Elections for the Board of Open Source Matters, Inc. occur twice a year at 6 monthly intervals to ensure continuity of the board by electing half the members in each cycle.
According to the new Nomination and Election Process voted by the Members of Open Source Matters, Inc. and published here, The Secretary has to publish a Call for Manifestos from Candidates who are interested in running as Candidates for the Election as Officers and Department Coordinators of Open Source Matters, Inc.
The following 3 positions are open for nomination and election in this cycle:
- Vice President
- Treasurer
- Outreach Department Coordinator
Announcements about current Officers and Directors intention to run for another term.
- Philip Walton - current Vice President - did not express any intention regarding their availability to run for another term.
- Nadja Lamisch - current Treasurer - expressed the intention to run for another term.
- Louise Hawkins - current Outreach Department Coordinator - expressed the intention to step down at the end of the current term.
Manifestos
Each interested individual in running as Candidate for any of the positions mentioned above shall send their application to the Secretary of Open Source Matters, Inc. 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.
Candidates who wish to run for any of the positions, should submit their manifesto using the form linked below.
The deadline for manifesto is August 07, 2024 at 23.59 UTC.
After all the manifestos will be in, the Secretary will publish a full list of candidates for each 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 each 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.
Members of Open Source Matters (Class 1, 2 and 3) as of July 10, 2024 will be entitled to vote in this Election Cycle.
Note on the Production DC Election
The Production Department Coordinator replacement election has been merged to this regular election cycle, as the previous Call for Manifesto did not receive any response, therefore the incumbent DC has served in their capacity until June 2023.
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.
Milestone | Deadline | Note |
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Call for Candidate Manifestos published | July 10 | The Call for manifestos shall be published when a position becomes vacant after resignation or removal. This represent the "Day 0" of the election phase. (This has been delayed by one day, keeping the rest of the schedule) |
Candidate Manifesto submission deadline | August 07 | Candidates have 28 days to prepare/submit their manifestos. |
Full list of Candidates and Manifestos published. Recommendation form opened. |
August 08 | 1 day after the manifesto submissions deadline. Communication channels with candidates are opened (one for each position). |
Recommendations submission deadline | August 15 | The Community has 7 days to submit their recommendations for the candidates. During this time candidate shall be available to answer the questions from the Community in the dedicated channels. |
Recommendations published |
August 16 | The Secretary publishes the recommendations received for each Candidate. The Community will have one week to digest the recommendations and ask questions to candidates. |
Ballots sent out | August 23 | Voting parties have seven (7) days to submit their preferences.Ballots shall also have the opportunity to vote for "None of the above". |
Ballots close | August 30 | Ballots automatically close at 23.59 UTC of the 7th day after the ballots are sent out. |
Results announced / Handover begins |
August 31 | The Secretary publishes the Elections Results announcement. During the four (4) following weeks, the current DC/Officer shall start handing over information, assets and permissions to the elected successor. |
First Day of New Term | September 29 | The newly elected DC/Officers are effective in their position. |