Elections

Results

  • Chair: Robert Trotter
  • Director of Infrastructure: Cam Lewis
  • Director of Membership: Hannah Eulberg
  • Director of Operations: Ange Abuyen
  • Director of Programming: Bennett Do
  • Director of Publicity: Inconclusive
  • Director of Relations: Amber Feldman

Election information

Each year, we hold elections for the board of directors for Altonimbus Entertainment (the organization that produces and runs the Kumoricon convention). Altonimbus Entertainment, and thereby Kumoricon, is governed by a board of directors consisting of nine members who each serve annual terms. Terms begin and end at the conclusion of voting for the annual meeting of the body which elects each board member.

Seven of the nine board members are elected by the membership (that is, the staff of Kumoricon) at the annual meeting of the membership:

  • Chair/President
  • Director of Infrastructure
  • Director of Membership
  • Director of Operations
  • Director of Programming
  • Director of Publicity
  • Director of Relations

Election details:

  • Nominations, questions, comments, and responses will be held online on the public Discord leading up to the December 14, 2024, membership meeting.
  • At the December 14, 2024, membership meeting, live candidate speeches, questions, and comments will be held, including an anonymous question-and-comment session.
  • Actual voting will not occur at the membership meeting. Instead, voting will be open for 5 days, from Thursday, December 12, at 8:00pm, Pacific Time, to Tuesday, December 17, at 8:00pm, Pacific Time.
  • All members will receive emailed voting instructions closer to December 12.
  • Members do not need to attend the meeting to vote.
  • Those who are unable to attend the meeting may watch the video replay on Twitch, and there will be time to watch it before the voting deadline.
  • Because voting is not taking place specifically at a membership meeting, proxy voting is not allowed. All members have 5 days to vote and those interested in voting should directly cast their vote.
  • In order to reduce the chances of needing a runoff vote, voting will be conducted using approval voting, as specified in a recent bylaws amendment. In approval voting, members vote for as many candidates as the member approves of, with the winner being the candidate who receives the most votes, as long as it is a majority of votes cast. There will also be a "no confidence" option for all races.
  • We will continue our use of ElectionBuddy, a third-party platform, to vote in this election.
  • Votes on ElectionBuddy are anonymous. No Kumoricon staff, including the election tellers or moderators, can see who you voted for or whether you voted "no confidence". (We can, however, see which members submitted a ballot at all.)
  • The vote counts for each candidate will be publicly published.
  • We will continue to host nominations, online Q&A, comments, and endorsements on the public Discord.
  • We are no longer mirroring the nomination list, questions, and comments on the website forums.
  • We will continue to create an archive of questions, answers, and comments on the staff website for those who do not have a Discord account.
  • Full rules and details are in our elections process document (staff login required).

Election roles

The election is being run by the following staff:

Nomination moderator: David R., Assistant Manager; Marketing, Content Developer; Website, Policy Support; Attendee Services
Nomination moderator: Rebecca W., Assistant Manager, Panels; Assistant Manager, Guests; Content Creator, Social Media
Teller: Elaina D., Support; KumoriMarket
Teller: Ash P., Supervisor; Attendee Services
Teller: Matt S., Shift Lead; Attendee Registration

The nomination moderator will oversee nominations, and moderate the online questions and comments.

The election moderator will oversee elections at the election meeting.

The election moderator and tellers will receive and moderate anonymous questions and comments that are read at the meeting (see process below).

Nominations

Nominations are currently open for candidates for the listed elected positions.

Nominations must be seconded to be valid. A person cannot nominate or second themselves. To be listed on the candidate list below and on the ballot, a candidate must be nominated and seconded, and then accept the nomination, by the deadline. Once a candidate is nominated and seconded, they may change their acceptance status at will until the nominations deadline of Monday, December 9, 2024, 11:59pm.

Nominations and seconds can be made, and candidates may respond to nominations, in two ways:

Candidates are listed alphabetically by last name, using the preferred name as set in their official staff registration, which candidates may update at any time, or, alternately, the preferred name as requested to the nomination moderator.

Chair

  • Pam Crawford
  • Robert Trotter

Director of Infrastructure

  • Cam Lewis

Director of Membership

  • Hannah Eulberg

Director of Operations

  • Ange Abuyen
  • Mariona Gates

Director of Programming

  • Bennett Do

Director of Publicity

  • (No candidates for this race yet)

Director of Relations

  • Amber Feldman

Nomination records

The following is a record of the nominations, seconds, and acceptance decisions for this election:

November 11, 2024, at 8:00pm: Robert Trotter was nominated for Chair at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:00pm: Robert Trotter was seconded for Chair by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:00pm: Robert Trotter accepted their nomination for Chair.
November 11, 2024, at 8:01pm: Pam Crawford was nominated for Chair at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:01pm: Pam Crawford was seconded for Chair by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:02pm: Charly Youravish was nominated for Chair at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:02pm: Charly Youravish was seconded for Chair by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:02pm: Charly Youravish declined the nomination for Chair.
November 11, 2024, at 8:03pm: Leon Lewis was nominated for Director of Infrastructure at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:03pm: Leon Lewis was seconded for Director of Infrastructure by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:03pm: Leon Lewis declined the nomination for Director of Infrastructure.
November 11, 2024, at 8:04pm: Ally R. was nominated for Director of Infrastructure at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:04pm: Ally R. was seconded for Director of Infrastructure by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:04pm: Ally R. declined the nomination for Director of Infrastructure.
November 11, 2024, at 8:05pm: Charly Youravish was nominated for Director of Membership at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:05pm: Charly Youravish declined the nomination for Director of Membership.
November 11, 2024, at 8:06pm: Emily Vuong was nominated for Director of Membership at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:06pm: Emily Vuong was seconded for Director of Membership by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:07pm: Hannah Eulberg was nominated for Director of Membership at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:07pm: Hannah Eulberg was seconded for Director of Membership by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:07pm: Hannah Eulberg accepted their nomination for Director of Membership.
November 11, 2024, at 8:08pm: Ange Abuyen was nominated for Director of Operations at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:08pm: Ange Abuyen was seconded for Director of Operations by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:08pm: Ange Abuyen accepted their nomination for Director of Operations.
November 11, 2024, at 8:09pm: Mariona Gates was nominated for Director of Operations at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:09pm: Mariona Gates was seconded for Director of Operations by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:09pm: Mariona Gates accepted their nomination for Director of Operations.
November 11, 2024, at 8:10pm: Alys Logan was nominated for Director of Operations at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:10pm: Alys Logan was seconded for Director of Operations by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:11pm: Bennett Do was nominated for Director of Programming at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:11pm: Bennett Do was seconded for Director of Programming by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:11pm: Bennett Do accepted their nomination for Director of Programming.
November 11, 2024, at 8:12pm: Charly Youravish was nominated for Director of Publicity at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:12pm: Charly Youravish was seconded for Director of Publicity by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:12pm: Charly Youravish accepted their nomination for Director of Publicity.
November 11, 2024, at 8:13pm: Amber Feldman was nominated for Director of Relations at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:13pm: Amber Feldman was seconded for Director of Relations by multiple people at Rant & Rave.
November 11, 2024, at 8:13pm: Amber Feldman accepted their nomination for Director of Relations.
November 20, 2024, at 3:58pm: Reina Hamasaki Ferreras was nominated for Director of Relations by Rebecca Wishon.
November 21, 2024, at 3:59pm: Reina Hamasaki Ferreras was seconded for Director of Relations by Isabella Marquis.
November 23, 2024, at 6:29pm: Pam Crawford accepted their nomination for Chair.
November 23, 2024, at 7:25pm: Reina Hamasaki Ferreras accepted their nomination for Director of Relations.
November 24, 2024, at 7:13pm: Cam Lewis was nominated for Director of Infrastructure by Amber Feldman.
November 24, 2024, at 9:05pm: Cam Lewis was seconded for Director of Infrastructure by Elly Bowen.
November 24, 2024, at 11:08pm: Virginia Black was nominated for Director of Publicity by Trevor McClung.
November 25, 2024, at 8:18am: Virginia Black was seconded for Director of Publicity by Joseph Brown.
November 25, 2024, at 2:38pm: Virginia Black declined the nomination for Director of Publicity
November 25, 2024, at 5:08pm: Cam Lewis accepted their nomination for Director of Infrastructure.
November 30, 2024, at 7:44am: Emily Vuong declined their nomination for Director of Membership.
December 1, 2024, at 1:35pm: Charly Youravish withdrew their acceptance for Director of Publicity.
December 1, 2024, at 1:43pm: Mariona Gates was nominated for Director of Publicity by Kirk Stewart.
December 1, 2024, at 1:44pm: Jessica Ulibarri was nominated for Director of Publicity by Sierra Rice.
December 1, 2024, at 2:16pm: Jessica Ulibarri was seconded for Director of Publicity by Stephen Weber.
December 1, 2024, at 3:01pm: Jessica Ulibarri declined their nomination for Director of Publicity.
December 1, 2024, at 4:18pm: Ally R. was nominated for Director of Publicity by Sierra Rice.
December 2, 2024, at 6:04am: Sierra Rice was nominated for Director of Publicity by Trevor McClung.
December 2, 2024, at 11:07am: Mariona Gates was seconded for Director of Publicity by Elly Bowen.
December 2, 2024, at 11:07am: Sierra Rice was seconded for Director of Publicity by Elly Bowen.
December 2, 2024, at 8:07pm: Alys Logan declined their nomination for Director of Operations.
December 2, 2024, at 9:52pm: Ally R. was seconded for Director of Publicity by Grace Shiley.
December 2, 2024, at 10:30pm: Ally R. declined their nomination for Director of Publicity.
December 3, 2024, at 2:20am: Mariona Gates declined their nomination for Director of Publicity.
December 8, 2024, at 12:30pm: Reina Hamasaki Ferreras withdrew their acceptance for Director of Relations.
December 8, 2024, at 1:00pm: Kevin Gade was nominated for Director of Publicity by Mariona Gates.
December 8, 2024, at 1:18pm: Kevin Gade was seconded for Director of Publicity by Kirk Stewart.
December 8, 2024, at 2:02pm: Kevin Gade declined their nomination for Director of Publicity.
December 9, 2024, at 4:45pm: Sierra Rice declined their nomination for Director of Publicity.

Questions and comments

The primary venue for online questions and comments will be the channels for each position on the official Kumoricon Discord public server. Please ask your question or make your comment in the appropriate channel for that position, rather than the #nominations channel.

Shortly before the meeting, we will create an exported version of the questions and answers for staff who don't have a Discord account. We will also continue to hold question-and-comment sessions at the membership meeting.

Anonymous questions and comments

After the open question-and-comment period for each candidate, we will host an additional anonymous question-and-comment period. Questions and comments may be emailed in advance, or during the meeting, to election.support@kumoricon.org.

This process is subject to the following rules:

  • The members of the moderator panel (composed of the election moderator(s) and tellers) choose anonymous questions and comments to sponsor and read at the meeting, from those submitted.
  • Anonymous questions/comments are anonymous when read at the meeting, but the moderator panel must know the identity of the person commenting. Your message must be signed with a name that clearly identifies you within the Kumoricon community.
  • As part of the moderation process, the panel may request more information from you or request a change to your question/comment, or possibly even reject your question/comment.
  • The moderator panel will reply to you stating whether your comment has been accepted.
  • Questions/comments may be shortened or summarized, and similar questions/comments from multiple people may be combined.

A more detailed explanation of the rules and process around anonymous questions and comments is available in our elections process (staff login required).