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* Vote invitations will be sent out January 13, | * Vote invitations will be sent out January 13, 2026. | ||
* The ballot will become active immediately upon invitation. | * The ballot will become active immediately upon invitation. | ||
* The ballot will remain active until January 20, | * The ballot will remain active until January 20, 2026 at 7:10pm. | ||
* Voting results will be shared January 20, | * Voting results will be shared January 20, 2026 during the Annual Member Meeting. | ||
=Ballot= | =Ballot= | ||
Latest revision as of 14:53, 13 January 2026
About
Due to success of online voting in the past and to promote voting access to more members, the 2026 Annual Members Vote will be held online.
The virtual voting process will be similar to the previous years with some minor differences to ballot activation and timeline.
Goals
- Enable members to cast one vote online.
- Allow voters to confirm they have voted.
- Remove identifying information from votes.
- Produce voting results.
Process
- The voter pool is populated using HaxDB to pull members name, email, and mattermost username.
- A unique key is generated and assigned to each voter in the voter pool.
- Invitations are sent to each voter in the pool through their email address and mattermost message. Each invitation provides a link containing that voter's unique key.
- Voters use the link to cast their ballot. Submitting a ballot saves the results associated with the voter's unique key and removes them (and their identifying information) from the voter pool.
- Voters may continue to use the link to verify that that their ballot has been cast.
Timeline
- Vote invitations will be sent out January 13, 2026.
- The ballot will become active immediately upon invitation.
- The ballot will remain active until January 20, 2026 at 7:10pm.
- Voting results will be shared January 20, 2026 during the Annual Member Meeting.
Ballot
| Position | Responsibilities | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| President | chairperson spokesperson promotion of core values liason to attorneys, landlord, and the like grant development |
Issac Merkle |
| Membership Director (Secretary) |
membership records management new member onboarding board meeting notes file annual report with State |
Tracy Homer |
| Treasurer | collection of member dues, event revenue pay bills, do reimbursements purchasing reconcile accounts, manage investments file 990 with IRS |
Sue Joslin |
| Community Coordinator | member communications volunteer development liason to internal working groups |
Russell Portwood |
| Communications | website events calendar |
Daryl Houston |
| Creative Director | social media liason to other local community groups tomfoolery |
Sean Simoneau |
| Technical Director | networking maintain classroom laptops, printers security cameras administer text chat, email, cloud, website, wiki, and video conferencing servers data management |
Jondale Stratton |
| Facilities Manager | management of workshop’s “gray areas” utilities HVAC, lighting site security member storage, rental bays |
Billy Huddleston |
