We are happy to announce that nominations for Group 1 Officers and Department Coordinators have been finalised.
The following individuals have confirmed their acceptance of nomination. Included are comments provided by the nominator(s) of each, nominees are listed in no particular order.
Note: Comments are verbatim from nominators except where editing was required to remove personal information about individuals other than the nominee.
Marketing and Communications Department Coordinator
Events Department Coordinator
Rowan Hoskyns-Abrahall
Programs Department Coordinator
Yves Hoppe
Vice President
Treasurer
Mike Demopoulos
Next Steps:
Department Coordinator Election Process
- Voting Ballots for Department Coordinators will be sent to Team Leaders in the 3 departments in this election cycle to vote for their Department Coordinator.
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- Voting will close after 7 days or when all votes have been received, whichever is sooner. Should an eligible vote not be cast within the 7 day voting period it will be recorded as an abstention.
- Votes will be tallied and announcement of newly elected Department Coordinators will be posted approximately 48 hours after voting closes.
- The transition period will then begin for any newly elected Department Coordinators with their official term commencing on the 23rd September 2017
Officer Election Process
- Voting Ballots will be going out to those who vote for Officer roles within the next day.
- Team Lead and Department Coordinator Votes.
- Voting will close after 7 days or when all votes have been received, whichever is sooner. Should an eligible vote not be cast within the 7 day voting period it will be recorded as an abstention.
- The votes for each department are tallied and the winning candidate for each role within the department becomes the department's vote.
- Officer Votes.
- All 4 existing officers will also vote for a candidate for each Officer role.
- Voting will close after 7 days or when all votes have been received, whichever is sooner. Should an eligible vote not be cast within the 7 day voting period it will be recorded as an abstention.
- The 4 Officer votes will be added to the Department Votes and the winning candidate from these votes will duly be elected.
- The announcement of newly elected officers will be posted approximately 48 hours after voting closes.
- The transition period will then begin for any newly elected Officers with their official term commencing on the 23rd September 2017
- Team Lead and Department Coordinator Votes.
Reference:
- OSM Bylaws: https://www.opensourcematters.org/organisation/by-laws-policies.html
- Joomla! Election Cycle: https://www.opensourcematters.org/organisation/directors/election-cycle.html
Thank you!