Joomla Group 1 Elections - Nominee Announcement 2023

We are happy to announce that the nominations for Group 1 Officers and Department Coordinators have been finalised. The following individuals have proposed their nominations, according to the new Nomination process. Included are their Manifestos and the timeline for the election for their role.

Note: This is election follows the new methodology that provides different timelines based on number and type of candidates.

Vice President

Philip Walton

Philip's Manifesto

Recommend candidates

Submit Recommendation

Election’s timeline and methodology

This election falls under the “New DC/Officer Uncontested” scenario in which there is only one candidate and would be new in the role.

August 08, 2023 - Sole Candidate declared, Manifesto published. Recommendation form opened.
August 15, 2023 - Recommendation submission deadline.
August 16, 2023 - Recommendations published and ballots sent out.
August 23, 2023 - Ballots close
August 24, 2023 - Results announced.
September 23, 2023 - First day of New Term.

Treasurer

Nadja Lamisch

Nadja's Manifesto

Recommend candidates

Submit Recommendation

Election’s timeline and methodology

This election falls under the “Same DC/Officer Uncontested” scenario in which there is only one candidate and would be new in the role.

August 08, 2023 - Sole Candidate declared, Manifesto published.
August 16, 2023 - Ballots sent out*
August 23, 2023 - Ballots close
August 24, 2023 - Results announced.
September 23, 2023 - First day of New Term.

* Ballots are sent together for the two officer elections at this round. Being the current DC/Officer up for re-election there is no recommendation phase running.

Outreach Department Coordinator

Louise Hawkins

Louise's Manifesto

Recommend candidates

Submit Recommendation

Election’s timeline and methodology

This election falls under the “New DC/Officer Uncontested” scenario in which there is only one candidate and would be new in the role.

August 08, 2023 - Sole Candidate declared, Manifesto published. Recommendation form opened.
August 15, 2023 - Recommendation submission deadline.
August 16, 2023 - Recommendations published and ballots sent out.
August 23, 2023 - Ballots close
August 24, 2023 - Results announced.
September 23, 2023 - First day of New Term.

Production Department Coordinator

Sigrid Gramlinger

Sigrid's Manifesto

Recommend candidates

Submit Recommendation

Election’s timeline and methodology

This election falls under the “New DC/Officer Uncontested” scenario in which there is only one candidate and would be new in the role.

August 08, 2023 - Sole Candidate declared, Manifesto published. Recommendation form opened.
August 15, 2023 - Recommendation submission deadline.
August 16, 2023 - Recommendations published and ballots sent out.
August 23, 2023 - Ballots close
August 24, 2023 - Results announced.
September 23, 2023 - First day of New Term.

Communication Channels

Election channels will be opened in Mattermost 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.
The following Public Channels will be opened (Candidates will be added by the Secretary):

OSM-G1-2023-VicePresident
OSM-G1-2023-Treasurer
OSM-G1-2023-Production
OSM-G1-2023-Outreach

Next Steps:

Voting Ballots for the Secretary election will be sent to voting parties today. As per the Bylaws all Members (Class 3), Team Leaders (Class 2), Department Coordinators and Officers (Class 1) have the right to vote in the Officer's elections.
Recommendations form for all the other roles (either Contested and Uncontested) are open until August 15, 2023.

According to the Bylaws (link below), existing Officers also vote for new Officer roles.

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