It has passed more than a year since the last election of the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) were held – also because the SteerCo has missed the actual deadlines. Nominations are now open at LUGNET [3]. All nominations must be received and recorded by November 14. Elections will be held from November 17 ‘til November 30.

The LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) is responsible for maintaining semi-regular internal discussions on pending file format issues, the overall progress of the LDraw file format and new or proposed developments made by different LDraw-based software authors. They adopt new official standards by voting on them, and publish documentation on LDraw.org following such a decision. The LSC has documented and will document past, current and future LDraw File Formats.

To be eligible for LSC membership, per the LSC Final Draft [4], you must fulfill at least one of the following:

• Authored at least two LDraw parts subsequently released in an Official LDraw.org Parts Update
• Served as a reviewer on the Parts Tracker through at least 2 official parts updates, and posted at least 5 reviews in at least two updates since their initial participation
• Authored a software program that is compliant with either the LDraw 1.0.0 specs or another spec published by the LSC
• Petition for nomination as an LSC candidate approved by 2 current LSC members
• Petition for nomination as an LSC candidate made to the LSC by at least 5 others eligible to be LSC candidates

In the event that an Official LDraw.org Parts Update has not been released for more than six months the following criteria substitute the activity on the LDraw Parts Tracker listed above:

• Authored at least two LDraw parts which have been submitted to the Parts Tracker and subsequently marked Certified
• Served as a reviewer on the Parts Tracker for at lease one year, and posted at least 5 reviews in that duration

People can either self-nominate or nominate someone else. When nominating, please reference the person’s eligibility from the list above.

Nominations MUST be posted in direct reply to this post [5] at LUGNET [6] to be counted, and must be online by 12:00 PM GMT November 14. (Please contact the webmasters in case you cannot post to LUGNET and ask for proxy).

Voting for the elections will begin November 17, and end November 30. The LSC will officially change over on December 15th, giving time to transition newly elected members into the committee.

Only LDraw organization members are permitted to vote in this poll. If you are not registered as a member of the organization and would like to join, follow the instructions at the bottom of this page: Joining the Organization [7].

Willy Tschager
On behalf of the LDraw.org Steering Committee