<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br><br>The next annual general meeting (AGM) of the OpenStreetMap Foundation will take <br>place online on Saturday, 10 December 2022 at 16:00 UTC, unless rescheduled.<br><br># Time in different time-zones<br><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+16th+Annual+General+Meeting+-+10th+December+2022&iso=20221210T16&p1=1440" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+16th+Annual+General+Meeting+-+10th+December+2022&iso=20221210T16&p1=1440</a><br># Countdown<br><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=1440&iso=20221210T16&msg=OSMF%2016th%20Annual%20General%20Meeting%20-%2010th%20December%202022" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=1440&iso=20221210T16&msg=OSMF%2016th%20Annual%<span class="" style="" id=":48j.1" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true">20General</span>%<span class="" style="" id=":48j.2" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true">20Meeting</span>%20-%2010th%<span class="" style="" id=":48j.3" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true">20December</span>%202022</a><br><br><br># Board election<br>This meeting will have a board election, with three seats available <br>(of Eugene Alvin Villar, Jean-Marc Liotier and Tobias Knerr). Meanwhile <br>the terms of Amanda McCann, Guillaume Rischard, Mikel Maron and Roland <br>Olbricht continue. There are seven seats on the OSM Foundation board.<br><br>Voting for the board election will start one week before the annual <br>general meeting.<br><br><br># Suggested timeline<br>The suggested timeline is at<br><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#Key_dates" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#Key_dates</a><br><br><br># Board candidates<br>The submission of self-nominations for the board election<br>* will start on the 15th of October and <br>* will end on the 22nd of October 2022, at 23:59 UTC. <br><br>The page <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board</a><br>has the eligibility criteria and information about what the board is/is not, <br><div>rules and responsibilities, and how to nominate yourself. You might want <br></div><div>to consider running or suggesting to someone else to run.</div><br><br># Members<br>The submission of questions to board candidates<br>* will start on the 12th of October and<br><div>* will end on the 1st of November 2022, at 23:59 UTC.</div><div>The official set of questions to the candidates will be based on the questions</div><div>by members and on past questions. Mike Collinson will facilitate this part of the</div><div>process.<br></div><br>Members who are considering suggesting resolutions for the membership<br>to vote on, can check the OSM wiki page below for related information <br>and deadlines. <br><br><br># Resources<br>OSM wiki - <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board</a><br>OSMF website - <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022" target="_blank">https://wiki.<span class="" style="" id=":48j.4" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true">osmfoundation</span>.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022</a><br><br>The official announcement, with the text of any resolutions that are going<br>to be voted on, will be sent closer to December.<br><br>More details are going to be provided in the coming weeks and months.<br><br><br># For new OSM Foundation members<br>Please note that you might not be eligible yet to vote in the board election:<br><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#Who_has_the_right_to_vote" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#Who_has_the_right_to_vote</a><br>Annual General Meetings are held online once per year.<br><div>If you attend, you can ask questions to the board members and you <br>are going to be among the first to learn the results of the election.<br></div>The results and the reports will also be available at<br><div><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022" target="_blank">https://wiki.<span class="" style="" id=":48j.5" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true">osmfoundation</span>.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022</a></div><div><br></div><div>warm greetings,</div><div>Dorothea<br></div></div>