At this year’s EuroPython Society General Assembly (GA), planned for October, we will vote in a new board of the EuroPython Society for the term 2021/2022.
List of Board Candidates ------------------------ The EPS bylaws require one chair, one vice chair and 2 - 7 board members. The following candidates have stated their willingness to work on the EPS board. We are presenting them here (in alphabetical order by surname). We will be updating this list in the days before the GA. Please send in any nominations or self-nominations to bo...@europython.eu. Please note that our bylaws do not restrict nominations to people on this list. It is even possible to self-nominate or nominate other candidates at the GA itself. However, in the interest of giving members a better chance to review the candidate list, we’d like to encourage all nominations to be made before the GA. The following fine folks have expressed their desire to run as a group for the next EPS board elections: Patrick Arminio, Prof. Martin Christen, Nicolás Demarchi, Raquel Dou, Anders Hammarquist, Cheukting Ho, Francesco Pierfederici and Silvia Uberti. They have a good track record of working well together and share a common vision for the betterment of the EPS via strengthening ties to the larger Python community. They will present their plans and vision during the GA. Marc-André Lemburg, who has been serving on the EPS board since 2012 and as its chair since 2017 is not running for the board again, as already announced in last year’s GA. He’s looking forward to enjoying the conference from the attendee perspective again. Please see the full blog post for the board candidate introductions: https://www.europython-society.org/list-of-eps-board-candidates-for-2021-2022/ Chair / Vice-Chair Nominations ------------------------------ Raquel Dou is running for the chair position and Artur Czepiel for the vice chair position. What does the EPS Board do ? ---------------------------- The EPS board runs the day-to-day business of the EuroPython Society, including running the EuroPython conference events. It is allowed to enter contracts for the society and handle any issues that have not been otherwise regulated in the bylaws or by the General Assembly. Most business is handled on the board’s Telegram group or by email on the board mailing list. Board meetings are usually run as conference calls. It is important to note that the EPS board is an active board, i.e. the board members are expected to put in a significant amount of time and effort towards the goals of the EPS and for running the EuroPython conference. This usually means 200+ hours work over a period of one year, with most of this being needed in the last six months before the conference. Many board members put in even more work to make sure that the EuroPython conferences become a success. Board members are generally expected to take on leadership roles within the EuroPython Workgroups in order to facilitate good communication and quick decision making. They should be passionate about EuroPython, the Python community and working in a team of volunteers. Help spread the word -------------------- Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social networks as widely as possible. Thank you ! Link to the blog post: https://www.europython-society.org/list-of-eps-board-candidates-for-2021-2022/ Tweet: https://twitter.com/europythons/status/1441004159000621058 Thanks, -- EuroPython Society https://www.europython-society.org/ _______________________________________________ EuroPython Website: http://www.europython.eu/ EuroPython Society: http://www.europython-society.org/ Mailing list details: EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
