It is an honor to unveil the election results and introduce the newest elected representatives of the Governing Board!
Congratulations to the winning candidates, we thank you for your willingness to serve the community. We're also grateful to everyone who threw their hat in the ring, and hope that the candidates who did not get elected consider running again in the future. Thanks also to the outgoing members of the Governing Board for their service in the precedent-setting first cohort!
I'd also like to express our gratitude to all the people who cast ballots in the election, and to everyone who asked questions along the way! We learn a lot in each election and we look forward to improving it each successive year.
Read on to see who is on the Governing Board and a brief discussion of next steps.
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Today we kick off the second Governing Board election season for the Matrix.org Foundation!
We start with a two week nomination period that opens on Saturday, May 3rd and closes on Friday, May 16th.
This year’s deadlines are anchored to the UTC timezone, rather than the AOE approach that we used with mixed results last year.
We’ll be doing our best to reach out to everyone in the Gold, Silver, Individual, and Associate Member constituent groups to let them know they are eligible to nominate candidates for the election.
If you are interested in nominating someone – or yourself – to be a candidate in this election, read this post in its entirety.
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After a successful 2024 with a lot to be proud of, and a Matrix Conference that brought our community together to celebrate 10 years of Matrix, we step into 2025 with a light budget and a mighty team poised to make the most of it!
Our priorities remain to make Matrix a safer network, keep growing the ecosystem, make the most of our Governing Board, and drive a fruitful and friendly collaboration across all actors.
However, whether we will manage to get there is not fully a given.
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