OBF Membership Referendum on Code of Conduct and Community Support Sponsorship
public referendum created by 
Hilmar Lapp
The OBF Board is putting two proposals in front of the membership for approval (or rejection). One is a Community Support Sponsorship grant programme (see https://www.open-bio.org/2021/05/11/obf-community-support-sponsorship/). The second is a code of conduct (COC) for its activities including meetings and member projects (see pull request https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/pull/78 for the proposal). The OBF Board has resolved to accept the result as binding for whether to formally implement either, both, or neither of them.
Voting start at Dec. 27, 2021, midnight
Voting end at Jan. 17, 2022, noon
questions (2) | voters & ballots | trustees (1)
This election is complete.
Tally
Question #1The OBF is proposing a Community Support Sponsorship grant programme, which would give funds to grassroots communities in return for our logo appearing on their event webpages and materials, acknowledging our support. See see https://www.open-bio.org/2021/05/11/obf-community-support-sponsorship/ for a description of the program and arguments in favor and against; also see https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/issues/86.
| For | 52 |
| Against | 3 |
| Abstain | 2 |
The OBF would like to adopt a code of conduct (COC) for its activities including meetings and member projects. See pull request https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/pull/78 for the proposal.
| For | 54 |
| Against | 2 |
| Abstain | 1 |