[PSF-Community] [psf-members-ann] 2019 Election Updates

Lorena Mesa me at lorenamesa.com
Thu Apr 4 14:57:19 EDT 2019


This looks great! I'm so excited to see the changed voting portal go into
effect!
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*Lorena Mesa*
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Director, Python Software Foundation
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On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 1:50 PM Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:

> Hello members,
>
> Here's an update on the upcoming election:
>
> Timeline
>
> This is a notification of the 2019/20 board of directors election timeline.
>
>    1.
>
>    Open call for Board Director Nominations: May 6, 2019 AoE[1] (Monday)
>    2.
>
>    Board Director Nomination cut-off: May 31, 2019 AoE (Friday)
>    3.
>
>    Voter application cut-off date: May 31, 2019 AoE (Friday)[2]
>    4.
>
>    Voting start date: June 7, 2018 AoE (Friday)
>    5.
>
>    Voting end date: June 16, 2018 AoE (Sunday)
>
> There will be five board seats open this year as one of the directors is
> stepping down.
>
> [1] AoE: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe
>
> [2] You need to be a contributing, managing, supporting, fellow
> <https://www.python.org/psf/membership/>member by this date to vote in
> this election. Email me if you have questions.
>
> New Nomination Process!
>
> This year we have created a new way to submit nominations. The primary
> focus was to improve the fairness of how nominations are displayed and to
> move the process onto the python.org infrastructure. We will send out
> instructions for how to nominate others and/or yourself later this month.
> Unlike past years, the only requirement for nominating someone or accepting
> a nomination will be a free basic account on python.org. If you do not
> have an account, one can be created at
> https://www.python.org/accounts/signup/.
>
> For those that are interested, here's a screencast of how the new
> nomination process will work: https://youtu.be/sORneSQNOmc.
>
> Slack Channel "Open House"
>
> On May 20th, the PSF directors will host a 24-hour "open house". During
> this time, we welcome those that are considering running for the board and
> questions. Anyone with any PSF questions is welcomed to join in on the
> discussion. Join the slack here
> <https://join.slack.com/t/psf-board/shared_invite/enQtNjAwMTY4MTY1NzgxLWY4MmNiODc3OTEwMTI3ZDZlNjUyZjBlY2JlOTQxMDA2OTViODdlYzViMDAwMTNmNmVjMzgwZmE0NjNjMmI5MTc>.
>
>
> I will send another notification closer to the nomination window. At that
> time I will include a link to the page where BoD nominations can be added
> and any other relevant information for the vote. If you have any questions,
> do not hesitate to contact me via email.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ewa Jodlowska
>
> Executive Director
>
> Python Software Foundation
>
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