The elections for the 2009-2011 LOPSA Board of Directors has concluded.
The winners are Chris 'Ski' Kacoroski, Dan Rich, David Parter, Derek Balling, Jesse Trucks, Lois Bennett, Philip Kizer, Travis Campbell, and Trey Harris.
Not elected is Matthew Barr.
We present below the report of the independent monitor, Andrew Hume.

We would like to thank Matt Okeson-Harlow for the election infrastructure, Andrew Hume for acting as the independent monitor, and all the LOPSA members that voted.

The Leadership Committee

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Report on the 2009 election.

The 2009 LOPSA election was conducted as it has been in the past. Votes are automatically collected by software run by Matt Okeson-Harlow and at the end of the election are captured and processed by the Meek single transferable vote method. The software is available at http://www.openstv.org and the raw ballots are presented below if you'd like to run the election yourself.

LOPSA has a dot org booth at the upcoming O'Reilly 2009 OSCON (Open Source Convention) Expo 2009 July 22-23 in San Jose, Ca.

If anyone will already be attending or wants to attend but hasn't registered for it, we could really use your help (and we have a few limited passes for those assisting in the booth if registration has been your hold-up).

Please contact the Board at board@lopsa.org and let us know you want to help us out.

It's time for the LOPSA Board Elections. We have 10 candidates for 9 slots.

Vote at https://secure.grephead.com/lopsavote/ - you will need the same login & password you use here, and be a current member of LOPSA to vote.

Candidates who have offered them have statements posted at https://lopsa.org/taxonomy_menu/8/183 .

The future of LOPSA is in YOUR hands. You control who will be on the next Board. Make your voice heard - vote now!

LOPSA Board Elections are scheduled for June 8-14, 2009. We have had one candidate (Paul Lussier) drop out and now have 10 candidates. There are nine seats on the LOPSA Board.

Candidate statements are being posted to https://lopsa.org/taxonomy_menu/8/183 as they come in.

As always if you have any questions about the election, please feel free to contact the Leadership committee at leadership@lopsa.org.

Thank you.

Attached is the transcript of the March 2009 LOPSA Live session. The legal summary occupied the majority of the time with some mention of upcoming events and both calls for and offers to be volunteers to help.

The League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) is pleased to announce that Association Headquarters, LOPSA, and the USENIX Association have reached an amicable and satisfactory settlement of the lawsuits between them. As a result, all of the current lawsuits will be dismissed. The parties have agreed that all of the terms of the settlement are to remain confidential and will not be disclosed.

Click through for LOPSA's press release.

LOPSA Board elections are scheduled for June 8-14, 2009. Currently, eleven candidates are running for the nine board slots.

Self-nomination is still possible. Candidates must submit a petition no later than May 8th. Please see the previous post about self nominations.

Candidate statements will be posted to lopsa.org within in the next week or two.

The current candidates for the board are:
Derek Balling
Matthew Barr
Lois Bennett
Travis Campbell
Trey Harris
Chris "Ski" Kacoroski
Philip Kizer
Paul Lussier
David Parter
Dan Rich
Jesse Trucks

Attached is the transcript of the March 2009 LOPSA Live session.

The LOPSA Leadership Committee hereby submits a call for Board Candidate Self-Nominations.

The LOPSA Bylaws (http://governance.lopsa.org/index.php/LOPSA_Bylaws) state:
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An eligible member may stand for election to the Board if:
A petition, signed by no less than 10 (ten) members of the Association in good standing, is submitted to the Chair of the Leadership Committee, no less than 30 days prior to an election.
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We request that petitions be sent to leadership-chair@lopsa.org no later than 3/31/2009. This gives the Leadership Committee time to set the slate and start gathering candidate statements. Technically a petition can be sent through the end of April, but candidates are encouraged to submit early to be part of the initial process.