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Links for elections of Directors of Freegle Ltd.

2022

Directors 2022 Election

28th July 2022 - Announcement of 2022 Election and request for nominations sent out to all volunteers via Announcements on Discourse and to all known email addresses on Modtools. https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/director-election-2022/5227

2nd August 2022 - Reminder on Central about election. https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/director-election/5246

12th August 2022 - Announcement on Central that the nomination period was closed, 4 of 6 nominees had agreed to stand as candidates and the Q&A session starts. https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/director-election-2022-q-a/5293 Reminder in same topic/thread sent 18.8.22.

Candidate statements & Q&A spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qUARTVZFYsjNMknkMbcnaeTDGUGOsuySO5sY6TLgKog/edit?usp=sharing


Annual Director Resignations and Election 2022

2021

Directors 2021 Election

18th September 2021 Request for nominations email sent out via Modtools to all groups. Sent to groups, and also posted on Central - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/notification-of-director-election-2021/4018, and reminder https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/2021-election-nomimations/4031

4th October 2021 Message on Central to announce that nominations have closed - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/2021-director-election-nominations-and-q-a/4063

4th October 2021 Message on Central announcing start of Q&A session - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/2021-director-election-nominations-and-q-a/4063

Candidate Statements and Q&A Spreadsheet with statements and questions asked/answered - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VStrVy9lemAQJPS5DTjHCdmcgUbth5r8nwKIzLGi5bM/edit?usp=sharing

11th October 2021 Message on Central closing Q&A session, also closing the period for AGM resolution submissions - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/2021-director-election-q-a-and-agm/4096

21st October 2021 Message (Announcement) on Central, appointment of new directors - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/agm-2021-director-election/4141

Annual Director Resignations and Election 2021

2020

Directors 2020 Election

25th September 2020 Request for nominations email sent out via Modtools to all volunteers. Sent to 452 groups, 498 volunteers via 4505 email addresses. Also posted on Central - [[1]]

8th October 2020 Message on Central to announce that nominations have closed - [[2]]

11th October 2020 Message on Central announcing start of Q&A session - [[3]]

Candidate Statements and Q&A Spreadsheet with statements and questions asked/answered - [[4]]

12th October 2020 Message on Central giving candidate statements [[5]]

18th October 2020 Message on Central closing Q&A session, also closing the period for AGM resolution submissions. [[6]]

31st October 2020 Message (Announcement) on Central, directors standing down or coming to the end of office [[7]]

1st November 2020 Message (Announcement) on Central, appointment of new directors [[8]]

Annual Director Resignations and Election 2020

2019

Directors 2019 Election

5th September 2019 Preliminary email sent to all owner addresses and associated individual email addresses via Modtools. Notice gave link to become a Member in order to participate and/or take part in election, and link to wiki for information on forthcoming AGM.

28th September 2019 Notification of election sent out to each Member of Freegle, Central [9], and all owner addresses and associated email addresses via Modtools.

8th October 2019 End of nomination period end of 7th October 2019. Notification sent to Central in same topic as above.

10th October 2019 Special Notice on Central to extend nomination period to noon 12th October, as there are 4 vacancies but only 3 candidates. [10]

13th October 2019 Special Notice on Central to announce start of Q&A session. [11]

Statements and Q&A Candidate statements and the Q&A session spreadsheet compilation. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ft3N9qHiN96WYvUKCEgAq9_mm2QmCzkca-emRtLbBCI/edit?usp=sharing


Annual Director Resignations and Election 2019

2018

Directors 2018 Election

1st September 2018 Preliminary email sent to all owner addresses and associated individual email addresses via Modtools. Notice gave link to become a Member in order to participate and/or take part in election, and link to wiki for information on forthcoming AGM.

7th September 2018 SN Message posted on Central to announce 3 Board vacancies and inviting nominations for candidates [12].

17th September 2018 SN Message posted on Central to apologise for stating the incorrect number of vacancies - should be 4 not 3. Deadline for nominations extended to 19th September. [13] Also posted to all Members.

22nd September 2018 SN Message posted on Central to announce commencement of Candidate Q&A session [14]

7th October 2018 - declaration as part of AGM that as the number of candidates didn't exceed vacancies, all three candidates are elected unopposed [15]

Annual Director Resignations and Election 2018

2017

Directors 2017 Election

9/10th August 2017 Preliminary email sent to all owner addresses and associated individual email addresses. Notice gave link to become a Member in order to participate and/or take part in election, and link to wiki for information on forthcoming AGM.

2nd September 2017 Email sent to Central to announce 5 Board vacancies and inviting nominations for candidates [16].

9th September 2017 Email sent to Central and all Members formally announcing the AGM for 2017, including the notification that Directors will be appointed as part of the Agenda. [17].

10th September 2017 Email sent to Central closing period of nomination and announcing 4 nominations received. No election will be held but Q&A to go ahead. [18].

13th September 2017 and 20th September 2017 Emails sent to Central announcing start and finish of Candidate Q&A session, [19], with link to spreadsheet of candidate statements and Q&A [[20]]

Annual Director Resignations and Election 2017

2016

Directors 2016 Election

28th September 2016 Preliminary email sent to all owner addresses and associated individual email addresses. Notice gave dates of AGM and link to become a Member in order to participate and/or take part in election. Also posted on Central.[21]. A reminder that the period of nomination was closing was posted on the same thread on 8th October 2016.

29th September 2016 Email sent to all group owner and associated individual email addresses announcing 5 Board vacancies and inviting nominations for candidates. Also posted on Central [22]

2nd October 2016 Confirmation of candidates to date posted to Central [23]

8th October 2016 Notification of end of nomination period posted to Central [24]. Only 3 candidates for 5 vacancies so no poll to be held, but Q&A session to go ahead.

14th October 2016 Notification of start of Q&A session with link to spreadsheet for statements [25]

31st October 2016 Q&A session closed [26]

http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Annual_Director_Resignations_and_Election_2016

2015

Directors 2015 Election Details

17th May 2015 Nominations were requested for 9 vacancies on Board, via special notice on Freegle UK Central [27] and by mail to all group owner addresses. Election details http://freegle.it/Directors2015ElectionDetails or Directors 2015 Election Details. The vacancies are due to all Directors being required to step down at Freegle Ltd first AGM.

2nd July 2015 Update posted on Central reopening period of nomination for candidates, to finish 9th July 2015. One week Q&A session to start after that, and then a week for voting in the election. [28]

12th July 2015 Candidates confirmed and the Q&A session were announced on Central [29].

19th July 2015 Q&A session announced ended on Central 19th July 2015 [30].

22nd July 2015 Q&A session reopened on Central as first announcement was missed by some as it wasn't sent out as a special notice. [31]

2nd August 2015 Q&A session closed on Central [32].

3rd August 2015 Candidate statements and summary of Q&A made available at http://freegle.it/Directors2015Candidates

8th August 2015 Voting notification sent to Members with link to poll software. Notification that voting opened posted on Central [[33]]

10th August 2015 Reminder/2nd email set to all registered Members giving link to poll.

15th August 2015 Announcement of election results on Central [[34]]

2014

26th December 2013
Notice posted on Central explaining the transition from Freegle UK Reps to the new Board [[35]]

13th January 2014
Nominations for 9 people to become the first Freegle Board were requested by special notice on Freegle UK Central [36] and by mail to all group owner addresses on 13th January 2014. The Election Details can be found on Google Docs or in the Wiki.

3rd February 2014
Candidates statements [37] published and Q&A opened on Central 3rd February 2014, notified to all owner addresses and on Central [38]

11th February 2014
Election notice sent to all owner addresses and Central 11th February 2014 [39] including links to candidate Q&A session summary [40]

21st February 2014
Election results sent to all owner addresses and Central 21st February 2014 [41]