FOLIO strives to have a diverse representation on each of the councils. This includes size, type, and locale of each organization who may be represented in the elections and the individuals who are to be elected.
A detailed discussion of the election process is available in the Governance document
Community Council
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The nomination period has ended.
Dates
Nominations will be collected from February 12, 2021 through February 25, 2021
Voting will be open from February 26, 2021 through March 12, 2021
Nominees
THANK YOU to all of the nominees for their interest in helping FOLIO become its best.
As of February 24, 2021, the following individuals have been nominated:
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• Assoc. Dean for Information Resources, managing 8 units and ~70 people
• Extensive budgeting & fiscal oversight experience
• Product Council member, chair 2018/19
• Convener, Implementers Group
• Member of Vision & Strategy Group
I look forward to addressing issues beyond the scope of the current PC, particularly the financial resources needed to make FOLIO the premiere library services platform. I will strive to make coordination and communication priorities as the FOLIO community expands.
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Stanford is new to FOLIO, and I want to bring the energy and fresh perspective of a new adopter to the Community Council. I have a history of building productive communities in libraries & OSS:
* AUL at Stanford Libraries
* Founder of IIIF
* Co-founder of Samvera, Fedora Repository, and LD4 (linked data) communities
* First adopter and major supporter of Blacklight
* Steering Group (past or present) for Open Repositories, PASIG, VIVO, IIPC
* Board of Directors experience for three lib orgs
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Head of LMS Group. hbz is a non-profit service provider with lots of expertise in supporting libraries, implementation projects and hosting.
• First hbz library will go-live in July 2021
• Member of the FOLIO Community since the beginning
• Project Lead FOLIO + GOKb at hbz
• Product Council, Vision + Strategy Group, Stakeholder, OLF Community Outreach
• Working within diff. SIGs, ERM
• German FOLIO Days
My goal is to serve the evolving needs of the community and establish a sustainable FOLIO.
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• Eager to assist FOLIO to become the ultimate system of choice
• Lehigh in OLE since 2008 – full FOLIO live since Aug. 20
• Member of FOLIO Governance TF, FOLIO Stakeholders, current FOLIO SMLLC Manager
• In TS, Collections, and management roles led multiple migrations and collaborative innovation of library systems
• SCRUM Master, former Director of ISNI Assignment Agency
• Member of PALCI, EAST, Project ReShare steering committees. Convener the Controlled Digital Lending Implementers group
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Leander Seige is Head of Digital Services at Leipzig University Library (LUL) since 2011. He is committed to a general open source and open access strategy. In 2014, he led the implementation of VuFind at state level in Saxony and today he manages the FINC community of VuFind operators in Germany. Leander Seige represents LUL on the OLE board. Under his leadership, LUL was one of the first libraries in Germany to implement FOLIO. He is an active member of the IIIF community and he loves to code.
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- Head of Digital Library Services and deputy director of the University Library Mainz
- Over 20 years experience in managing library IT infrastructure and services
- Technical responsibility for various OS based development projects
- Finding the role in bridging the gap between technical aspects and the management perspective
- Speaker of FOLIO working groups for the HeBIS network and Rhineland-Palatinate, representative in Product Council and OLE Board
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Results
The following fifteen individuals have been elected to the inaugural Community Council as of March 15, 2021:
- Kathleen Berry
- Rachel Besara
- Tom Cramer
- Mike Gorrell
- Dracine Hodges
- Ian Ibbotson
- Harry Kaplanian
- Kirstin Kemner-Heek
- Marko Knepper
- Keven Liu
- Boaz Nadav Manes
- Maike Osters
- Leander Seige
- Paula Sullenger
- Simeon Warner
Product Council Election
The Product Council is will be seeking nominees who have deep experience with one or more of:
- Strong collaboration skills, able to drive decisions that champion the interests of the community and project
- Leadership experience
- Library management systems and library workflows
- Library system specification and implementation
- Prioritizing features in an environment of many competing interests
- Traditional software product management, market analysis, etc.
- Planning and executing software development projects, product ownership, project management
- Agile software development methodologies, including Epic, Feature and Story creation
- Knowledge of recent library operations and future needs
- Experience with defining functional requirements and understanding of technical requirements
- Knowledge of FOLIO features and functionality as it applies to daily operational use
- Participating in and/or managing open community governance
Dates
The Product Council election is planned for May 2021.
Technical Council Election
The Technical Council will be seeking nominees who have deep experience with one or more of:
- Strong collaboration skills, able to drive decisions that champion the interests of the community and project
- Deep understanding of software development processes and technologies required for a modern services oriented application
- Agile software development methodologies, including Epic, Feature and Story creation
- Knowledge of DevOps and Quality tools and processes
- Experience with FOLIO’s code-base, technologies and development processes
- Frequent contributor to FOLIO’s code-base
- Experience managing technology, technical debt, and competing priorities
- Participating in and/or managing open community governance
- Library management systems and library workflows
- Leadership of development or other technical teams
Dates
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