[Osmf-talk] 2023 Board election - Submission of self-nominations is open

[Steve Doerr]

+1

I hope no one would vote against the world's second-richest person 
joining the OSMF board.

Regards,
Steve

On 20/10/2023 18:26, Brian M. Sperlongano wrote:
> What a ringing endorsement for being a part of the board.  I can't 
> imagine why candidates are not signing up in droves.  Perhaps if you 
> had spoken warmly about your experience on the board and how it was 
> meaningful to you, and the impact that you felt that you had, it might 
> encourage someone on the fence to put their name in.  Really what this 
> sounds like is "If someone signs up to be a candidate that I don't 
> like, I would like a brief pause in the nomination process so I can 
> find a candidate that I do like in order to oppose them."
>
> Personally I am thankful for anyone that raises their hand to invest 
> time and energy in such a role, even if they choose to declare at the 
> last minute, and you should be too.
>
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 11:17 AM Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     there's 4 more days to go for self-nominations.
>
>     May I encourage everyone who is thinking seriously about standing
>     to add
>     their names now, rather than doing it literally 1 minute before the
>     deadline? This has happened in the past and I always found it a
>     rather
>     immature choice, bit like if Elon Musk were to run for OSMF board ;)
>
>     In fact, should it happen again this year I'd argue for a change of
>     process that would automatically extend the nomination deadline by
>     another 24 hours after the last self-nomination.
>
>     Bye
>     Frederik
>
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