<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c9902065-7fff-3172-7179-da7199dcf5b6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear QGIS Community,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With the addition of Algeria, Armenia, Cameroon, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, and India in 2026, we now have 38 country-level user groups. The </span><a href="https://qgis.org/community/foundation/charter" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">QGIS Charter</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> calls for an equal number of “Community Voting Members” (we have 32), so we’re kicking off an election for six new voting members.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year’s election will aim to follow this schedule:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">12 - 26 Nov: Call for Nominations</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">27 Nov - 10 Dec: Voting</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">11 - 12 Dec: Tally votes & verification of results</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">**C</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">all for </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">N</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ominations</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">**</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We invite nominations for 6 Community Voting Members. Any active QGIS community member is eligible to be nominated. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Only QGIS Committers (“</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">any person who has been granted commit access in any of the official QGIS repositories</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">”) are eligible to make nominations. This includes committers to any QGIS Git repository or Transifex project.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Before making a nomination, please confirm you’re eligible, and check with the person you’re nominating to make sure they are willing. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can submit your nominations until </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">**23:59 UTC on 26 November 2026**</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> here:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://forms.gle/h3Bd6Dhiz6v7AFuf9" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://forms.gle/h3Bd6Dhiz6v7AFuf9</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you play an organisational role (e.g. documentation lead, translation lead), kindly forward this email to your committers to ensure broad participation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For further details, visit the </span><a href="https://qgis.org/community/organisation" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">QGIS community organisation page</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. If you have any questions about the process, please don’t hesitate to contact me.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for your continued engagement!</span></p></span>John</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">John Bryant<div>QGIS Voting Officer</div></div></div></div></div>