Re: Squeak Oversight Board Election 2026

As a current member of the board, I would welcome the opportunity to 
continue serving in 2026.

I currently help with The Weekly Squeak, where I contribute to sharing 
news and updates about Squeak/Smalltalk. I also try to help where I can 
on the mailing lists, supporting others through feature exploration, 
testing, documentation, and experimenting with new uses of Squeak.

Squeak continues to progress forward, and I would like to see it 
continue to grow. The community continues to collaborate in its 
improvement, allowing users to realize the incredible potential of 
Squeak. I am thankful for all the efforts everyone continues to make to 
ensure this happens. It is my desire to help it stay and grow, to ensure 
compatibility with earlier releases, and to see it used more widely.

Thank you for your consideration!

Sincerely,
Scott

On 4/23/26 10:28, Patrick Rein wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> (If you plan to run, please note the important information for board 
> members below).
>
> It's that time again. Time to raise your voices and elect your 
> leaders! Can you believe
> it's been over a year already?
>
> It's a time for you to stand up, help your community and volunteer to 
> serve!
>
> Squeak wants you!
>
> Every year we elect the SOB (Squeak Oversight Board) consisting of
> seven members from our community. The current board members are:
>  - Marcel Taeumel
>  - Vanessa Freudenberg
>  - Eliot Miranda
>  - Tim Rowledge
>  - David T. Lewis
>  - Christoph Thiede
>  - Rachel Crowther
>  - Scott Gibson
>
> For more info on the board please see:
>  https://squeakboard.wordpress.com/our-mission/
>
> Everything about the election, including schedule and more, can be 
> tracked here:
>  http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6675
>
> Now until Friday 8th of May 2026, 18.00 UTC: Nominations of SOB members
> and campaigning!
>
> !!! Important Information for Candidates !!!
>
> As Squeak is a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy,
> board members need to follow and sign the SFCs conflict of interest
> policy, which you can find here:
> https://sfconservancy.org/projects/policies/conflict-of-interest-policy.html 
>
>
> !!! End of Important Change !!!
>
> Candidates should nominate themselves and start their campaign on the
> squeak-dev mailing list. Or if you nominate someone else, make sure
> that person really wants to run. :) I will not put anyone on the
> candidate list until that person makes it known on squeak-dev that
> he/she intends to run.
>
> During this period, the candidates should ideally present themselves
> on squeak-dev, unless they have already done so, and the community can
> ask questions.
>
> I encourage you to reach out to potential candidates, people that are
> active in the community and represent your views, and ask them to run.
> Some people will not run without encouragement.  Also, I know that
> some people wait to the last minute to run for the board to see if
> others will run but please consider getting this year off to a faster
> start and just jump right in!
>
> The schedule and process are as follows:
>
> - Now until Friday 8th of May 2026, 18.00 UTC: Nominations of SOB 
> members and campaigning!
> - Friday 8th of May 2026, 18.00 UTC: Candidate list is finalized.
> - Friday 8th of May 2026, ~19.00 UTC: Online election starts.
> - Friday 22nd of May 2026, 19.00 UTC: Online election ends.
> - Results will be announced immediately after the election ends.
>
> The voting period is two weeks long and ballots are sent out via email.
>
> And how do you end up on the voter list? See below. :)
>
> IMPORTANT: New voters will NOT be added once the election is started.
> You MUST try to get on the voter list before the 8th of May 2026
> or you will NOT be able to vote. If your Email has changed please try
> to make sure it is changed on the list of voters before the election
> starts.
>
> --------------------------
>
> If you were invited to vote last year you are already on the voter
> list, no worries! If you are a new Squeaker and wish to vote you
> should do ONE of the following:
>
>  * Get a "known" Squeaker to vouch for you. If a known Squeaker
> sends an email to voters (at) squeak.org giving me a name and email
> for you, then I will add you.
>
>  * Send an email to voters (at) squeak.org yourself (and CC to
> squeak-dev if you like) with information/arguments showing me that you
> are indeed serious about voting and that you are indeed a Squeaker.
>
> When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with
> instructions and a link to the voting website.
>
> If there are any further questions, just reply *in this thread* and I
> will closely track it - or send email to voters (at) squeak.org which
> is updated and points to me.
>
> ...so let's get on with it!
>
> All the best,
> Patrick
>
>
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