And that’s a wrap for this 2026 Governing Board election season! 🏁
After 49 days of ramping up, we have reached the end of the process and are now ready to announce the 12 freshly (re)elected Governing Board members.
After one year of setting things up (2024), the last year (2025) has been the first year in which the Governing Board was able to truly deliver concrete value, figuring out the blueprints for highly functioning Working Groups, aligning on expectations of engagement from Governing Board members, feeding back on the Foundation’s decisions and clarifying the processes and frameworks in general. This meant that with greater clarity on expectations we have seen a few board members stepping down, leading to a deeper rework of the Governing Board during these elections than we initially predicted (and would predict in the future). However, with clearer expectations being set and a bigger ecosystem, we are now confident that everyone who has thrown their name in the hat is ready to execute and support the Foundation’s mission.
So without further ado, I would like to congratulate and welcome our newly elected Governing Board members, whether it is their first or second term on the Board!
🚥 Only a few hours left before kick-off! The voting for the Governing Board election is starting tonight, and is open until the 12 June. All eligible voters should keep an eye out for an email from OpaVote.
Check out our blog post and election page for details and links to the candidates lists.
📅 This year’s schedule is as follows:
✅ Announcement on Monday 27th April
✅ Nominations from Saturday 2nd May to Friday 15th May
✅ Campaigning from Saturday 16th May to Friday 29th May
➡️ Voting from Saturday 30th May to Friday 12th June
◻️ Results announced on Monday 15th June
📢 The election is running for the following constituency groups:
Platinum Members – 1 seat (in cycle)
Ecosystem Members – 3 seats (in cycle)
Spec Core Team – 2 seats (in cycle)
Guardians – 3 seats (in cycle)
Silver Members – 2 seats (out of cycle, GB members stepped down)
Individual Members – 1 seat (out of cycle, GB member stepped down)
So if you are a member of one of these groups keep an eye out for your voting email or get in touch if you haven't received it by Monday!
At midnight tonight representatives of the Platinum members, Silver members and Ecosystem members, as well asIndividual members, Spec Core Team members and Guardians will be able to start voting to choose the representatives of their constituency on the Governing Board!
This is the penultimate milestone in our election schedule and runs until the 12th of June 11:59pm UTC:
✅ Announcement on Monday 27th April
✅ Nominations from Saturday 2nd May to Friday 15th May
✅ Campaigning from Saturday 16th May to Friday 29th May
➡️ Voting from Saturday 30th May to Friday 12th June
◻️ Results announced on Monday 15th June
All voters should keep an eye out for an email from OpaVote, the platform we will be using to run the election.
A big thank you again to all our candidates who have stepped up to drive the growth of Matrix, and good luck to all!
I, for one, am looking forward to announcing the results in two weeks!
Exciting to see the Swedish government leveraging Matrix’s interop properly: two independent agencies, Försäkringskassan and Trafikverket, have showcased seamless communication whilst respectively using Element and Rocket.Chat within their network.
💡 It all started when eSam asked Element, Rocket.Chat and Mattermost to figure out a way to interoperate a few years ago. Now all three have converged on Matrix and eSam “has the intention to recommend the public sector to establish the Matrix as a common standard for secure and interoperable communication between authorities.” 💪
If you missed coming here this year, the good news is we have 3 more days, including towel day celebrations on Monday! If that's still too spontaneous, book your travel now for pentecost next year today!
Group photo of the Matrix Community Summit 2026 in Berlin
We now have the final list of candidates for the 2026 election of the Foundation's Governing Board!
This represents our third milestone in the process and means our candidates can start campaigning as of today!
As a reminder, the full election schedule is as follows:
✅ Announcement on Monday 27th April
✅ Nominations from Saturday 2nd May to Friday 15th May
➡️ Campaigning from Saturday 16th May to Friday 29th May
◻️ Voting from Saturday 30th May to Friday 12th June
◻️ Results announced on Monday 15th June
A big thank you to all our candidates who have stepped up to drive the growth of Matrix:
Happy to welcome connect2x as a new Silver member of the Foundation this week! 🚀 Benedict and the connect2x team have been active members of the community for a while, in particular with Tammy and Trixinity, but connect2x is also a strong provider of TI-Messenger solutions in the German healthcare ecosystem. Thank you for your support!
But another deadline is looming, even sooner: there's only two weeks left to get a discounted Early Bird ticket, and to secure merch for you size!
Early Bird tickets have a 20% discount, so don't wait too long and grab yours!
Individual members should also have received their voucher for a free ticket! We'll send the vouchers for organizational members shortly.
📢 Calling all the Foundation members! The clock is ticking! ⏰ There is only one week left to nominate yourself (or another member of your group) as a candidate to represent your constituency group on the Governing Board.
The election is running for the following constituency groups:
Platinum Members (1 seat)
Ecosystem Members (3 seats)
Spec Core Team (2 seats)
Guardians (3 seats)
Silver Members (2 seats)
Individual Members (1 seat, note that only members donating at least $60 a year are eligible for election)
Associate Members (1 seat)
Gold Members (if new Gold member(s) sign up before the 15th May)
Find all the details about the nomination process here. Nominees will be announced on the 16th May and displayed on the election page.
📅 As a reminder, this year’s schedule is as follows:
✅ Announcement on Monday 27th April
➡️ Nominations from Saturday 2nd May to Friday 15th May
◻️ Campaigning from Saturday 16th May to Friday 29th May
◻️ Voting from Saturday 30th May to Friday 12th June
We may have some insights into the inner workings of the Governing Board early next week. No promises yet, but maybe check back on Tuesday, if we managed to post anything! If you have been wondering what you even would do as a Governing Board member, maybe this is the thing that will help you figure that out!
This week we're announcing Continuwuity as a new Ecosystem member to the Foundation! Continuwuity is a community driven Rust homeserver focusing on user experience and new features. Welcome!
🗳️ The Governing Board election season has officially started!
We announced it last week in a very detailed blog post summarising everything you need to know, and kicked off the nomination period on Saturday. You can find all the details about the nomination process here, but in short each member of a constituency group can nominate themselves, a representative or someone else to be a candidate for the election. Nominees will be announced on the 16th May and displayed on the election page.
📅 This year’s schedule is as follow:
✅ Announcement on Monday 27th April
➡️ Nominations from Saturday 2nd May to Friday 15th May
◻️ Campaigning from Saturday 16th May to Friday 29th May
◻️ Voting from Saturday 30th May to Friday 12th June
◻️ Results announced on Monday 15th June
📢 The election is running for the following constituency groups:
Platinum Members – 1 seat (in cycle)
Ecosystem Members – 3 seats (in cycle)
Spec Core Team – 2 seats (in cycle)
Guardians – 3 seats (in cycle)
Silver Members – 2 seats (out of cycle, GB members stepped down)
Individual Members – 1 seat (out of cycle, GB member stepped down)
Associate Members – 1 seat (out of cycle, seat left empty during the last elections)
Gold Members – if new Gold member(s) sign up before the 15th May
So if you are a member of one of these groups have a think about whether you can support the Foundation and don’t hesitate to put your name in the ballot!
