Greetings all,
Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help AHA ease into a
brave new identity and possible location, help oversee the creation of
even more mature
educational programs, and create a weightier presence around
town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
period.
Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
- Today - April 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
over the members mailing list.
- April 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
running to
bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
confirmed nominees as I collect them.
- April 19 - April 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of April 25th,
please get in contact with
bo...@allhandsactive.com to request an
absentee ballot. This will be done via online survey format.
- April 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
meet your fellow members, and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at
10:00PM.
- April 26: New board is put in place.
We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
Hacker Member ($20) in April, you are entitled to one vote. You may
become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
to be counted for this election.
And here's the current board:
Dana Nelson
Michael Grube
Michael Senkow
Nathan Yost
Thomas Hunter
Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
bo...@allhandsactive.com .
Thank you, and see you for elections on April 25th!
-- Nate Y.