It is crucial that the Board of Trustees represents the F# Community in all of its diversity and helps shape F# growth towards the future. The elections are a chance for our Members to directly influence and have a voice in where the F# Software Foundation leads by nominating people they think will drive the mission forward. For our Sustaining Members, voting for who they think will best represent the Foundation allows you all to directly impact and determine the future of the Foundation.

The general process for the elections will remain similar to the last years: after a period open for nominations, we will have a campaign, followed by an election and our Annual Meeting of the Members. We are looking forward to a healthy election, and to achieving even more in the year ahead!​

Election Process

The plan for the elections is to use the following tentative schedule (subject to change):

• January 29th: Nominations for new Board of Trustees is opened to Sustaining Member and Sponsor Delegates
• February 6th: Nominations close
• February 7th: Campaigning for all nominees begins
• February 15th: Voting opens
• February 22nd: Voting ends
• February 23rd: Annual Member meeting held at 18:00 UTC, new Board of Trustees announced

Nominations for a position on the Board of Trustees can be made by any Sustaining Member or Sponsor Delegate by sending an email to [email protected]. Once a candidate has been nominated, we will contact them to go over the responsibilities of a Trustee on the Board and verify that they are interested in running for a position on the Board of Trustees.

All nominated candidates will be able to create a page with a statement which will be placed on forums.fsharp.org during the campaigning process. There will be just over one week for candidates to campaign prior to the opening of the voting process.

At the annual members meeting the newly elected Board of Trustees will be announced. The current Board will work with the new Board of Trustees to make the transition as seamless as possible.

Annual Meeting of the Members

The Annual Meeting of the Members of the Foundation will take place on February 23rd at 18:00 UTC, in Yarmouth, ME, USA. The meeting will be simultaneously held on the F# Software Foundation's Slack Team, in a dedicated channel (#2024_members_meeting) for all members.

Getting Involved

If you would like to nominate yourself or another candidate, and are not a Sustaining Member yourself, please discuss and have a Sustaining Member or Sponsor Delegate submit the nomination. You can find Sustaining Members by searching the member roster page.

If you would like to participate directly in the vote, consider joining the F# Software Foundation as a Sustaining Member.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us directly via [email protected] or on Slack.

Thank you,
Reed Copsey, Jr.
Executive Director - F# Software Foundation