Hi everyone, As members of the Airship community, a pilot project project supported by the OpenStack Foundation (OSF), we want to encourage you to become individual members of the OpenStack Foundation. One of the benfits of membership is eligibility to participate in the upcoming annual Foundation Board of Directors election. The OSF board represents all of the projects[1], not just OpenStack, and so it’s important for every community member to actively participate, as both voters and candidates, in this election process. If you are not already an OpenStack Foundation member, please consider joining by July 21 to have a voice in the 2020 election. It’s free to join and only takes a few minutes to complete the form. https://www.openstack.org/join/register/?membership-type=foundation Eligibility is time sensitive! In order to be eligible to in the January 2020 Individual Board of Directors election[2] you must join as an Individual Foundation Member no later than this Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 11:59pm PT. The OpenStack Foundation Board of Directors provides strategic and financial oversight of Foundation resources and staff. The 24 person Board is composed of directors elected by the Individual Foundation Members (8), directors elected by the Gold Members (8) and directors appointed by the Platinum Members (8). Individual Member Directors are there to represent the individual members of the Foundation, people like yourself! These Directors act a direct link between the thousands of members of the Foundation and the Board, not as appointed representatives of the companies for which they work. Meet the current Board of Directors[3] and learn more here[4]. For further OpenStack Foundation updates and news, please sign up for the OpenStack Foundation mailing list[5]. You can also select the type of content you receive from the OpenStack Foundation, including our biweekly newsletter convering all of the Foundation activities[6]. Thanks! Chris [1] We’re aware that some of the language about the election on openstack.org is still “openstack project” specific, and we’ll be updating that prior to the 2020 elections to more accurately reflect that the OSF Board represents all OSF projects. Please don’t let this dissuade you from joining if you’re interested in voting! [2] Individual Election https://www.openstack.org/election/2020-individual-director-election/ [3] Foundation Board of Directors https://www.openstack.org/foundation/board-of-directors/ [4] OpenStack Foundation https://www.openstack.org/foundation/ [5] OpenStack Foundation Mailing List http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation [6] Foundation Newsletter https://www.openstack.org/community/email-signup