2023-05-23 Trustee Election

The election will start on the 23rd 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.

Our returning officer for this election is Gareth Howell, who will set up and handle the OpaVote system for the election.

You will receive an individual voting email to your HMS registered email address.

There are three open positions.

In order to run the election, there must be four 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.

Item	Time/Date	Notes
Nomination Announcement	12th April
Nomination Window Starts	00:01 18th April	This window helpfully covers the May members meeting for more publicity
Nomination Window Ends	23:59 8th May (21 days) (ends 9th May)
Publish Nominations	9th May daytime	1 day to publish nominations usually on the wiki
14 day gap window	00:01 10th May - 23:59 22nd May (12 days)	Use this for hustings or other meeting nominees
Election Begins	00:01 23rd May
Election Ends	23:59 29th May (7 days)
Election Results Announced	30th May