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date: '2017-01-20T09:00:00.000Z'
category: community
title: Node.js Foundation Individual Membership Director election opens Friday, January 20
layout: blog-post
author: Tracy Hinds
---

The Node.js Foundation is a member-supported organization. The Node.js
Foundation Individual Director is the Node.js project’s community voice on the
board. There are two individual directors that sit on the Node.js Foundation
board and they serve a two-year term.

> “Having the community represented is extremely important for open source
> projects with a Board of Directors as diverse as ours. This gives the community
> a voice on the board and helps to guide how we make the investment decisions.
> The individual board members are able to provide feedback on how proposed board
> items might impact the community and can provide suggestions on how the Node.js
> Foundation can better support the community. With this knowledge and feedback,
> the board is able to contribute the resources the community needs to stay
> healthy and continue to grow.”
>
> _Todd Moore, Node.js Foundation Director_

The Individual Membership Director is responsible for soliciting feedback and
data that represents the wishes of other individual members and the community at
large. They have been entrusted with the duty to make decisions based on the
information they receive to best represent the community, and can gather input
for proposals when relevant and granted permission to do so.

This includes participating and voting in Board meetings, introducing and
driving forward initiatives to conclusion that capture the mission of the
Node.js project, and representing the Board at speaking engagements (this is by
no means a comprehensive list). Read more about [“What’s it like being on the
Node.js Foundation Board of
Directors?”](https://medium.com/@nodejs/whats-it-like-being-on-the-node-js-foundation-board-of-directors-f9456b8b7c4d).

### What does the Board of Directors do?

The Board meets every month to approve resolutions and discuss Node.js
Foundation administrative matters. This includes legal considerations, budgeting
and approving Foundation-led conferences and other initiatives. Technical
governance is overseen by the TSC, not the Board of Directors.

The current board members are listed
[here](https://foundation.nodejs.org/board).

### Who is running for the Individual Membership Director seat?

Read more about why our candidates are running below.

- William Kapke [@williamkapke](https://github.com/williamkapke)
  - [I'm running for the Node.js Board of Directors!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPBOkqclJFc&feature=youtu.be)
- Kat Marchán [@zkat](https://github.com/zkat)
  - [Director nomination for Kat Marchán](https://gist.github.com/zkat/345d1485fc4cd1f45155678a3729cd21)
- Charlie Robbins [@indexzero](https://github.com/indexzero)
  - [I'm running to increase transparency to the community from the Node.js Board
    of Directors](https://medium.com/@indexzero/vote-to-increase-transparency-in-the-node-js-foundation-4a2b22ffaada)
- William P. Riley-Land [@wprl](https://github.com/wprl)
  - [I Would Like to Represent Individual Members of the Node.js Foundation](https://medium.com/@wprl/i-would-like-to-represent-individual-members-of-the-node-js-foundation-977157d90aa0#.hq3vo8d8m)

### When is the election? Nominations were solicited until January 15th.

- Ballot will be distributed on January 20th.
- The election will close **January 30th at 17:00 UTC**.

### How do I vote?

You must be an Individual Member of the Node.js Foundation to cast a vote. If
you are a member, you can vote [NOW](https://vote.linuxfoundation.org)!

### How do I become a member?

Individual membership costs [$100 a year, or $25 for students](https://identity.linuxfoundation.org/pid/99).
Contributors to the Node.js project, including all Working Groups and
sub-projects, are eligible for free membership. Please
[contact us](mailto:membership@nodejs.org) for discount codes. You are
required to have a GitHub account to register.

### What’s the benefit of being an individual member?

- You have a vote and voice on the Node.js Foundation Board of Directors
  through the two above-mentioned elected Individual Membership Directors.
- 20% off regular price registration to Node Interactive 2017

See you at the (digital)poll?
