2022 Election Results
Now that the voting period has officially closed, conference organizers are thrilled to share that the election process for appointing new Directors is now complete.
The Open Education Conference Board of Directors is designed to include staggered, two-year term lengths to ensure institutional memory is passed forward. Annually, an election is held to appoint 50% of the Board who will fill the seats of those 50% of Directors who will rotate off the Board in a given year.
This year, over 500 Open Education Conference Community members participated in the election, representing 20% of the population who attended OpenEd21, OpenEd22, or otherwise registered to vote. Votes were cast online through a secure platform during the two-week voting period.
The following six candidates received the greatest amount of votes, and therefore have been officially appointed to the Board for a two-year term starting in January 2023 (in alphabetical order by last name):
Sneh Bansal, Principal, Chandigarh College of Education (Punjab, India)
Chealsye Bowley, Director of Open Education and Learning Innovation, Colorado Department of Higher Education (Colorado, USA)
Tim Carson, Provincial Trades Representative - Open Education, BCcampus (British Columbia, Canada)
Simon Omondi, Researcher, Tangaza University College (Nairobi, Kenya)
Judith Sebesta, Vice President, ISKME Labs (California/Texas, USA)
Sarah Stokes, Educational Developer and Supervisor, OE Lab, Ontario Tech University (Ontario, Canada)
Conference organizers would like to extend their sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the election process, but particularly to each person who put their name forward as a nominee. It takes a great deal of courage to run in a community election, and each individual’s contribution strengthens the Open Education Conference community.
More information about the election process is available on the conference website. Stay tuned to this conference mailing list as well as social media channels for more announcements in the New Year.
