This proposal has been approved and the text has been incorporated into the Elections page. |
Currently, we hold annual elections where members at the Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels (as well as non-members in the community) are elected for one-year terms. However, particularly with a quarterly meeting cycle, single year terms don’t provide much time to get acclimated with the group and its processes. Therefore, we propose to change the term for elected Leaders to two years, with half of the elected seats up for election every year. The following additional rules would apply:
The total number of elected seats at each membership level is based on the number of members at that level and is defined on the top-level Elections page. For the first year, we would stagger the turnover by extending some seats for an additional year and ending others as follows:
We would then hold an election for the seats that are not extended. Each of the newly elected Leaders would serve a two year term.