# OpenMRS Board of Directors Community Seat Nominations Closing Tomorrow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Tags:** bod\ **Created:** [January 23, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-board-of-directors-community-seat-nominations-closing-tomorrow/41498 "2024-01-23T20:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janflowers](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/janflowers/32/208_2.png) [@janflowers](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/janflowers)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-board-of-directors-community-seat-nominations-closing-tomorrow/41498/1 "2024-01-23T20:58:01Z")
Just a reminder that the community seat nominations for the OpenMRS board of directors will close tomorrow, Wednesday 24 January 2024. Please get your nominations in to be the voice of the community at the board meetings! > [@Nominations: Board of Directors (BoD) Community Representative Seat](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/nominations-board-of-directors-bod-community-representative-seat/41381): > > Happy new year and warmest wishes to you! As many of you know, OpenMRS Inc. is a non-profit organization designed to support the continued growth of the OpenMRS community. One element of the non-profit is a Board of Directors (BoD). The purpose of the Board is to provide guidance to the organization and ensure adherence to its mission; improving healthcare delivery in resource-constrained environments. The OpenMRS community elects one member to the BoD, to serve a 2-year term. The end of Decem… ---
**Author:** ![janflowers](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/janflowers/32/208_2.png) [@janflowers](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/janflowers)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-board-of-directors-community-seat-nominations-closing-tomorrow/41498/2 "2024-01-23T20:58:49Z")
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**Author:** ![erica](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/erica/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@erica](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/erica)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-board-of-directors-community-seat-nominations-closing-tomorrow/41498/3 "2024-01-25T08:46:36Z")
Happy Thursday Dear OpenMRS Community 👋 The nominations have officially been closed. Superb candidates nominated… thank you! **Next steps** - Reaching out to nominated candidates this week to ask their willingness and availability to take up the position. - Prepared statements from candidates due Wednesday 31 January, 2024 - Elections run from 5 - 12 February, 2024 - Election result announced by Friday 16 February, 2024 - New Representative to take office Monday 4 March, 2024 Thank you for being part of this important Community activity. Ps: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think” A.A. Milne, Author and Poet