<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br><br>Submission of self-nominations for the 2023 OSMF board election <br>opened today.<br><br>You can put yourself forward as a board candidate by adding your <br>information at<br><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board#Submission_of_self-nominations" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board#Submission_of_self-nominations</a><br>* Please check the eligibility requirements below.<br>* Deadline: 21 October 2023, 23:59 UTC<br><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+board+election+-+Deadline+for+self-nominations&iso=20231021T2359&p1=1440" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+board+election+-+Deadline+for+self-nominations&iso=20231021T2359&p1=1440</a><br><br><div>Three of the seven board seats are available. Board members <br></div><div>typically serve for two years until their seat is up for re-election. <br></div><div><br></div>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/AGM2023/Election_to_Board#What_the_board_is/is_not,_rules_and_responsibilities" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board#What_the_board_is/is_not,_rules_and_responsibilities</a><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" target="_blank">https://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership</a><br>(3) 180 days: OSMF membership start date before 12 June 2023, if the<br>Annual General Meeting takes place on 9 December 2023, 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 before emailing the volunteers of the Membership Working Group<br>at membership at <a href="http://osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">osmfoundation.org</a> from the email address which is <br>associated 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" target="_blank">https://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership_Working_Group</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. If you decide to be a candidate at the last <br>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>membership at <a href="http://osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">osmfoundation.org</a> and dorothea at <a href="http://osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">osmfoundation.org</a> <br>Thank you.<br><br><br>### For candidates - general information<br>* Please do not answer the questions by the community at this stage.<br>The facilitator for the questioning process will publish an official set <br>of questions, based on this year's community questions and past ones. <br><div>The official set of questions will be published above the community <br></div><div>questions, probably on 2023-11-05 at</div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board </a><br>and board candidates will be notified.<br><div>*  Please read <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board#Answering_the_official_questions_and_writing_a_manifesto" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board#Answering_the_official_questions_and_writing_a_manifesto</a><br></div><div>* Answers and manifestos will be published by the administrative <br></div><div>assistant or the facilitator. The proposed date is 20 November 2023.</div>* Then discussion commences, preferably until 2 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><div>should be what voters use to judge.</div><br><br># Additional resources<br>For more information regarding the 2023 board election and the 17th<br>Annual General Meeting please see the following links:<br>* OSM wiki: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board</a><br>* OSMF website: <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2023" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2023</a><br><br>warm greetings,<br><div>Dorothea</div><div><br></div></div>