Just voted for the 2026 .NET Foundation board of directors opening.
It's a ranked choice system, and you don't have to vote for everybody (you can leave people off the list entirely). The only consistent factor I used was: if you're saying "we need moar AI", then you didn't get a vote from me. The last thing we need to do is encourage more slop in the foundation; Microsoft is generating enough on its own without the community pitching in.
Ballot emails have slowly started rolling out to #dotnetfoundation members.
There are two weeks allocated for voting.
If you don't receive an email and think you should've, please let me know.
The #dotnetfoundation nomination committee just had our final meeting to determine the ballot for this election cycle.
I used to think that selecting for conferences was hard. This is another level.
Official nominees will be announced next week.
One benefit the #dotnetfoundation gives to the community is access to our social network.
Have an article, project, or event that is beneficial to the #dotnet community? Let us know, and we'll amplify it for you! #mvpbuzz
Want to have your voice heard during the #dotnetfoundation elections this year?
You need to be a member. But membership is FREE!
One of the more exhausting parts of my job at the #dotnetfoundation is sending individual messages to people I think could help the Foundation improve.
No AI spam or blasts. Research, lists, and then manual outreach.
Great episode of Unhandled Exception with Irina Dominte and J. Tower talking about #dotnetfoundation! @danclarke asked a lot of really good questions.
https://unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0084-dotnetfoundation/
In this episode, I was joined by both Irina Dominte and Jonathan Tower to chat about the .NET Foundation. They both recently ran for the .NET Foundation’s board of directors, and were elected! 👏 We chatted about their experiences running for the board, what the election process was like, and their initial experiences as board members. Irina Dominte Irina is a Software Architect at Particular Software, Microsoft MVP, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. She’s an international conference speaker, founder of dotnetdays.ro and multiple .NET user groups, and a newly elected .NET Foundation board member.
The Unhandled Exception Podcast Episode 84: The .NET Foundation - with Irina Dominte & Jonathan Tower and host Dan Clarke
https://unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0084-dotnetfoundation/
In this episode, I was joined by both Irina Dominte and Jonathan Tower to chat about the .NET Foundation. They both recently ran for the .NET Foundation’s board of directors, and were elected! 👏 We chatted about their experiences running for the board, what the election process was like, and their initial experiences as board members. Irina Dominte Irina is a Software Architect at Particular Software, Microsoft MVP, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. She’s an international conference speaker, founder of dotnetdays.ro and multiple .NET user groups, and a newly elected .NET Foundation board member.
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