2024-11-24 Trustee Election

The election will start on the 24th of November 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, as with the previous election will be Gareth Howell.

There is one open position - this will be a partial term aligning to the normal election in 2026.

Election Hustings and Voting

We will ask nominees if they would like be part of a hustings after the nomination window closes.

Nominees

A minimum of two nominations are required to run this election. These will be published here according to the election timeline, below.

Election Timeline

Item	Time/Date	Notes
Nomination Announcement	26th October
Nomination Window Starts	27th October @ 00:00	Conveniently coinciding with the members meeting.
Nomination Window Ends	23:59 16th November (21 days)
Publish Nominations	17th November
7 day gap window	00:00 17th November - 23:59 23rd November	Usually 14 days but in the interest of expediency the minimum permitted has been chosen.
Election Begins	24th November @ 00:00
Election Ends	30th November @ 23:59
Election Results Announced	1st December

Nominating Yourself for Election

In order to run the election, there must be at least two 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.