Hello all, As you may have seen, the Open Education Conference has announced an election process to form a Board of Directors that will assume leadership of the conference in order to guide it’s future as a sustainable, community-owned event. The conference has launched a community election process to select six new members for the Board of Directors, who will serve two-year terms starting in January 2022. (Full details and FAQ <https://openeducationconference.org/2021-election>) The nomination period for the Open Education Conference Board of Directors Election will close at 11:59pm PST this Friday December 3, 2021. For interested candidates, full responsibilities and criteria are outlined in the Board Responsibilities & Requirements <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z5h6Tr-I13w0XGGwEjiiI__KK7ajcshuWz_2iBhPA8c/>. In general, candidates must: - Have attended the Open Education Conference at least once. - Identify with the Open Education Conference community and work toward its Strategic Vision <https://openeducationconference.org/about/strategic-vision>. - Be able to fulfill the Board Responsibilities & Requirements <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z5h6Tr-I13w0XGGwEjiiI__KK7ajcshuWz_2iBhPA8c/>, including the 6-10 hour monthly time commitment. - Have not served as a committee member for the 2020 or 2021 Open Education Conference. Please consider this opportunity to shape the future of the Open Education Conference and share it with others who would make great candidates! Further details and an election FAQ can be found on the Open Education Conference website <https://openeducationconference.org/2021-election>. To stay up to date with the elections process, please ensure that you are subscribed to the Open Education Conference mailing list <https://form.openeducationconference.org/sign-up>. Please feel free to share with your networks. We encourage all interested nominees to fill out the self-nomination form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSm1cgd3S9VFUdY1u4NQ8TUP346eqcUdFGNehevzrSzVNnow/viewform> . Thank you! Hailey Babb On behalf of the Open Education Conference Strategic Planning Committee -- *Hailey Babb* Open Education Project Manager SPARC <http://sparcopen.org>