2024-05-20 Trustee Election

The election will start on the 20th May this year and it will run for 7 days. All members, no matter how remote, will be able to vote.

The election will take place electronically using OpaVote.

You will receive an individual voting email to your HMS registered email address. Our returning officer this year, like last year, will be Gareth Howell.

There are five open positions. Four of these will be 2 year terms, with the fifth being a one year term. The fifth position is due to the resignation of Joshua Kelly. As per our Constitution, positions will be ordered by length of remaining term, longest first, and awarded in order as each candidate passes the winning threshold.

Election Hustings and Voting

Once the nomination window closes, your details will be put on the Wiki before the voting period begins. The election voting will start on 20th of May and run for 7 days - keep an eye on your emails, Discord and future newsletters for more details.

We'd like to run two events this year, which will enable potential candidates to find out more information about the role of trustee, and for members to find out more about.

• 2nd Trustee Open House - 7pm on Wednesday the 17th - in the Blue Room. This will be an opportunity to find out more about the role of trustee within the hackspace - what is involved, how the space runs, how you will benefit the community, etc.
• Nominee Hustings - TBA - An opportunity for membership to ask questions to the nominees. This will take place between the end of the nomination window, but before voting begins, and we'll aim to find a time that works for as many nominees as possible.

Nominees

To be announced after the nomination window ends.

Election Timeline

Item	Time/Date	Notes
Nomination Announcement	10th April
Nomination Window Starts	00:01 16th April	This window helpfully covers the May members meeting for more publicity
Nomination Window Ends	23:59 6th May (21 days) (ends 9th May)
Publish Nominations	7th May daytime	1 day to publish nominations usually on the wiki
14 day gap window	00:01 7th May - 23:59 19th May (12 days)	Use this for hustings or other meeting nominees
Election Begins	00:01 20th May
Election Ends	23:59 26th May (7 days)
Election Results Announced	27th May

Nominating Yourself for Election

In order to run the election, there must be six nominees.

If you wish to apply, please email your application to trustees@nottinghack.org.uk. You must include your full name, a photo of yourself and a paragraph on what you feel you can bring to the role of trustee. The trustee job description can be found here.

You may also wish to include your experience and interests, what you’ve already done for the Hackspace community, and why members might want to choose you for this important, people-focused role.

We'd like to see as many members as possible applying to be Trustees, and applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.