Each year the F# Software Foundation holds elections for its Board of Trustees. The role of the Board is to oversee the vision and mission of the F# Software Foundation, to set the goals, and to appoint officers to run the daily operations as appropriate. It is now time for our members to choose who will represent them as the Board of Trustees for 2021-2022.
Once again, the last year has seen a strong growth of F# and its Community.
However, the F# Software Foundation is now at an inflection point - while some of our programs continue to be successful, many of our previous activities have gone inactive. We need strong leaders to help determine the vision and future for the F# Software Foundation moving forward. This year, we will be electing five members to the Board of Trustees with the hope of having a lean and agile Board which can determine the vision for the Foundation for the next decade.
As such, 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 last year: 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):
- September 3rd: Nominations for new Board of Trustees is opened to Sustaining Member and Sponsor Delegates
- September 14th: Nominations close
- September 15th: Campaigning for all nominees begins
- September 23th: Voting opens
- September 28th: Voting ends
- September 30th: Annual Member meeting held at 18:00 UTC, new Board of Trustees announced (*** See note below)
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 two weeks 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 September 30th 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 (#2021_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
*** Note: The Board of Trustees apologizes for the delay in this year's schedule. Our intention was to hold elections in August, one year after the previous elections, but due to various circumstances, this year's election cycle was delayed until September.
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