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| 1 | +Meeting Agenda: March 12, 2020 |
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| 3 | +<div id="meeting_header_right" class="headered"> |
| 4 | +Elections Commission<br> |
| 5 | +City and County of San Francisco<br> |
| 6 | +</div> |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +<div class="headered"> |
| 9 | +Open Source Voting System Technical Advisory Committee<br> |
| 10 | +Christopher Jerdonek, Chair<br> |
| 11 | +Roan Kattouw, Vice Chair<br> |
| 12 | +Carl Hage<br> |
| 13 | +Tony Wasserman<br> |
| 14 | +</div> |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +<div id="meeting_header_main" class="headered"> |
| 17 | +MEETING AGENDA<br> |
| 18 | +Open Source Voting System Technical Advisory Committee (OSVTAC)<br> |
| 19 | +of the San Francisco Elections Commission<br> |
| 20 | +Thursday, March 12, 2020<br> |
| 21 | +6:00 p.m.<br> |
| 22 | +City Hall, Room 421<br> |
| 23 | +1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place<br> |
| 24 | +San Francisco, California 94102<br> |
| 25 | +</div> |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +**[Note: links to packet documents will be inserted below as soon as they |
| 28 | +are available.]** |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +**Order of Business** |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +**1\. Call to Order & Roll Call** |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +**2\. General Public Comment** |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Public comment on any issue within the Committee’s general jurisdiction that |
| 39 | +is not covered by another item on this agenda. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +**3\. Open Source Election Systems (OSES)** |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Discussion and possible action regarding Open Source Election Systems (OSES) |
| 45 | +and their approach to funding the development of an open source voting system. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +OSVTAC will discuss with members of OSES via videoconference: |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +* Brian J. Fox |
| 50 | +* David Henkel-Wallace |
| 51 | +* Alex Kehaya |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +Agenda Packet: |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +* [Open Letter from OSES (Open Source Election |
| 56 | + Systems)](/files/meetings/2020/2020-03-12/packet/OSES_Letter_Jan_13_2020.pdf) |
| 57 | + (PDF) |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +**4\. Los Angeles County VSAP (Voting Solutions for all People)** |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Discussion and possible action regarding Los Angeles County's VSAP (Voting |
| 63 | +Solutions for all People). |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +**5\. San Francisco's Open Source Voting Project** |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Discussion and possible action regarding San Francisco's Open Source Voting |
| 69 | +System Project. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +**6\. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings** |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +Discussion and possible action to approve Minutes for the October 10, 2019; |
| 75 | +November 14, 2019; January 9, 2020, February 13, 2020; and February 28, 2020 |
| 76 | +Committee meetings. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +**7\. Administration** |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +Discussion and possible action regarding administrative issues including but |
| 82 | +not limited to attendance at Elections Commission meetings by Committee |
| 83 | +members, the Committee's website, and the Committee’s written reports to the |
| 84 | +Commission. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +**8\. Member Reports** |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +Member reports on committee-related activities not covered by another item on |
| 90 | +this agenda, including but not limited to the last Elections Commission |
| 91 | +meeting, Department of Elections progress, research findings, conferences, |
| 92 | +and news reports. |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +**9\. Topics for future discussion** |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +Discussion and possible action regarding topics for future discussion. |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +_Attendance for the remainder of the meeting will be optional for committee members._ |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +**10\. Voting System Component Development** |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +Discussion and possible action regarding OSVTAC developing and/or |
| 105 | +facilitating the development of one or more voting system components as a |
| 106 | +proof of concept. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +**Adjournment** |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +There will be an opportunity for public comment on each agenda item. |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +Materials contained in the agenda packets for meetings are available for |
| 115 | +inspection and copying during regular office hours at the Department of |
| 116 | +Elections, City Hall Room 48. Materials are placed in the Elections |
| 117 | +Commission's Public Binder no later than 72 hours prior to meetings. Any |
| 118 | +materials distributed to members of the Committee within 72 hours of the |
| 119 | +meeting or after the agenda packet has been delivered to the members are |
| 120 | +available for inspection at the Department of Elections, City Hall Room 48, |
| 121 | +in the Commission's Public Binder, during normal office hours. |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +Cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices: The |
| 124 | +ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing |
| 125 | +electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. The Chair may order the |
| 126 | +removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing or |
| 127 | +use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic |
| 128 | +devices. |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +Disability Access: The meeting will be held in Room 421, City Hall, 1 Dr. |
| 131 | +Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The meeting room is wheelchair |
| 132 | +accessible. The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center |
| 133 | +(Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the F, J, K, L, |
| 134 | +M, N, T (exit at Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines also |
| 135 | +serving the area are the 5, 5R, 6, 7, 7R, 7X, 9, 9R, 19, 21, 47, and 49. For |
| 136 | +more information about MUNI accessible services, call 311, call (415) |
| 137 | +701-4485, or visit <http://www.sfmuni.com>. There is accessible curbside |
| 138 | +parking adjacent to City Hall on Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue and in the |
| 139 | +vicinity of the Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue adjacent to Davies |
| 140 | +Hall and the War Memorial Complex. |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +To obtain a disability-related modification or accommodation, including |
| 143 | +auxiliary aids or services, to participate in a meeting, please contact the |
| 144 | +Department of Elections at least 48 hours before the meeting, except for |
| 145 | +Monday meetings, for which the deadline is 4:00 p.m. the previous Friday. |
| 146 | +Late requests will be honored, if possible. Services available on request |
| 147 | +include the following: American sign language interpreters or the use of a |
| 148 | +reader during a meeting, a sound enhancement system, and/or alternative |
| 149 | +formats of the agenda and minutes. Please contact the Department of Elections |
| 150 | +at (415) 554-4375 or our TDD at (415) 554-4386 to make arrangements for a |
| 151 | +disability-related modification or accommodation. |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | +Chemical-Based Products: In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate |
| 154 | +persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical |
| 155 | +sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are |
| 156 | +reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based |
| 157 | +products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals. |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | +KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE (Chapter 67 of the San |
| 160 | +Francisco Administrative Code): Government's duty is to serve the public, |
| 161 | +reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, |
| 162 | +councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the |
| 163 | +people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted |
| 164 | +before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. |
| 165 | +For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report |
| 166 | +a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force: |
| 167 | +Sunshine Ordinance Task Force; 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place; Room 244; San |
| 168 | +Francisco, CA 94102-4689. Phone: (415) 554-7724; Fax: (415) 554-5163; Email: |
| 169 | +<sotf@sfgov.org>; Website: <http://sfgov.org/sunshine>. Copies of the Sunshine |
| 170 | +Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Ordinance Task |
| 171 | +Force, at the San Francisco Public Library, and on the City's website at |
| 172 | +<http://sfgov.org>. |
| 173 | + |
| 174 | +Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements: Individuals that influence |
| 175 | +or attempt to influence local policy or administrative action may be required |
| 176 | +by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Campaign and |
| 177 | +Governmental Conduct Code sections 2.100 – 2.160) to register and report |
| 178 | +lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please |
| 179 | +contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue; Suite 220; |
| 180 | +San Francisco, CA 94102. Phone: (415) 252-3100; Fax: (415) 252-3112; Email: |
| 181 | +<ethics.commission@sfgov.org>; Website: <http://www.sfethics.org>. |
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