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* Through the [[Electronic Voting]] system, every Charter Member will receive a personal link to access the election.
 
* Through the [[Electronic Voting]] system, every Charter Member will receive a personal link to access the election.
 
* You can cast up to '''5''' votes, for '''5''' different people.
 
* You can cast up to '''5''' votes, for '''5''' different people.
* Voting closes by [http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?month=08&day=16&hour=14&p0=325&msg=OSGeo%20Board%20of%20Directors%20elections%202014&csz=1&swk=1 12:00 GMT on '''Thursday 18 August 2016'''].
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* Voting closes by [http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20160818T235959&p0=136&msg=OSGeo+Board+of+Directors+nominalizations+2016&font=cursive 12:00 GMT on '''Thursday 18 August 2016'''].
 
* Results will be posted at [[Board Election 2016 Results]] on 2016-08-19.
 
* Results will be posted at [[Board Election 2016 Results]] on 2016-08-19.
 
* Contact cro@osgeo.org with questions.
 
* Contact cro@osgeo.org with questions.

Revision as of 14:05, 7 June 2016

The 2016 OSGeo the Charter Members election will take place in July 2016, followed by the Board nominations and elections in July/August so that new board members have a chance to possibly meet face-to-face at FOSS4G in Bonn, Germany in August.

Charter Member Election

As every year we are electing new Charter Members into the Foundation.

Nominate new Charter Members: 2016-07-04 to 2015-07-18 (2 weeks)

  • Please confirm with the nominated person first!
  • Please email cro@osgeo.org with their name, contact email and paragraph describing why you are recommending this person as a Charter Member
  • As per nominations process, the CRO will contact the nominated person and confirm they are willing to participate and then forward the nomination to the Discuss mailing list for further discussion (see next point).
  • The list of nominees will be compiled at: New Member Nominations 2016.

Nominated Member Introductions

  • During the period between a nomination and the start of the election, charter member nominees are encouraged to introduce themselves on the OSGeo discussion list (discuss@lists.osgeo.org). The nominee may optionally reference their OSGeo Advocate profile and create a profile if it doesn't exist.

Vote for new Charter Members: 2016-07-19 to 2016-07-26 (1 week)

  • will likely use the same Electronic Voting system that was setup last year
  • Session expiration time was too short and some members reported loosing their votes, this need to be addressed for this election.

Final Status

  • Following our new Membership Process, all candidates passed the criteria to be accepted as new OSGeo Charter Members.
  • The new charter members for 2016 are (in alphabetical order)

Board Election

Nominate new Board Members - 2016-07-27 - 2016-08-10 (2 weeks)

  • Please confirm with the person that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.
  • Email a nomination, consisting of name, current country of residence and a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good Board member, to cro@osgeo.org by 12:00 GMT on Thursday 18 August 2016
  • Remember that only the Charter Members are eligible for a seat on the Board and voting but that anybody can nominate a board member.
  • The final list will be collected at Board Member Nominations 2016

Vote for new Board Members - 2016-08-11 - 2016-08-18 (1 week)