We are happy to announce the next steps for the Group 2 Elections for the Board of Directors of Open Source Matters. Three Department Coordinators have been already elected, one Ballot is out and the recommendations for the remaining role are in.
This election impelemented the new methodology for nominations and elections, so this time we have already partial results as well as ballots are running on different times.
Elected Department Coordinators
Production Department Coordinator
Election's Result
Election anonymous ballot closed automatically on February 16, 2020 at 23:59 UTC.
- Marco Dings: 16/31 (51,61% of 31 cast vote forms)
- None of the above: 15/31 (48,39% of 31 cast vote forms).
Participation rates
- 50 people were entitled to vote.
- 31 people have voted (62,00%).
- 2 people were attentive but have not voted (4%).
- 17 people have not voted (34%).
This election has been processed with the New DC/Officer Uncontested. The term of the new office will start on March 24, 2020.
Legal & Finance Department Coordinator
Election's Result
Election anonymous ballot closed automatically on February 16, 2020 at 23:59 UTC.
- Hugh Douglas-Smith: 9/12 (75% of 12 cast vote forms)
- None of the above: 3/12 (25% of 12 cast vote forms).
Participation rates
- 14 people were entitled to vote.
- 12 people have voted (85,71%).
- 0 people were attentive but have not voted (0%).
- 2 people have not voted (14,29%).
This election has been processed with the New DC/Officer Uncontested. The term of the new office will start on March 24, 2020.
Operations Department Coordinator
Election's Result
Election anonymous ballot closed automatically on February 16, 2020 at 23:59 UTC.
- Radek Suski: 16/21 (76,19% of 21 cast vote forms)
- None of the above: 5/21 (23,81% of 21 cast vote forms).
Participation rates
- 35 people were entitled to vote.
- 21 people have voted (60%).
- 2 people were attentive but have not voted (5,71%).
- 12 people have not voted (34,29%).
This election has been processed with the New DC/Officer Uncontested. The term of the new office will start on March 24, 2020.
Recommendations and ongoing elections
President
Election’s timeline and methodology
This election falls under the “Contested DC/Officer” scenario in which there are the current Officer and another candidate who would be new in such a role.
- February 23, 2020 at 23.59 UTC - Ballots close.
- February 24, 2020 - Results announced. 4 week handover period begins.
- March 24, 2020 - First day of New Term.
Communication Channels
Election channels are available 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.
The following Public Channels are already open for discussions and questions:
- OSM-G2-2020-President-Channel
- OSM-G2-2020-Secretary-Channel
- OSM-G2-2020-Production-Channel
- OSM-G2-2020-Operations-Channel
- OSM-G2-2020-LegalFinance-Channel
Channels will be closed when the election cycle will be completed (February 24, 2020).
Next Steps:
- Voting Ballots for the President election have been opened on February 16, 2020 and will be closed automatically on Sunday February 23, 2020 at 23:59 UTC.
Reference:
- OSM Bylaws: https://www.opensourcematters.org/images/documents/25-Jul-19-OSM-ByLaws.pdf
- Change to the Nomination and Election Process: https://community.joomla.org/blogs/leadership/nomination-and-election-process.html
- Change to the Bylaws/Election System: https://community.joomla.org/blogs/leadership/changes-to-the-bylaws-of-osm-election-system.html
- Joomla! Election Cycle: https://www.opensourcematters.org/organisation/directors/election-cycle.html (previous method)
Thank you!