Announcing the candidates for the 2026 Governing Board elections

Drumroll! 🥁 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: Constituency group Name Organisation / Project Ecosystem Members (in cycle, 3 seats) Ajay Bura Cinny Jade Ellis Continuwuity Kim Brose (HarHarLinks) Matrix Community Events Nico (Nicolas Werner) Nheko Guardians (in cycle, 3 seats) Matthew Hodgson Ross Schulman Platinum Members (in cycle, 1 seat) Neil Johnson Element Spec Core Team (in cycle, 2 seats) Alexey “Kitsune” Rusakov Richard van der Hoff Individual Members (out of cycle, 1 seat) Mathieu Velten Max Reid Anderson Silver Members (out of cycle, 2 seats) Niklas Zender Famedly Runi Hammer Meedio Yoan Pintas DINUM You can find more details about them, including their bios and statements on the election page . They will also be hanging out in the campaigning rooms around the campaigning bonfires for each constituency group to answer questions from the voters: General campaigning room Ecosystem Member campaigning room Guardians campaigning room Platinum Member campaigning room Spec Core Team campaigning room Individual Member campaigning room Silver Member campaigning room If you are eligible to vote in one of these groups, now is the time to make up your mind and decide who you think is best to represent yours and Matrix’ interests in the Governing Board! Good luck to all, and see you in two weeks for the kick-off of the voting process! Amandine