Only voting members of The Carpentries can vote in the election and self-nominate for community-elected positions. To be a voting member, you must meet one of the following conditions:
Every individual who has completed instructor or trainer certification in the past year (December 1, 2021 - November 30, 2022).
Every individual who has completed their instructor certification in the last two years and has taught at least one workshop of The Carpentries (Library Carpentry, Data Carpentry, Software Carpentry) between December 1, 2020 and November 30, 2022.
Every individual who is a certified instructor and has taught at least two workshops of The Carpentries in the past two years between December 1, 2020 and November 30, 2022
Any individual who has participated on a committee, served as a mentor or maintainer, or otherwise made a significant contribution to any Lesson Program or The Carpentries organisation in the past year is also considered active in the community and is welcome to apply for Voting Membership by completing the application for voting membership.
Please note: we understand that several workshops have been postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, we want to recognise the various ways community members contribute and expand voting eligibility to recognise those contributions. Therefore, we have extended the requirements for voting membership as follows:
Certified Instructors who have taught 2 times between 2019 and 2022
Trainers active between 2019 and 2022
Maintainers active between 2019 and 2022
If you’re not sure if you’re a voting-eligible member, log in to AMY (
https://amy.carpentries.org/account/login/) and see if our records support your voting membership based on the criteria above. We use AMY records to obtain the list of individuals who receive a ballot in the December elections based on these criteria; please submit your information in the form below if you qualify only based on the mentioned criteria. Please submit this form by midnight on Tuesday, November 29th AoE (Anywhere on Earth) for the December 2022 election.
If you need help logging into AMY, please email
team@carpentries.org.