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The Elections Committee would like to thank all of our candidates for their hard work in this year’s election. We would also like to thank our departing Board Directors, Anh Pham and Qiao Chu, for all their work during their Board terms. As previously advised, the Board of Directors is sorry to inform the membership that directors Erica Frank, elected in 2024, and Kathryn Soderholm, elected in 2023, stepped down from their positions on the Board prior to the 2026 election. We are grateful for their service and thank them for their hard work and dedication. With that, we are pleased to present the results… Read more

The election season is in full swing! As part of the election season, we have a chat with our candidates coming up soon. You can also find links to the candidates’ answers to your questions at the bottom of this post. Chats There will be one public chat with all three candidates that will last 90 minutes. Chats will take place in our public chatroom (Discord). It is scheduled for: Saturday, August 8, from 4pm UTC to 5.30pm UTC – Live chat with all candidates (What time is the Candidate Chat where I live?) During this chat, chat attendees will have the opportunity to ask… Read more

Candidates Announcement The Organization for Transformative Works is pleased to announce the following candidates for the 2026 Election (in alphabetical order by given name): Jennifer H. Rebecca C. M. Theodore B. As previously announced, Erica Frank and Kathryn Soderholm stepped down from their positions on the Board. Anh Pham and Qiao Chu are also stepping down from the Board as they have reached the end of their terms. There are seven Directors on the OTW’s Board and this year there are four open seats; three full-term seats lasting 3 years and one partial term seat lasting 1 year. Because we have four seats to be… Read more

The OTW Elections committee is pleased to announce that the timeline for the 2026 election for new members of the Board of Directors has been posted! As previously announced, Erica Frank and Kathryn Soderholm stepped down from their positions on the Board. Anh Pham and Qiao Chu are also stepping down from the Board as they have reached the end of their terms. There are seven Directors on the OTW’s Board and this year OTW members will elect four new Directors – three Directors to serve a full-term (3 years) and one Director to serve a partial term (1 year). This year’s election will be… Read more

Now that the 2025 election is over, we’re happy to share with you our voter turnout statistics! For the 2025 Election, we had 15,138 total eligible voters. Of those, 2,197 voters cast a ballot, which represents 14.5% of the potential voters. Our voter turnout is lower than that of last year, which had a turnout of 22.8%. We also saw a decrease in the number of ballots cast, from 3,415 to 2,197, which represents a 35.6% decrease. Elections is committed to continuing to reach out to our eligible members to encourage them to vote in elections. Whoever is elected to the Board of Directors can… Read more