Dear VCF Membership, It is time once again for the VCF-MA annual Steering Committee member election! There are three seats becoming vacant; Alex Jacocks and myself have reached the end of our terms, and Doug Crawford was a temporary appointment following Tony Bogan's resignation and is automatically up for election as per the by-laws. Nominations are now open. The election will be held according to section 4 and 5 of our published by-laws (copied below, full document available here: https://vcfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/VCFMA-Charter-Jul2022.pdf). Anyone who directly received this message is eligible to vote. Current members of this mailing list in good standing are eligible to submit nominations for Committee member candidates. Nominations can be made by simply communicating the nomination via e-mail to a current Committee member: Alexander Jacocks - alex.jacocks@vcfed.org, Dave McGuire - dave.mcguire@vcfed.org, Douglas Crawford - douglas.crawford@vcfed.org, Jason Perkins - jason.perkins@vcfed.org, or Chris Fala - chris.fala@vcfed.org). Members may also self-nominate. To be eligible for the election, the prospective nominee must then accept the nomination by replying in the affirmative to the nomination email. One nomination per member can be made. Nominations will close on November 23th. An updated list of eligible nominees will be published regularly. Voting will commence on November 26th, and will close at 11:59pm on December 7th. Winners will be announced on December 10th during the Town hall event at our annual VCF Holiday celebration. *This is your chance to help steer the direction of VCF Mid-Atlantic! Nominate someone and vote in the upcoming election!* Sincerely, Chris Fala Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Steering Committee of the Vintage Computer Federation 4. COMMITTEE ELECTIONS Steering committee membership includes representation of VCF membership, as determined by the VCF governing board and VCF-MA sponsored elections. - The committee membership will be determined by elections to be held on a yearly basis (currently November). - Committee membership is ideally comprised of five people but may vary due to changing circumstances. Any committee vote to determine an increase in committee members shall be held within six months after a new election cycle. - A minimum of one seat will be up for election in every cycle, unless additional vacancies create the need for additional seats to be filled, in which case all vacant seats will be up for election in that cycle. - In the event of a tie, a two-week runoff election will be held. - If a tie still exists after the runoff, the non-running committee members will determine a winner. - In the event of a committee tie, the current chairperson or chair delegate will determine the winner. - Nominations for committee members can be made by current members in good standing simply by communicating the nomination to a committee member. One nomination per member can be made. Said members may also self-nominate. - In the case of off-cycle vacancies, the committee may move, without a public election, to appoint by simple majority vote new committee members to fill the seats until the next scheduled election. - A committee chairperson will be appointed by the committee members within 30 days of each completed election cycle. At that time a recording secretary will be selected. - Prospective committee members should be knowledgeable in some aspect of computing, preferably vintage computers, and show a demonstrated interest in vintage computing, computing history, and museum management and governance. - In order to be sufficiently aware and have proper perspective of museum and warehouse issues, prospective committee members should be able to physically attend VCF events at least quarterly and attend meetings regularly. 5. VCF MEMBERSHIP VCF general membership is open and granted to anyone who joins the mailing list. Voting rights will be granted to active list members who join no less than 30 days before an election.