join the next OTM SIG quarterly call on Tuesday December 8th. Full details are available here:

http://www.otmfaq.com/forums/f69/otm...0-am-est-2641/ (OTM SIG Functional call (US) on 12/08/09 (Tuesday @ 11:00 am EST))

For those that would like to participate on the OTM SIG Board, please fill out the attached Candidate Form and return to Christine Hilgert (her email is in the document), by December 18th. I highly encourage you to run. The available positions are:

• NA based User (6)
• EU based User (1)
• APAC based User (1)
• Consultant (3)

Of these, one User Board Member (not a Consultant) will be the Chairperson. It is vitally important that we get enough User members to ensure that the community is both lead and driven by OTM Users.

Download:
OTMSIG_CandidateForm.doc

Now for everyone else, I encourage you to vote. This will determine the leadership of the OTM SIG Board, which directly affects your user community. Please note that you must register with OAUG prior to the election to be eligible to vote. I've listed out the steps (with screenshots) below:

• Go to http://www.oaug.org/
• On the right upper side: click on "my oaug profile" (if you don't have one, you will create one here)
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• You will use your OAUG log in and password or put in your email and click no, create a profile.
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• You will need to update your profile. If you are creating one, please follow the prompts.
• On the 3rd page, you will find where the Geo and SIGs are located. Click the "send Special Interest Group Info" and All SIGs
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• Scroll down until you reach OTM SIG and check it.
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• You must hit continue until you reach the final page with "update". Click update and you will be signed up to receive information about OTM and have the ability to vote.
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If you have any questions about the process, please contact Regina Robuck, OAUG at rrobuck@oaug.com or 404.760.2887.

[chrisplough]

BTW - the OTM SIG quarterly call (December 8th) that covers this topic has been posted and you can see it here:

http://www.otmfaq.com/forums/f69/otm...ecordings-784/ (OTM SIG Conference Calls - Recordings)

--Chris

[chrisplough]

Just as an update - the elections kicked off a bit late, as there were some technical difficulties. They are currently running, however, and close on February 3rd. If you're a member of the OAUG, you should have received an email with a URL to login.

If you haven't and you are a member of the OAUG, then I'd recommend contacting Caleb Warner to resolve.

Good luck to all and I can't wait to see who's on the next Board!

--Chris