Foundation/Local Chapters/United States/Elections/2025
Election to the Board
What is the Board?
OpenStreetMap US is governed by a board of directors made up of five volunteer individuals. Three of the five positions are up for election in 2025. You can learn more about current board members on the OSM US website.
Board Vacancies
There are three board seats subject to this election. The board members who have terms expiring are:
- Diane Fritz (not eligible to run this cycle)
- Matthew Wilden (eligible to run this cycle)
- Priyanka Miller (eligible to run this cycle)
Board members that will continue to serve through 2026:
- Harrison Devine
- Levente Juhász
2025 Election Schedule (all deadlines in EST)
- January 24, 2025 - Info session with existing board members at Mapping USA
- January 25, 2025 - Nominations Open
- February 9, 2025 - Nominations close at 11:59 pm EST
- February 10, 2025 - Deadline for nominees to be members of OSM US by 11:59 pm EST
- Between February 10 & 23 - Town Hall with Candidates
- February 23, 2025 - Deadline to become a member of OpenStreetMap US to vote by 11:59 pm EST
- February 24, 2025 - Voting Opens for OSM US members at Noon EST
- March 2, 2025 - Voting Closes at 11:59 pm EST
- March 3, 2025 - Board Announced
How do I vote?
At the beginning of the election period all voting members of OpenStreetMap US will receive an OpaVote ballot link at their registered email address. You can join OpenStreetMap US and choose to be a voting member prior to the election week and by February 23. If you're not sure about your membership status or your registered email, please get in touch with us at membership@openstreetmap.us.The Town Hall with candidates will be recorded.
Nominations
- Nominations open January 25 and close February 9. This wiki page has a space for recording nominations below.
- Nominees are encouraged (but not required) to provide position statements upon nomination via links on this wiki page, or a statement embedded in the table.
- A Nominee who withdraws should not remove their name from the wiki page, but rather clearly note that they decline by editing the page.
- Nominees membership status will be verified before the election starts. A nominee may become a member of OSM US at any time before February 10, 2025.
A valid nomination will include:
- A name posted on this wiki page. Manifestos will be optional this year but all candidates will be encouraged to join the live town hall to share their positions with the community.
- All of the above by February 9, 2025 (based on the wiki timestamp of the last edit)
- Independent verification of current membership by February 10 (this is not the responsibility of the Nominee)
2025 Board Candidates - Nominations Open!
Candidate nominations are open from January 25, 2025 until 11:59pm EST February 9, 2025. If a nominee chooses to withdraw, please leave your name on the page and add (Withdrawn) after it. Candidates - Position statements are optional but encouraged. Please post a link to your position statement no later than February 9.
There will be a Candidate Town Hall before February 23, and they are usually are held in the evening. Nominees should plan to attend, and voters are encouraged to join as well!
| RESULTS | Nominee / candidate | Link to position statement (optional but encouraged) |
OSM US member since | Membership Confirmed | Nominated by (optional – self-nominations welcome) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Your Name Here |
Elections
- Only current members of OpenStreetMap US can vote. You must be a voting member or renew your membership by February 23, 2025.
- The election voting period will start on Monday February 24 and end Sunday March 2.
- OpenStreetMap US members will receive, via email, a unique link to a voting page. This will be sent to the email address associated with their entry in OSM US membership records.
- A member of the OSM US Governance Committee will monitor the election. The monitor shall not be a candidate for the OSM US board. They will have access to the voting website in order to verify that the vote has been correctly counted and reported.
- Tiebreaker: ranked choice voting prevents ties from occurring.