According to the VSPR Charter, there are 6 Council Groups, 4 voting groups and 2 non-voting groups. (There are also working groups focused on specific technical projects. Information regarding their charters and individual lists is on the Working Groups page.)
Voting Groups:- Advocates and Social Scientists
- Election Officials and Experts
- Technology and Security Experts
- Vendors
- Federal and Standards Community
- At Large
With each voting group comes a mailing list for members. The list for the at-large group, "general," is open to posting by all Council memers, and is intended to serve as a forum for general discussion. There is a lso a special list reserved for VSPR announcements approved by the Executive Committee and another for correspondence with the Advisory Group. Anyone is free to subscribe to receive any of the mailing lists or browse their web archives. There are thus 7 lists, as follows:
- [subscribe] [archives] [member post] announce@vspr.org
strictly announcements, no discussion. - [subscribe] [archives] [member post] advocates.and.social.scientists@vspr.org
only group members can post. - [subscribe] [archives] [member post] election.officials.and.experts@vspr.org
only group members can post. - [subscribe] [archives] [member post] technology.and.security.experts@vspr.org
only group members can post. - [subscribe] [archives] [member post] vendors@vspr.org
only group members can post. - [subscribe] [archives] [member post] general@vspr.org
general discussion among council members. - [subscribe] [archives] [member post] federal.and.standards.community@vspr.org
discussions between council members and advisors on advisor-specific issues.