[Internal][ELECTIONS] May 2025 Election Calendar, Nominations Open

[Lane Staples]

Hello All,

There is an upcoming vote scheduled for May 2025.

The Voting Protocol (https://www.php-fig.org/bylaws/voting-protocol/) and rules for Elections and Vacancies (https://www.php-fig.org/bylaws/elections-and-vacancies/) establish the rules for this round of voting.

The schedule will go as follows, noting that nominations will open immediately, and close on May 1, 2025:

1. 2025-04-23 21:00:00 UTC through 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC: Nomination Period
2. 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC through 2025-05-15 00:00:00 UTC: Voting Period
3. 2025-05-26 17:00:00 UTC: Voted personnel take office

The following current terms are scheduled to end, as seen at https://www.php-fig.org/personnel/:

Secretary:
 - Mark Niebergall

4 Core Committee Members:
 - Larry Garfield
 - Matthew Weier O'Phinney
 - Alessandro Chitolina
 - Vincent de Lau

Everyone whose term is expiring may express their intention to run again for election, and anyone else is welcome to throw their hat in the ring and help us out!

FAQ:

Q: Who can be nominated?

A: Anyone! The secretaries of the PHP-FIG are basically administrative clerks and community handlers. For more details, see https://www.php-fig.org/bylaws/mission-and-structure/#secretaries

The CC members of the PHP-FIG are basically the technical steering committee; citing the bylaw: https://www.php-fig.org/bylaws/mission-and-structure/#the-core-committee

Q: Who can nominate?

A: Citing the bylaw: "Candidates for Secretary or the Core Committee must be nominated/proposed by an existing Project Representative or FIG Secretary to be considered, and must publicly accept their nomination in order to be valid. Prospective candidates may seek nominations in any way they see fit."

Thank you,

Lane Staples
PHP-FIG Secretary