Dear voting members and the community at large, Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and the Board are now open at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014.
Please see below notes on the role of the Chair and Board (clipped from prior announcement). As for the schedule, we realized that a week slipped through our fingers and that we need to push the schedule with one week accordingly so that we ensure that we have enough time for especially Board nominations and possible discussions. Also, the nomination and the election of the Chair and the Board will happen at the same time (to avoid election fatigue). The dates below have been adjusted accordingly. *(ii) Election of Chair** of **Voting Members: Nominations (Weeks of February 10 and 17), Election (Week of February 24)* The HOT bylaws section 3.7 note that a Chair shall be elected. This is the first time that we are selecting one. The role of the Chair (as defined by the bylaws) is to announce voting members meetings and chair them but s/he also has a potential disciplinary role towards harmfully acting voting members (section 3.6). The term of the Chair is one year as is that of the Board. *(iii) Election of the Board: **Nominations (Weeks of February 10 and 17), Election (Week of February 24)* All seven seats on the team's Board of Directors are up for election to a one-year term. Having a Board with a diversity of skills will help further the organization. Nominations are to be made at: http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014 The nomination time of both the Chair and the Board will end at end of day (midnight) PST, Sunday February 23 (= UTC-8). So, please nominate good people for these HOT positions by writing your nomination on the above-linked wiki page. The date and time of the Annual Meeting will be announced in the coming days. With best wishes from the nominations/elections team, Boris, Jaakko & Kate -- [email protected] * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +505-8845-3391 (Nicaragua) * Voice(mail) / SMS / What's app: +1-202-730-9778 * http://about.me/jaakkoh
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