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    <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Speaking only for
        myself, and not on behalf of the OSMF Board: I will not vote to
        change election procedures or the election schedule in the
        middle of an election process. My honors baccalaureate in
        political science informs me that tinkering with election
        procedures during an ongoing election is considered evidence of
        fraud and manipulation. I will not be a party to that. Others
        may hold different views. Potential candidates knew the
        deadlines and had opportunities to nominate themselves; if they
        did not, that was their choice.<br>
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    <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">cheers,<br>
        apm</font><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/24/2021 2:43 PM, Heather Leson
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="auto">Well. Clear Election procedures are important.
        Changing a timeline could have an impact on the AGM timing.  
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        <div dir="auto">Heather</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun., Oct. 24, 2021, 20:05
          Simon Poole, <<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">simon@poole.ch</a>>
          wrote:<br>
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          Am 24. Oktober 2021 19:36:03 MESZ schrieb Mateusz Konieczny
          via osmf-talk <<a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org"
            target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>>:<br>
          >Is it actually possible for board to extend nomination
          period in this way?<br>
          <br>
          Why wouldn't it be? The nomination period is not something
          required or defined in the AoA or elsewhere. Now there could
          be situations in which changing the deadline could be
          problematic, for example shortening it, but a simple extension
          would seem to not impact any members rights.<br>
          <br>
          Obviously the candidates need to be known to the board and
          membership before the elections start, but everything else is
          likely just our conventions.<br>
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          Simon<br>
          <br>
          ><br>
          >If yes, then it would be quite nice as it stands it is
          less<br>
          >"select people fitting to lead OSMF" and more <br>
          >"which 2 of 6 people are the worst candidates".<br>
          ><br>
          ><br>
          >Oct 24, 2021, 12:31 by <a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch"
            target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">simon@poole.ch</a>:<br>
          ><br>
          >><br>
          >> I would suggest that the board extends the nomination
          period by a      week given the lack of diversity in the
          candidates.<br>
          >><br>
          >><br>
          >> Simon<br>
          >><br>
          >> Am 24.10.2021 um 02:28 schrieb Dorothea      Kazazi:<br>
          >><br>
          >>> Hello,<br>
          >>><br>
          >>> Submission of self-nominations has closed.<br>
          >>> There are six candidates for four board seats:<br>
          >>> <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM21/Election_to_Board#List"
            rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM21/Election_to_Board#List</a><br>
          >>><br>
          >>> Members can continue adding their questions at:<br>
          >>>  >> <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM21/Election_to_Board#Community_questions_to_OSMF_board_candidates.2C_upon_which_the_official_set_will_be_based"
            rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM21/Election_to_Board#Community_questions_to_OSMF_board_candidates.2C_upon_which_the_official_set_will_be_based</a><br>
          >>>  <br>
          >>> warm greetings,<br>
          >>> Dorothea<br>
          >>><br>
          >>>
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