The role as President of Open Source Matters is up for the replacement election.

As result of the motion #2021/040, with which the President has been removed from the office, the following position open for nomination and election:

• President

Manifestos

Each interested individual in running as Candidate for any of the positions mentioned above shall submit their applications using the form linked below, containing:
- their Full name (legal name)
- their Country
- the position for which they're interested to run.
- their picture (or the one in the Volunteers Portal will be used).
- their manifesto in a PDF format that can be easily attached to the Candidate Announcement.

Only applications submitted through the Google Form linked below within the specified deadline will be considered as valid.

Submit your manifesto

The deadline for manifesto is June 20, 2021 at 23.59 UTC.

After all the manifestos will be in, the Secretary will publish a full list of candidates for the role alongside their manifestos. The Secretary will also open a “Recommendations” form which will replace the Nominations form currently used. This will give anyone an opportunity to add words of support for the candidates and let the community know why they think they are ideal for the role.

Election channels will be opened in Glip for the role. These channels will allow department/community members to ask candidates questions regarding their manifestos in order to help them decide who to vote for.

All the details about next steps can and the new process can be found here.

Adjusted Timeline

Following the expected standard timeline. In the case of Uncontested same or new Board member, the timeline would be shorter, as outlined in the Election Policy page.