The extended nomination period for the upcoming TC election closes in just over two days. We need to elect people to fill 4 of the 9 seats on the TC during this round. We currently have just enough candidates to fill the open seats, but in so doing we would end up with a majority of the TC members employed by the same company. Appendix 4 of the bylaws of the Open Infrastructure Foundation, the Technical Committee Member Policy[*], states:

In the event of a Technical Committee election that would result in half or more of the members of the Technical Committee being Affiliated, the Board of Directors may defer the effective date of office of the newly elected Technical Committee members who are Affiliated for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days after a resolution by the Board of Directors approving such deferral. The Board of Directors must pass such resolution within thirty (30) days of the notice of election results from the Technical Committee. During such period of deferral, the Technical Committee and the Board of Directors shall work to resolve the issue by agreement among themselves, such as by a resignation of one or more Technical Committee members or having the Individual Member with the next highest number of votes become a member of the Technical Committee. If the Technical Committee and the Board of Directors are not able to agree on a resolution within such thirty (30) day period, the Board of Directors may require another election for such positions.

In order to avoid this outcome, we need additional nominees with a variety of affiliations immediately. If you've considered running for a seat on the OpenStack TC before, now is definitely the time. Please see earlier announcements[**] from the election officials for details on how to submit your nomination. Thanks! [*] https://openinfra.dev/legal/openstack-technical-committee-member-policy [**] https://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2022-August/030094.h... https://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2022-August/030241.h... -- Jeremy Stanley