Announcing the 2018 Executive Council for the Carpentries

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Voting in the election for community governance of the Carpentries (Executive Council, formerly named Steering Committee or Board of Directors) closed last week. Out of the 501 members eligible for voting, 147 ballots were cast (29% turnout).

We are pleased to announce the four newly elected members of the Executive Council:

Raniere and Lex received the highest number of votes and will serve two year terms; Amy and Elizabeth will serve one year terms.

Our Steering Committee Candidates

Sun, 26 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Eight people have nominated to serve on the 2018 Steering Committee of the new, merged Carpentries.

The nominees so far are:

Samantha Ahern (UK)
Martin Callaghan (UK)
Auriel Fournier (US)
Amy Hodge (US)
Lex Nederbragt (Norway)
Raniere Silva (Brazil, but currently in the UK)
Juan Steyn (South Africa)
Jessica Upani (Namibia)
Elizabeth Wickes (US)

There is still time to put your name forward. Nominations will close on 1 December.

Elections on The Carpentries

Announcing the 2018 Executive Council for the Carpentries

Our Steering Committee Candidates