The Erlang Ecosystem Foundation is set up as a community organization, to be run for and by the community. As such, the role of board member is assigned by a democratic process, where voting members get to run and vote for their preferred candidates.
The process to be followed is described in legalese in our bylaws, but this page will explain clearly how we plan for this to be working forwards.
Important Dates
The following dates are important to the campaign:
February 25: Elections announced, people can submit their candidacy
March 10: Last day to submit your candidacy. Email acceptance ends at midnight PT on the 11th
For full transparency, I will not be renewing my mandate this cycle and there’s at least one spot that’s guaranteed to go to a new board member!
I’m personally leaving to give some room to new faces and to find a better work/life/side-projects balance in my life, and I’ll still be hanging around the build & packaging working group.
If anyone has questions about what being a board member entails, let me know. It’s not necessarily a huge time commitment, although someone willing to put more time into it than I did is likely to have a better impact on the overall community.
Due to procedural issues the deadline for submitting your candidacy and thus all other subsequent deadlines have been extended by one week. The following dates now apply going forward :
March 17th: Last day to submit your candidacy. Email acceptance ends at midnight PT on the 18th
Due a procedural issue in which the polls were closed one day early per the polling email that went out to you on Saturday, March 18th, at 12:00am Pacific Time, a re-vote will be carried out to ensure all members’ due right to vote has been qualified.
Please visit 2023 Board Election Re-Vote for all details pertaining to the re-vote, most importantly dates and times.
The re-vote will consist of the same list of candidates per the previous poll, no new candidates shall be accepted.
If you were member whom was eligible to vote prior to March 18th, 2023 you will see receive an email on the day the polls are opened for the re-vote.
We look forward to seeing you in the polls and we welcome questions and comments which may be sent to voting@erlef.org
With the election over, my last task before leaving the board was to conduct a quick events review of the elections, going over what exactly happened that had us do a re-vote. If you’re interested in seeing what went on, my report is at EEF 2023 Elections Events Review on the Foundation’s blog.
. Remember you have until March 10th to put your hat in the ring.
