[Fiware-associate-member] IMPORTANT: Election of remarkable individuals as members of the FIWARE Technical Steering Committee

[Juanjo Hierro (personal)]

Dear organization member representative or individual member,

   According to the FIWARE bylaws 
<https://www.fiware.org/foundation/bylaws/>, The FIWARE TSC is the body 
where technical decisions are taken and follows up on the evolution of 
the different FIWARE components (incubated or consolidated).  Also where 
technical roadmap discussions take place.  The FIWARE Technical Steering 
Committee (TSC) shall be renewed on a yearly basis and this mail is to 
report on progress of the current elections under way and also give you 
the chance to participate and candidate for some seats allocated to 
remarkable individuals of the Community allocated in this important 
FIWARE Community governance body.

   The FIWARE TSC is composed by:

  * **One representative of each Platinum Member (PM)**
  * ******Two representatives of each FIWARE Chapter, elected by the
    corresponding FIWARE Chapter Active Contributors**
  * **Remarkable Individual Members elected by the whole group of
    Chapter Active Contributors, up to one third of the number of
    Chapter Leaders plus PM representatives.**

   Election of FIWARE TSC seats take place in two rounds:

  * First round, representatives of FIWARE Chapters
  * Second round, remarkable individuals are elected

   The first step in the election process has been completed with the 
election of representatives of the several FIWARE Chapters.   Only 
active contributors to each chapter could present their candidatures to 
these seats.  Results of this phase can be found here 
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vAtbecefEe334XBmLi18y5ov0lVf6yA5/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115453639179713725602&rtpof=true&sd=true>.

   Since we have 6 Platinum members and 11x2 representatives from 
chapters, we would have up to 9 = (6 + 22) / 3 seats for remarkable 
individuals that can be assigned.

   This will take place in two steps:

    1. Reception of Candidatures:

      o If you wish to candidate for a seat, please add your candidature
        to this document
        <https://docs.google.com/document/d/18CRVSqmlNezx77i7Iw5cubJ9w6EaRbEx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115453639179713725602&rtpof=true&sd=true>.  
        As you will see, there is a space for you to provide a pitch. 
        You can check the list of candidates to remarkable individuals
        2023
        <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CKV2tJ_OPJ-yWGIBuid4L50prWBQddP_/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115453639179713725602&rtpof=true&sd=true>
        to check some of the pitches that were made in last election you
        can take as case examples.
      o Deadline for reception of candidatures: August 26th, 17:00 CET

    2. Election among candidates:

      o A voting process will be set up for FIWARE Chapter Active
        Contributors to cast their vote on candidatures if there are
        more candidates than available seats.  This process will be
        kicked-off on August 27th
      o Deadline for voting (if voting is required): Sunday September
        8th, EOD


   The final list of FIWARE TSC members will be announced during the 
week of September 25th.

   Note that election of remarkable individuals is open to any 
individual member of the FIWARE Foundation, despite voting on candidates 
is limited to FIWARE Chapter Active Contributors. They are expected to 
be candidates that meet merits in terms of relevant contribution to the 
development of the FIWARE ecosystem and should be able to contribute to 
technical discussions at the FIWARE TSC.    Note that candidates should 
bear in mind that the FIWARE TSC members are expected to meet on a 
weekly basis.  At this moment, these meetings take place every Monday 
from 10:30 to 12:30 CET (Central European Time). We expect FIWARE TSC 
members to join regularly and participate actively in the discussions.  
   Therefore, abstain to candidate if you are not able to commit enough 
of your time. Besides, FIWARE TSC members are expected to participate as 
individual and see for the interest of FIWARE and the FIWARE Community, 
not representing the interest of the organization they work for.   In 
this respect, as individual FIWARE Foundation members they are committed 
to follow the FIWARE Code of Conduct 
<https://www.fiware.org/foundation/code-of-conduct/> (note that you may 
run as candidate even if you are not yet individual member but you have 
to become individual member to make your election valid).

   Last but not least, I would like to take advantage to remind that you 
don't need to be FIWARE TSC member to attend its meetings.  Everyone in 
the FIWARE Community is welcome to join the FIWARE TSC meetings since 
they are public.  This is always a great opportunity to follow-up on 
progress of the different FIWARE components and roadmap plans.  You can 
find all the minutes of previous FIWARE TSCs and information how to 
connect here 
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11zZAv7l3FCr0a0I_UoC39S6dwdjC2x7ydmPeH61-X74/edit?usp=sharing>.

   Best regards,

   Juan José Hierro

   Chairman
   FIWARE Technical Steering Committee
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