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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It gives me great pleasure to open the election process for OSSG leadership. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This is the second time the OSSG has had the opportunity to elect leadership since the OSSG began nearly three years ago. </span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333;background:white'>The term for this position will begin at the Kilo Summit in Paris (November 2014) and end at the 'L' Summit in Vancouver (May 2015). The elected leader will be responsible for holding a new election to fill the OSSG Lead position for the following term. There are no term limits (an individual may be re-elected as many times as the community chooses).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Any member of the election electorate (see wiki for details) can propose his/her candidacy for the same election. No nomination is required. They do so by sending an email to the openstack-security@lists.openstack.org mailing-list, using the subject: "OSSG Lead Candidacy". The email may include a description of the candidate platform. The candidacy is then confirmed by one of the election officials, after verification of the electorate status of the candidate.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Please read more at the wiki entry here: <a href="http://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Security/OSSG_Lead_Election_Fall_2014">http://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Security/OSSG_Lead_Election_Fall_2014</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thank you all for being a part of the community and good luck to all the candidates!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-Rob</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#8496B0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>