<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>Reminder<br><br></div><div># Deadline<br></div><div>The deadline for nominating yourself as an OSM Foundation board <br></div>candidate is this Saturday, 22 October 2022 at 23:59 UTC. <br><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+board+election+-+Deadline+for+self-nominations&iso=20221022T2359&p1=1440">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+board+election+-+Deadline+for+self-nominations&iso=20221022T2359&p1=1440</a><br></div><div><br></div><div># Current candidates<br></div><div><div>There are currently four candidates for the four available board seats:</div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#List_of_board_candidates">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#List_of_board_candidates</a><br><br></div><div># General information<br></div>Board members are volunteers and board terms are usually two years until <br>the seat comes up for re-election. You can find more information on the <br>first email of this thread, also quoted below.<br><br></div># Associate members who wish to become board candidates<br><div><div>If you are an associate member and you fulfil the rest of the eligibility <br></div><div>criteria, there is still time to change your membership to normal, if</div><div>you wish so. More information at:</div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#Associate_members_who_want_to_become_board_candidates">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#Associate_members_who_want_to_become_board_candidates</a></div><div><br>
# Additional resources<br>
For more information regarding the 2022 board election and the 16th<br>
Annual General Meeting please see the following links:<br>
* OSM wiki:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board</a><br>
* OSMF website:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022</a></div><div><br></div><div>warm greetings,</div><div>Dorothea<br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 15 Oct 2022 at 03:10, Dorothea Kazazi <<a href="mailto:dorothea@osmfoundation.org">dorothea@osmfoundation.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
Submission of self-nominations for the 2022 board election is now open.<br>
<br>
You can put yourself forward as an OSMF board candidate by adding<br>
your information at<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/</a><br>
Election_to_Board#Submission_of_self-nominations<br>
* Please check the eligibility requirements below.<br>
* Deadline: 22 October 2022, 23:59 UTC<br>
<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+board+election+-+Deadline+for+self-nominations&iso=20221022T2359&p1=1440" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+board+<br>
election+-+Deadline+for+self-nominations&iso=20221022T2359&p1=1440</a><br>
<br>
Three of the seven board seats are available. Board terms are usually<br>
two years until the seat comes up for re-election.<br>
<br>
You can find information on what the board is/is not, rules,<br>
responsibilities and personal views of current and past board members at<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/</a><br>
Election_to_Board#What_the_board_is/is_not,_rules_and_responsibilities<br>
<br>
<br>
### Eligibility criteria for board candidates<br>
Any person may be elected to become a board member, provided that:<br>
* They are normal OSMF members(1) 28 days before the General Meeting,<br>
and<br>
* they have been a normal member or associate(2) member during the full<br>
180 days(3) before the General Meeting, and<br>
* are willing to act as a board member, and<br>
* are permitted by law to do so.<br>
<br>
(1) Normal members provide their full residential address and can vote<br>
on all issues. Their residential address may be disclosed to other<br>
members.<br>
(2) Associate members provide just their country of residence and can<br>
vote - but not on all issues. More information at<br>
<a href="https://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership</a><br>
(3) 180 days: OSMF membership start date before 13 June 2022, if the<br>
Annual General Meeting takes place on 10 December 2022, as scheduled.<br>
<br>
<br>
#### Finding the type of your OSMF membership (normal/associate)<br>
If you want to find out the type of your membership (Normal or<br>
Associate), please check the most recent approval/renewal membership<br>
email or email the volunteers of the Membership Working Group at<br>
<a href="mailto:membership@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">membership@osmfoundation.org</a> from the email address which is associated<br>
with your OSMF membership.<br>
<br>
<br>
#### Associate members who want to become board candidates<br>
You can change your OSMF membership from associate to normal membership<br>
by emailing the volunteers of the Membership Working Group<br>
<a href="https://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership_Working_Group" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership_Working_Group</a><br>
at <a href="mailto:membership@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">membership@osmfoundation.org</a><br>
<br>
* Send your email from the email address which is associated with your<br>
OSMF membership.<br>
* It is necessary to provide your residential address, which will be<br>
available to other OSMF members.<br>
* Please change your membership type before adding your self-nomination<br>
to the candidates' table below. If you decide to be a candidate at the<br>
last minute, you can still add yourself as an associate member, but you<br>
have to change your membership type immediately after the submission<br>
period of self-nominations closes. In this case please email both<br>
<a href="mailto:membership@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">membership@osmfoundation.org</a> and <a href="mailto:dorothea@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">dorothea@osmfoundation.org</a> Thank you.<br>
<br>
<br>
### For candidates - general information<br>
* Please do not answer the questions by the community at this stage.<br>
Mike Collinson (facilitator for the questioning process) will publish an<br>
official set of questions, based on this year's community questions and<br>
past ones. The official set of questions will be published above the<br>
community questions, probably on 2022-11-06 at<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM2022/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM2022/</a><br>
Election_to_Board and board candidates will be notified.<br>
*  Please send your answers and manifesto as .txt files with Mediawiki<br>
formatting <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cheatsheet" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cheatsheet</a> for links, lists,<br>
etc.<br>
* Send your answers to the official questions *and your manifesto*<br>
directly to the facilitator and cc me (mike at <a href="http://ayeltd.biz" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ayeltd.biz</a>, dorothea at<br>
<a href="http://osmfoundation.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">osmfoundation.org</a>). It's up to you to answer all the official questions<br>
or just a few of them. Our suggestion is to answer all of them.<br>
* When candidates have submitted their answers, there will be a given<br>
date when answers/manifestos will be published at once. The proposed<br>
date is 18 November.<br>
* Then discussion commences, preferably until 3 December 16:00 UTC, when<br>
voting opens.<br>
<br>
This is expected to be the official election campaign process. We won't<br>
restrict members to continue to talk on our members' mailing list nor<br>
will we restrict candidates to continue discussions, but we don't<br>
encourage them to do so. The official answers and questions thereof<br>
should be what voters use to judge.<br>
<br>
You can already start writing your manifesto. More information at:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/</a><br>
Election_to_Board#Answers_to_official_questions_and_manifesto<br>
<br>
<br>
# Additional resources<br>
For more information regarding the 2022 board election and the 16th<br>
Annual General Meeting please see the following links:<br>
* OSM wiki:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board</a><br>
* OSMF website:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022</a><br>
<br>
warm greetings,<br>
Dorothea<br>
</blockquote></div>