Annual General Meetings/2022
16th Annual General Meeting of the OpenStreetMap Foundation
The 16th Annual General Meeting of the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) will be held online in the IRC chat room #osmf-gm on the IRC network irc.oftc.net, on Saturday 10 December 2022, 16:00 UTC (countdown), unless rescheduled.
Results
Winners were Sarah Hoffmann, Mateusz Konieczny, Arnalie Vicario and Craig Allan.
The OpaVote results were announced after confirmation by Michael Spreng using OpenSTV.
Raw ballots and detailed results for the election to board are available at:
- the Opavote website, accessible till 11 Feb 2023 at 16:00 UTC
- the OSM Foundation website.
Proposed resolutions
There are no resolution proposed by the OSMF board.
Board Election
Foundation members will vote to elect four new board members in December. There are seven seats on the board. The OSM wiki has more information.
Voting instructions and FAQ
Voting information, instructions and FAQ.
IMPORTANT - Test your browser settings, otherwise you might send an empty vote
The voting emails from OpaVote (will be sent to eligible OSM Foundation members on the 3rd of December, after 16:00 UTC) will link directly to the voting page, which will be listing each candidate in random order and allowing you to rank the candidates in order of preference.
If you do not see the names of the candidates on the page linked from the voting email:
- Please make sure that you have Javascript enabled. Disable any plugins that block content (like Decentraleyes or uBlock Origin). Otherwise the list of the candidates will not be visible and you will send an empty vote.
- Test your browser settings before voting by visiting this sandbox voting page where you should see a list of OpenStreetMap editors (randomised each time you load the page). Use the same browser settings when you proceed to vote for the election and resolutions. The sandbox page is only for testing purposes: the vote button does not work and votes on the OSM editors are not counted.
- Cookies must also be allowed to avoid sending an empty vote.
This is a preview of how the actual voting page should look (except the red arrows and the fake candidate list).
Facilitator
Michael Collinson will gather the questions from the community, organise them and publish an official set for the candidates.
The candidates' answers and manifestos will be compiled here.
Michael Collinson was active 2006-2014ish as an OSMF board member, OSMF board secretary, SotM and chair of the OSMF Licensing Working Group. More recently, he acted as an election observer for Humanitarian OSM Team and OpenStreetMap United States Inc. (OSMF Local Chapter in the US). Active mapper from 2005 till now. (Source).
Access to OpaVote online platform
- Dorothea Kazazi (Administrative Assistant)
- Michael Spreng (Membership Working Group)
Confirmation of OpaVote results with OpenSTV
- Michael Spreng (Membership Working Group)
Key dates
- Key dates on the OSM wiki
- Online calendar - please check the description of each event for exact dates and times.
Agenda
- Apologies for absence
- Minutes of the last general meeting
- Chairperson’s report
- Treasurer’s report
- Information on Fundraising
- Personnel committee's report
- Election to Board
- Any other business