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The Election Committee's desk: opened June 20, hibernated August 23

MediumBoard of Directors 2 min readBy the Election Committee (Aili, Jaime, Patrick, Mike B, Ruth)
TL;DR: The Election Committee - the temporary committee that gathered the fellowship's recommendations and seated the 2027 board - opened its desk with its first town hall on **June 20, 2026**, worked through the summer, held its last meeting on **August 23, 2026**, and hibernated the desk with the work done. The new board was revealed to the fellowship in the [October 17, 2026 GSR meeting](/changelog-astro-public/changelog/gsr-com/2026-10-17-gsr-october-2026-meeting/). Nested here as a BOD subcommittee, the way SSS nests in Intergroup. And the thread that matters most: **the new by-laws grew out of this committee's work** ([the by-laws](https://www.psychedelicsinrecovery.org/by-laws/)).
The arc →
  • June 20, 2026 - the first town hall: the task, the questions from the room, the next steps.
  • July 31, 2026 - the fellowship’s recommendation form closed.
  • August 23, 2026 - the committee’s last meeting. The desk hibernates, its work complete.
  • September 1, 2026 - deliberations due to the board, per the town hall’s plan.
  • September 2026 - the board’s election month, per the board’s own announcement.
  • October 17, 2026 - the new board revealed to the fellowship in the GSR minutes: Rick B as President, Aili T as Treasurer, with David K, Jaime I and Todd Y joining, and Anne R and Karyn S serving out their terms. The transition takes office in January 2027.
Captured memories →
Why a subcommittee →

The Election Committee was temporary: seated to gather recommendations and seat the 2027 board, and dissolved once that work was done. Its records belong to governance, so they live on the Board of Directors’ foyer as a BOD subcommittee - the same nesting the Service Structure Working Group keeps within Intergroup.

And the thread that matters most: the new by-laws grew out of this committee’s work. The town hall’s questions about elections, positions and best practices became the fellowship’s governing document - which the new board now carries (the by-laws).

Related: the 2027 board, announced October 17.

Still coming →
  • More Election Committee minutes and data, as the committee’s papers are gathered.
  • The PR Committee’s minutes: unfolded meanwhile from Christopher’s copies; Anne’s Google Doc link lands when the doc is shared.