Hey everyone,

Last year the Burning Man organization started hosting a conference to support its regional network.

While neither of our local (i.e. Seattle) official BM appointed regional contacts will be able to make it to the event this year, a couple of the community elected board members of INW will be going down and talking about – not so surprising – community elections!

I would love to hear from you – the community – what you think about the INW elections system and how you feel elections do (or don’t do) a good job of electing board members to representing your interests.

Also – if you do not vote in the board elections – why not?

And if you are not a registered member of INW – why not?

While this information will definitely help us present a more complete picture of our elections down at the conference, there’s an even better reason to take the time to share this information with us - and that is so that we can improve it.

We have some open board positions coming up, and the elections for those positions will be kicked off in the next few months. Now is a great time to share your experiences, your complaints, and also your suggestions with us so that we can do our best to make it better.

Sincerely,
--Heather
*Ignition Northwest Board member and optimistic advocate of democracy!*