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<p>For any QGIS UK User Group people:</p>
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<td>[QGIS-Developer] Community Voting Members Election 2026:
Schedule and Call for Nominations</td>
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<td>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:41:44 +0800</td>
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<td>Voting Officer via QGIS-Developer
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org"><qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org></a></td>
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<td>Voting Officer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:voting@qgis.org"><voting@qgis.org></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-community-team@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-community-team@lists.osgeo.org</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-voting-members@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-voting-members@lists.osgeo.org</a></td>
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<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear
QGIS Community,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">With
the addition of the Tanzania User Group in 2025, we now
have 34 country-level user groups. The </span><a
href="https://qgis.org/community/foundation/charter"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">QGIS
Charter</span></a><span
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calls for an equal number of “Community Voting Members”
(we have 33), so we’re kicking off an election for one new
voting member.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This
year’s election will aim to follow this schedule:</span></p>
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dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
role="presentation"><span
style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">14 Jan - 27 Jan: Call for Nominations</span></p></li>
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates: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:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">28 Jan - 10 Feb: Voting</span></p></li>
<li dir="ltr"
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dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
role="presentation"><span
style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">11 -13 Feb: Tally votes & verification of results</span></p></li>
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dir="ltr"
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role="presentation"><span
style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">14 Feb: Announce results</span></p></li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">**C</span><span
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for </span><span
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ominations</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">**</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We
invite nominations for one Community Voting Member. Any
active QGIS community member is eligible to be nominated. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Only
QGIS Committers (“any person who has been granted commit
access in any of the official QGIS repositories”) 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:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">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>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You
can submit your nominations until </span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">**23:59
UTC on 27 January 2026**</span><span
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here:</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a
href="https://forms.gle/hQdQq1hSMRVHHQWQA"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://forms.gle/hQdQq1hSMRVHHQWQA</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">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>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For
further details, visit the </span><a
href="https://qgis.org/community/organisation"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">QGIS
community organisation page</span></a><span
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If you have any questions about the process, please don’t
hesitate to contact me.</span></p>
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style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank
you for your continued engagement!</span></p>
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Bryant</span></p>
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Voting Officer</span></p>
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