Election 2022

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The 2022 Charter Members election will take place in September-October 2022, followed by the Board nominations and elections in October-November 2022.

Please note the timing will be delayed - an announcement will be made via discuss at lists.osgeo.org and relayed via other OSGeo channels. In the meantime, start reaching out to candidates for both charter member and board elections.

Time table

Elections 2022 time table

Month	Action	S	M	T	W	T	F	S
September	Charter member nomination		12	13	14	15	16	17
September	Charter member nomination	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
September	Charter member nomination	25	26	27	28	29	30
October	Review and voting		03	04	05	06	07	08
October	Review and voting	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
October	Result announcement	16	17	18	19	20
October	Board member nomination						21	22
October	Board member nomination	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Oct/Nov	Board member nomination	30	31	1	2	3	4
November	Campaign period							5
November	Campaign period	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
November	Voting period		14	15	16	17	18	19
November	Voting period	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
November	Voting period	27
Nov/Dec	Result announcement				30	1	2	3

Charter Member Election

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

• See the official list of Charter Members.
• The 2022 member nominations list provide the nominations.

Membership process

• To be elected, a charter member need a nomination by a current charter member and at least one other charter member seconding the nomination. Only veto can be raised by sending a private e-mail to the CRO that has to inform the board for an anonymous review. If the veto is accepted by the board, then the CRO shall make it public and the charter member is not elected.

For more details see the Membership Process.

Nominate new Charter Members: 2022-sep-12 to 2022-09-30 (19 days)

• Please confirm with the nominated person first!
• Please email cro@osgeo.org (not to discuss at osgeo.org) with their details, using the #Nomination template below. For the Nomination statement use a paragraph describing why you are recommending this person as a Charter Member. Please include details about the positive attributes of the nominee:
  • Members should believe in the general goals of the OSGeo Foundation: to support and promote the use of free and open source geospatial software, education and data in a collaborative manner.
  • Previous participation in or support of OSGeo activities.
  • Previous contribution to free and open source geospatial software, education or open data.
  • The person should be willing to put in time and effort on the OSGeo Foundation, perhaps joining committee(s), or volunteering in some other way that gets the Foundation going.
  • Members should be prepared to work constructively and positively towards the goals of the Foundation. Good teamwork skills are an asset.
• The CRO will contact the nominated person and confirm they are willing to participate and compile the 2022 member nominations list.

Nomination template

​Nominating person: 
Nominating e-mail: 
Nominating profile page: 

Nominee name: 
Nominee last name: 
Nominee e-mail: 
Nominee country: 
Nominee wiki page (optional):
Nominee profile page:
Nomination statement: 

Community Review and voting: 2022-oct-03 - 2022-oct-15 (13 days)

• Community review of nominations
• New Member Nominations 2022
• Online vote (to second nominations) using OSGeo Electronic Voting system based on Lime Survey.

Final Status

• The CRO has to present candidate list to the board for approval
  • Report to the board: 2022-oct-16
• The CRO has to update the charter member list
  • Update after board approval and before Nominations for board start.

Board Election

• The current Board is composed by 9 people: Codrina Maria Ilie, Vicky Vergara, Michele Tobias, Michael Smith, Angelos Tzotsos, Tom Kralidis, Marco Bernasocchi, Adam Steer, Rajat Shinde.
• Following the Board Election Procedure there are 4 seats up for election this year.
• Michele Tobias, Michael Smith, Angelos Tzotsos, Tom Kralidis have reached the end of their 2-year term. Any of these board members wishing to stand in the 2022 election must receive a nomination, like any other candidate.

Nominate new Board Members - 2022-oct-21 - 2022-nov-04 (15 days)

• Please confirm with the member that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.
• Email your nomination, with a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good Board member, to cro@osgeo.org by 23:59 GMT on Friday, November 04, 2022
• Please use the following template:

​Nominating person: 
Nominating person profile page:
Nominee name: 
Nominee profile page: 
Nomination statement: 

• 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 2022

Campaign period - 2022-nov-05 - 2022-nov-12 (8 days)

Candidates are encouraged to put their vision and ideas for their term at Election 2022 Candidate Manifestos and sending them to Discuss mailing list for further conversation.

Vote for new Board Members - 2022-nov-14 - 2022-nov-27 (14 days)

• Only Charter Members are eligible to vote.
• Choose from Board Member Nominations 2022 list
• Through the Electronic Voting system, every Charter Member will receive a personal link to access the election.
• You can cast up to 4 votes, for 4 different members.
• Voting closes by 23:59 GMT on Friday, November 27, 2022.
• Results will be posted at Board Election 2022 Results between November 30, December 3, 2022.
• Contact cro@osgeo.org with questions.