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Annual General Meetings
19th Annual General Meeting of the OpenStreetMap Foundation
The 19th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) took place:
Date and time:
on
Saturday 13 September 2025, 16:00 UTC
countdown
Location
online
Who could attend
: OpenStreetMap Foundation members and OSM community members.
The main order of business was to present the financial accounts for the last year, and the announcement of the
board election
results. Members could also ask questions.
The OpaVote board election results were announced during the General Meeting after confirmation by Michael Spreng
Membership Working Group
volunteer)
using OpenSTV.
Winners are Roland Olbricht, Dani Waltersdorfer and Brazil Singh.
The OpaVote results were announced after confirmation by Michael Spreng
Membership Working Group
volunteer)
using OpenSTV.
Raw ballots and detailed results for the election to board are available at
the
Opavote website
, accessible until 15 November 2025.
on the
OSM Foundation website
Members eligible to vote did not have to attend the Annual General Meeting, but can vote via email during the week before the meeting. The election results will be sent to their email addresses after the AGM. Post-meeting, this page will provide links to:
the reports from the Chairperson, Treasurer, Personnel Committee, and
the raw ballots and the detailed election results.
If any of the reports become available before the meeting, they will also be linked here.
Agenda
Apologies for absence
Minutes of the previous General Meeting
Chairperson’s report
Treasurer's report
Personnel committee's report
Election to Board
Any other business
Join
This page and the
IRC page on the OSM wiki
will have information on how to connect to the online room where the General Meeting will take place.
To join you can
use your browser
to connect to this OFTC webchat room
- pick a nickname (no spaces) and click 'Login'. It can take a few seconds to log in. You should see some mess with a '***' prefix. If it doesn't work, please check your browser add-ons/settings or try with a different browser.
use a dedicated
IRC
client
software (
comparison at Wikipedia
). You will need to input
irc.oftc.net
as the IRC server, and
#osmf-gm
as the channel. IRC communicates over a special port number which may be blocked by your office firewall. If you want to establish a connection with SSL, use Port 6697, or
use your browser to
join this Matrix room
- you need an account to join.
When you join, please send your full name to Dorothea, who will be present in the same channel - this is necessary to create the list of OSMF members who attended the meeting.
- Via IRC, type
/msg dorothea
your_name
- Via Matrix or a web-browser: try clicking or right clicking on her name and sending a message. Thank you.
Proposed resolutions by the OpenStreetMap Foundation board or by one of the members
There are no resolutions proposed by the board or by one of the members.
Please read:
Companies Act 2006: Members' power to require circulation of written resolution
and see the
key dates on the OSM wiki
Board Election
Foundation members voted to elect at least three new board members in September. There are seven seats on the board. The
OSM wiki
has more information.
Key dates
Key dates are on the
OSM wiki
- the authoritative source for the election dates and times.
The calendars below are just for your convenience. Some events/deadlines have times in UTC - please check the OSM wiki.
Online calendar
Image.
Voting instructions and FAQ
See
Annual_General_Meetings/2025/Voting_Information_and_Instructions
IMPORTANT - Test your browser settings, otherwise you might send an empty vote
The voting emails from OpaVote
(will be sent to eligible OSM Foundation members on the 6th of September 2025, after 16:00 UTC)
will link directly to the voting page, which will be listing each
candidate
in random order and allowing you to rank the candidates in order of preference.
If you do not see the names of the candidates on the page linked from the voting email:
Please make sure that you have Javascript enabled. Disable any plugins that block content (like Decentraleyes or uBlock Origin).
Otherwise the list of the candidates will not be visible and you will send an empty vote.
Test your browser settings before voting by visiting
this sandbox voting page
where you should see a list of OpenStreetMap editors (randomised each time you load the page). Use the same browser settings when you proceed to vote for the election and resolutions. The sandbox page is only for testing purposes: the vote button does not work and votes on the OSM editors are not counted.
Cookies must also be allowed to avoid sending an empty vote
Community members who block outgoing requests to Google-run websites must temporarily unblock these requests to participate in the vote, as the OpaVote voting page relies on ajax.googleapis.com to display the list of candidates.
Here is a preview
of how the actual voting page should look
(except the red arrows and the fake candidate list).
Facilitator for the questions to the board candidates
Brian Sperlongano was asked by the board to be the facilitator for the questions to the board candidates.
Access to the OpaVote online platform
Dorothea Kazazi
(Administrative Assistant)
Michael Spreng
Membership Working Group
volunteer)
Confirmation of OpaVote results with OpenSTV
By Michael Spreng
Membership Working Group
volunteer)
Annual General Meeting: IRC log and draft minutes
IRC log
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