Announcing 2024 Board of Directors Election

As we prepare to gather for the 2024 Open Education Conference on October 8-10, the Open Education Conference is launching its annual community election process for its Board of Directors. Guided by the Strategic Vision, newly elected Directors will join conference leadership in January 2025 to shape its future as a sustainable, community-owned event.

The goal of the election is to appoint six community members to serve on the Board for a two year term, starting January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2026. Starting today, interested candidates are invited to review the requirements and self-nominate by Sunday, November 3rd, 2024. Voting will take place from Tuesday, November 11th to Thursday, November 21st, 2024. For more details, visit the election page.

VOTING PROCESS & REGISTRATION

Anyone who has attended either of the two most recent years of the Open Education Conference or otherwise identifies as a member of the Open Education Conference community is eligible to vote. If you have registered to attend OpenEd23 or OpenEd24, you are automatically registered to vote. If you have previously registered to vote but have not attended either of these conferences, you will need to renew your voter registration. To renew or update your voter registration, please complete the voter registration form.
Voting will take place November 12th to 21st, 2024 and secure voting instructions will be delivered to each registered voter by email.

BACKGROUND & MORE INFORMATION

The Open Education Conference is an annual convening for sharing and learning about open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open education initiatives. Building on a sixteen year history, the conference began a transition to community leadership, including the adoption of a Strategic Vision and election of a Board of Directors in 2021. Currently, the Open Education Conference is fiscally housed within SPARC.