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Elections/2025/Election-Guidelines.md

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Please see **[the list of candidates running in the election here](https://github.com/open-feature/community/blob/main/Elections/2025/Candidates.md)**.
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This election should fill seven seats:
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This election should fill seven seats:
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- four seats from the existing governance committee
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- three seats from new candidates.
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Election schedule:
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* Feb 3rd - Feb 17th 2025 - period to submit nominations
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* Feb 18th 2025 - official nominees list published
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* Feb 24th - Mar 10th 2025 - voting period
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* Mar 12th 2025 - results announced
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- Feb 3rd - Feb 17th 2025 - period to submit nominations
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- Feb 18th 2025 - official nominees list published
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- Feb 24th - Mar 10th 2025 - voting period
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- Mar 12th 2025 - results announced
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We highly encourage participation in this election cycle to ensure that the community is well-represented by the Governance Committee.
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# TL;DR
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* If you've been nominated or are willing to nominate yourself: express your interest in [this issue](https://github.com/open-feature/community/issues/417)
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* Vote between Feb 24th 2025 00:00 UTC and Mar 10th 2025 23:59 UTC via the [voting link](https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/0d3dca66-dd88-11ef-b00f-56fa8818c2bb/view)
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- If you've been nominated or are willing to nominate yourself: express your interest in [this issue](https://github.com/open-feature/community/issues/417)
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- Vote between Feb 24th 2025 00:00 UTC and Mar 10th 2025 23:59 UTC via the [voting link](https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/0d3dca66-dd88-11ef-b00f-56fa8818c2bb/view)
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# Vacancies
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This election should fill seven seats:
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- fours seats from the existing governance committee
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- three seats from new candidates
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To encourage diversity there will be a maximum of one-third representation on the Governance Committee from any one company at any time.
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If the outcomes of an election result in greater than 1/3 representation (or maximum of two, whichever is greater), the lowest vote getters from any particular company will be removed until representation on the committee is equal or less than one-third.
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To encourage diversity there will be a maximum of one-third representation on the Governance Committee from any one company at any time.
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If the outcomes of an election result in greater than 1/3 representation (or maximum of two, whichever is greater), the lowest vote getters from any particular company will be removed until representation on the committee is equal or less than one-third.
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# Voting process
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The template in that file includes the following columns:
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* Full name
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* GitHub alias
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* Company affiliation (if applicable)
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* Short bio or reasoning to join the Governance Committee (no more than a short paragraph)
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* _Optional_: photo/picture of a nominee
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- Full name
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- GitHub alias
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- Company affiliation (if applicable)
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- Short bio or reasoning to join the Governance Committee (no more than a short paragraph)
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- _Optional_: photo/picture of a nominee
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The Pull Request will not be merged until the candidate has confirmed their desire to be nominated (if not self-nominating) and ratified via PR comments.
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Everyone with voting rights may log into [Helios Voting](https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/0d3dca66-dd88-11ef-b00f-56fa8818c2bb/view) using their GitHub account.
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Voting will be approval voting, where each voter may select up to seven candidates, **four** from the current Governance Committee and three from the new nominees.
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The seven candidates (four from current GC and three from new nominees) with the most votes win the election.
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The winners should be from different organizations(at most 1/3 from the same organization), therefore only the 2 highest ranked nominees from each organization will be elected.
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The winners should be from different organizations(at most 1/3 from the same organization), therefore only the 2 highest ranked nominees from each organization will be elected.
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If the outcomes of an election result in greater than 1/3 representation (or maximum of two, whichever is greater), the lowest vote getters from any particular company will be removed until representation on the committee is equal or less than one-third.
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If there is a draw between the lower ranked candidates, there will be a runoff election between the tied candidates.

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