Feb 17, 2023
Misconception: OTW's Board candidates are pre-vetted.
All someone needs to become a candidate is to meet the Election team's eligibility requirements.
These conditions are fairly easily to meet. All someone has to do is tell an Elections member they want to run. If that volunteer has volunteered for at least 9 months, has an active OTW membership, and is over 18, they're a candidate after they ask. There's a few other requirements but that's the bulk of it: https://elections.transformativeworks.org/becoming-candidate/
The process of determining whether someone is the good fit is the election itself. The candidacy declaration is pretty straightforward likely to encourage as many people interested in the role to run as humanly possible.