Odinn Sorensen has informed us that he wants step down as FTSC
Administrator as soon as another person is ready to take over that office.

Furthermore, a number of FTSC Standing Members have resigned.

To fill these vacancies, there will be two separate elections:

1. An election for new Standing Members.

   Number of positions to be filled:
      Not a definite number. According to FTA-1001 the FTSC shall have
      no less than 7 and no more than 30 members. Therefore a minimum of
      0 and a maximum of 11 new Standing Members may be appointed.
   Eligibility for appointment:
      See FTA-1001.
   Nominations:
      Special nominating committees are not planned at this time. Anyone
      wishing to be nominated or wishing to nominate someone should
      therefore contact a FidoNet RC or REC of their own choice,
      soliciting support for the nomination. The nomination period
      starts immediately and ends on 1998-12-10 at 24:00 UTC. RC's and
      REC's wishing to nominate someone should do so to the election
      administrator. RC's and REC's are encouraged to send their
      nominations by crash mail. If they choose to use routed netmail
      they do so on their own risk. RC's and REC's may nominate multiple
      candidates. As well from inside their respective regions as from
      outside. The election administrator shall no later than 1998-12-11
      at 24:00 UTC publish a list of the received valid nominations in
      the FTSC_PUBLIC echomail conference. The election administrator
      shall also send a copy of this list to each nodelisted RC and REC.
    Votes:
       Only votes from nodelisted RC's and REC's will be accepted
       provided that they are received by the election administrator no
       earlier than 1998-12-11 at 00:00 UTC and no later than 1998-12-31
       at 24:00 UTC. RC's and REC's are encouraged to send their votes
       by crash mail. If they choose to use routed netmail they do so on
       their own risk. Votes for Standing Members should indicate what
       candidates each voter is supporting. Only those candidates
       obtaining support from more than 50 % of the total number of RC's
       and REC's casting valid votes will be considered successfull.
       Successfull candidates will be appointed according to the total
       number of supportive votes they have received. The one with the
       highest number of supportive votes will be appointed first etc.
       If more than one successfull candidate compete for the last
       Standing Member position to be filled (making the total number of
       FTSC members equal to 30) with the same number of supportive
       votes, the ZCC will be requested to appoint theat Standing Member
       from among theses competing successfull candidates. If the ZCC
       has not communicated it's decision in the FTSC_PUBLIC echomail
       conference before 1999-01-31 at 24:00 UTC, that last position
       will remain unfilled.
    Results:
       The election administrator shall publish the election result in
       the FTSC_PUBLIC echomail conference no later than on 1999-01-07
       at 24:00 UTC. In case of a tie about the last position to be
       filled this result may be supplemented by the ZCC decision as
       above no later than 1999-01-31 at 24:00 UTC.
   Term of office:
       Elected candidates will be appointed for a period that ends
       2000-09-30.


2. An election for a new FTSC Administrator.

   Number of positions to be filled:
      1
   Responsibilities:
      See FTA-1001.
   Elegibility for appointment:
      See FTA-1001.
   Nominations:
      Anyone wishing to be nominated or wishing to nominate someone
      should therefore contact a current FTSC Standing Member (who has
      not resigned) of their own choice, soliciting support for the
      nomination. The nomination period starts immediately and ends on
      1998-12-10 at 24:00 UTC. FTSC Standing Members wishing to nominate
      someone should do so to the election administrator. FTSC Standing
      Members area encouraged to send their nominations by crash mail.
      If they choose to use routed netmail they do so on their own risk.
      FTSC Standing Members may nominate multiple candidates. The
      election administrator shall no later than 1998-12-11 at 24:00 UTC
      publish a list of the received valid nominations in the
      FTSC_PUBLIC echomail conference. The election administrator shall
      also send a copy of this list to each current Standing Member of
      the FTSC.
   Votes:
      Only votes from FTSC Standing Members as per current version of
      FTA-1003 who have not resigned from their position will be
      accepted provided that they are received by the election
      administrator no earlier than 1998-12-11 at 00:00 UTC and no later
      than 1998-12-31 at 24:00 UTC. FTSC Standing Members are encouraged
      to send their votes by crash mail. If they choose to use routed
      netmail they do so on their own risk.
   Results:
      The election administrator shall publish the election result in
      the FTSC_PUBLIC echomail conference no later than 1999-01-07 at
      24:00 UTC.
   Term of office:
      The elected candidate will be appointed for a period that ends
      2002-12-31.


As election administrator for both elections, Mario Mur‚ has been appointed.

FidoNet address: Mario Mure', 2:335/533
Internet address: mure{at}sistemia.it


"Nodelisted RC" is interpreted as anyone in the FidoNet nodelist
(current on 1998-12-11) shown as the operator of a system with the Region
keyword as per FTS-5.

"Nodelisted REC" is interpreted as the first person in the
FidoNet nodelist (current on 1998-12-11) identified as the REC of her/his
region. Identification by a REC user flag in the nodelist is the preferred
way for identification.

If any single person occupies both the RC and the REC position for her/his
region, she/he is entitled to two votes.

FTA documents can be file requested from 2:236/77 or downloaded from
http://www.goldware.dk/ftsc. They can also be found on a number of FidoNet
systems as well as on a number of ftp and web servers worldwide.

The more important sections from FTA-1001 and FTA-1003 are reproduced below.


From FTA-1001:

  3.1 FTSC Administrator
  ----------------------

  The FTSC administrator is appointed for a four year renewable term.

  To be eligible for appointment, an individual must be a Fidonet
  node, be actively involved in Fidonet, though not necessarily in a
  programming context, and should have proven organizational skills. A
  candidate need not be a member of the FTSC. It is recommended that a
  successful candidate not carry any *C or *EC responsibilities during
  the term of office.

  A candidate for FTSC Administrator may be nominated by any Standing
  Member.

  The FTSC Administrator is appointed on the basis of a vote by all
  Standing Members who are defined by the then-current edition of
  FTA-1003 (FTSC Membership List). A successful candidate must receive
  approval by at least a plurality of votes.

  Publication of the nominations and the voting procedure shall take
  place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and voting shall close three
  weeks after publication of the vote. Votes shall be by netmail
  ballot to an independent enumerator.

  Responsibilities:

  1. Ensuring FTSC Mandate is adhered to.
  2. Facilitating communications links between members.
  3. Maintaining document distribution links.
  4. Coordinating all membership nominations and voting.
  5. Developing Working Groups as required.
  6. Ensuring that the FTSC seeks, accepts and responds to public
     input.
  7. Assigning FSP numbers to new Standards Proposals.


  3.2 FTSC Standing Members
  -------------------------

  FTSC members are appointed for a two year renewable term.  [50 % of
  appointments on initial formation of the FTSC shall be for a 3 year
  renewable term, to ensure continuity of the Committee on expiry of
  the terms.]

  To be selected as a FTSC member, an individual must be a Fidonet
  node, and should be actively involved in Fidonet. Examples include
  having put out a Fidonet-related product or having updated a product
  in the preceding two years, or having experience as a Coordinator,
  Echomail Coordinator or mail or file Hub.

  Standing members may be nominated Fidonet-wide by all of the
  following methods:

  1. Any RC or REC.
  2. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the FTSC.
  3. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the ZCC.

  A nominating committee may not consist of any current member or
  officer of the FTSC.

  Standing members are appointed on the basis of a vote by all RCs and
  RECs who are nodelisted as holding those positions at the time the
  nominations are published. A successful candidate must receive
  approval by a majority of votes.

  Publication of the nomination and the voting procedure, and posting
  of RC and REC votes, shall take place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC
  echo, and voting shall close three weeks after publication of the
  vote.


From FTA-1003 (indications as to what members have resigned have been added):

1. FTSC Administrator
---------------------

  Odinn Sorensen, 2:236/77, appointed until 01 Dec 2001.


2. FTSC Standing Members
------------------------

  Name                    Node        What       Appointed until
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  Richard Bash            1:231/45                   01 Oct 1999  Resigned
  Ron Bemis               1:124/1113                 01 Oct 1999
  Mike Bilow              1:323/107   FP-OS/2        01 Oct 2000
  Craig Box               3:774/950                  01 Oct 2000  Resigned
  Tobias Burchhardt       2:2448/400  FastEcho       01 Oct 2000
  Goran Eriksson          2:201/505                  01 Oct 1999
  Bjorn Felten            2:203/208                  01 Oct 1999
  Zorch Frezberg          1:205/0                    01 Oct 1999
  Joaquim Homrighausen    2:201/330   Frodo          01 Oct 2000
  Rune Johansen           2:210/20                   01 Oct 2000  Resigned
  Peter Karlsson          2:206/221   Announcer      01 Oct 1999
  Andreas Klein           2:2480/47   Imail          01 Oct 2000
  Michael McCabe          1:297/11    FNS            01 Oct 1999
  Gary Price              1:3607/26   TriBBS         01 Oct 1999
  Carlos Fernandez Sanz   2:341/70    CFRoute        01 Oct 2000
  Tom Schlangen           2:2450/10   BT-XE          01 Oct 2000  Resigned
  Benjamin Schollnick     1:2613/477  QuickBBS       01 Oct 2000
  Odinn Sorensen          2:236/77    GoldED         01 Oct 2000
  Jason Steck             1:285/424   Jmail          01 Oct 1999
  Robert Szarka           1:320/42    WaterGate      01 Oct 2000
  Francois Thunus         2:270/25                   01 Oct 1999  Resigned
  Colin Turner            2:443/13                   01 Oct 1999
  Thomas Waldmann         2:2474/400  BT-XE          01 Oct 2000
  Mats Wallin             2:201/329   FDAPX          01 Oct 2000 



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