OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) members will vote to elect a new board at the Annual General Meeting in October 2026.
There are four available board seats and four candidates: @robot8a, @napo, @cRaIgalLAn and @livingwithdragons. There are seven board seats in total.
The board candidates’ manifestos and answers to the official questions by @ZeLonewolf, based on questions by the community, are now published on the OSM wiki: Foundation/AGM2026/Election to Board/Answers and manifestos - OpenStreetMap Wiki
The page also includes a table linking to individual answers, some info about the candidates, and statistics.
The proposed community discussion period is: 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-10 16:00 UTC, when voting for the election will open.
If you are automatically translating this message via community.osm.org, the questions and links to the answers are below.
1. OSMF Board Recruitment
This year there are four candidates for four available Board seats. What, if anything, do you think the OSMF should take from that, and are there any changes you would like to see in how candidates are recruited or encouraged to stand for the Board?
2. Organized Mapping
Large organised editing teams may consist of paid editors with substantially more people, time, and resources than the local volunteer communities affected by their work. Do the OSMF’s existing community processes and Organised Editing Guidelines provide a sufficient framework for managing that imbalance, or would you like to see changes?
All board candidates’ manifestos are here.
Additional resources
For more information regarding the 2026 board election and the 20th Annual General Meeting please see the following links: