Electing a FOSSUnited Governing Board

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hi, come talk governance and elections @ fossunited as we prepare to host the first ever election for a Governance Board.

:date: Every Saturday, 11 AM

Link to the call :link:
https://call.element.io/room/#/fossunited-governance-open-call?password=Il6zTG-oqhsnua3MMrw-bQ&roomId=!pZqGrAgggRwrGHVRvl%3Acall.ems.host

Check out the forum thread for all the context and updates till date :link:

[reposted from telegram]

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@Ram_Iyengar you put up some dates during the 5th Anniversary meetup… Can you post them here ?

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I hope the proposal is tabled on this forum and not just discussed over call. Will help more people participate in it + greater transparency and accountability.

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Nominations form open here — Ballot

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drumrolls

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The nomination form feels strange. The first field, “give us a brief introduction to yourself” is like a single line text box !? This makes it really hard to include relevant information “about yourself, your experience, and your vision for FOSS United.”

I wrote 4 short paragraphs - one each for an intro, involvement with FOSS, involvement with FOSS United and vision. Turns out the text field in the form doesn’t take a newline… And without that it will feel weird.

I wonder if this explains why the folks who have nominated themselves till now didn’t write much. In a couple of nominations I see questions, to which they have responded with details. Ideally anybody nominating themselves must be able to enter it in the text field with the formatting they need.

Markdown would be nice but I am not asking for it now (last minute dev!). Multi-line text field should be enough. Let me know if I am missing anything.

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Thanks for the feedback, Shree. I’ve updated the field to be an “editor”. Folks can use this to fill in more information.

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Deadline Extended!

We are extending the deadline to submit nominations for the Governance Board.

Submit yours by 2025-03-01T18:30:00Z

Have questions or doubts? Join the standing call for all things Elections and Governance, every Saturday, 11 AM! Link

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2 more bug reports on the Ballot:

  • The Brief Introduction field in the preview does not underline links, which feels quite off.
  • If I try to edit my submission, the brief introduction section shows up as blank in the edit screen.
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The ballot page needs to be updated with the deadline date

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Good catch.
Thanks for keeping us on track!

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Electing a FOSS United Governance Board: Updates

  1. As we close the window to submit nominations, now is your time to head over and check out the list of nominees!

  2. Voter rolls close on 2025-03-14T18:30:00Z!
    Make sure you are registered on the FOSS United platform before then to be eligible to vote.

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  3. Voting now begins on 2025-03-21T18:30:00Z, running until 2025-03-28T18:30:00Z. ICYMI: Elections & Governance @FOSSUnited : Why, How, & When

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Important update

Due to some minor hiccups, we’ll begin the voting on 2025-03-23T18:30:00Z instead. Apologies for the last minute changes, and see you Monday :slight_smile:

Stay tuned.

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It is the day! Cast your votes.

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How to vote?

  • Head to the ballot page now to cast your votes
  • We are following the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system to elect 3 members to our Governance Board
  • To vote, instead of picking just one, you list candidates in order of preference.
  • Once you have your pick, hit submit and make yourself an iced-coffee before you go on and encourage everyone in your network to vote!
  • Remember the last day to vote is March 31.

How do I make an informed choice?

  • Head over to the nominations page, check out the candidates and their submissions
  • Check out the comments on their submissions, leave one if you have thoughts! Help yourself and others make the best decisions for the community :slight_smile:

Is my cat eligible to vote?

  • Unfortunately the voter rolls this election are restricted to humans, only those who are registered on the FOSS United Platform before March 15th.
  • Those who didn’t make the cut this time, we wait for the next term of the elections.

What are you waiting for? Cast your votes now!

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Reminder: Last 3 days to put in your votes!

If you haven’t cast your votes, please take two mins of your time and head to the ballot page.

Done voting? Encourage your friends to go ahead and vote!
Reshare the forum thread/social media posts:

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Everywhere in the world, people love that “last date reminder”. Event CFPs, Registrations, Credit card payments - everything thrives on last date reminders. Much like that, here’s one for the FOSS United Governing Board elections!

Last day to vote. Make sure you get your votes in, on time.

Link to the ballot page: https://fossunited.org/ballot/election/2025-gb-nominations/vote

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drumrolls x2

Meet the newly elected Governance Board of FOSS United :slight_smile:
crunch the numbers here: GitHub - fossunited/elections

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We are grateful to all the candidates who put down their names, voicing their strong intent to do more for the community, to take more responsibility and help us continue the work, supporting the FOSS ecosystem in India. With around 15 candidates in the ring, this has reaffirmed our faith in the community, and we only expect this number to go up in the coming cycles.

Congratulations to the 5 who made it past the post, we are excited to unlock this new chapter for the foundation. We look forward to learning from each other in this process.

Finally the biggest thank yous to the everyone who voted! Thank you for taking out time and participating in this experiment :slight_smile:

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