Drupal Association Elections

Some Permanent Members are members of the Board of Directors. Permanent Members that are not members of the Board of Directors are referred to as Community Ambassadors. You can use this website to submit your candidacy to become a Community Ambassador and/or to become a member of the Board of Directors.

Permanent Member applications

The General Assembly consists of the Permanent Members, i.e. both the Board of Directors and the Community Ambassadors. The General Assembly does not have voting powers in the day-to-day operations of the Drupal Association. Their main responsibility is the appointment and removal of the Directors as well as amending the statutes. In a way, they police the Board of Directors -- if they are unhappy with the Board of Directors' performance, they can appoint or remove Directors. The General Assembly shall, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the voting members decide on the actual admission of new Permanent Members. We expect that Permanent Members spend up to two hours/week working on their Drupal Association responsibilities and obligations.

Board of Director applications

The Board of Directors is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Drupal Association. They approve or decline proposals and work to implement those that are approved.. For example, it is the Board of Directors that decides what hardware will be purchased, where the next Drupal Conference will be held, etc. They are also responsible for making sure these decisions are implemented; i.e. they raise money, they purchase and install hardware, they coordinate the organization of the Drupal conferences, etc. Being a member of the Board of Directors requires a strong commitment and is often considered to be hard work. We expect that our board members spend up to four hours/week working on their Drupal Association responsibilities and obligations.

The members of the Board of Directors are appointed by the General Assembly and may be removed at any time by the General Assembly. For both cases, a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the present or represented Permanent Members is required. An appointed office is valid for a renewable term of two (2) years for the President, Treasurer and Secretary, and for one (1) year for other offices. A Director shall receive no remuneration unless otherwise decided by the General Assembly.

More details

For more details, consult the statutes of the Drupal Association at http://association.drupal.org/about/statutes-and-internal-regulations. For a list of the current General Assembly, see http://association.drupal.org/about/staff.

Election process

See: detailed description of the election process.

As the current President of the Drupal Association, it is my role to preside over the General Assembly and to coordinate the election process. This temporary site is not hosted on drupal.org because it is likely to be used for the actual voting as well. Hosting it on drupal.org would mean that several people would have access to the data and would be able to see who voted what. To protect people's vote, this site is hosted on http://buytaert.net.