[Osmf-talk] [2022 OSM Foundation election] This board election will have only 10 board candidates

[Heather Leson]

Thank you for your professionalism, Dorothea and Membership Working Group.


Happy voting!!!

Heather

On Sat, Dec 3, 2022, 11:04 Dorothea Kazazi <dorothea at osmfoundation.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This election will have 10 board candidates on the ballot instead of 11,
> as one of the board candidates is not eligible. Specifically, Victor
> N.Sunday's membership does not fulfill the criterion that a person eligible
> to be appointed as a director must "have been a member or associate member
> of the Foundation during the full 180 days immediately prior to their
> appointment", which is the Annual General Meeting date. The criterion is
> mentioned here:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2022/Election_to_Board#Eligibility_criteria_for_board_candidates
> and comes from article 79 of our Articles of Association: https://wiki.
> osmfoundation.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association
>
> While the candidate was a normal member on the 13th of June 2022 (180 days
> before the Annual General Meeting) and a normal member when he nominated
> himself (October 2022), his membership had expired for a couple of months
> in between. I have discussed this with the Membership Working Group and the
> board and they confirm the assessment.
>
> Apologies for not recognising this sooner.
>
> I have made suggestions to the board for the next election, to avoid
> similar cases.
>
> warm greetings,
> Dorothea
>
>
> Reminders for the election:
> * Eligible voters will receive the voting email today after 16:00 UTC.
> * Follow the instructions of the warning boxes, otherwise you might send
> an empty vote.
> * Voting information, questions and answers at: https://wiki.osmfoundation
> .org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2022/Voting_Information_and_Instructions
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