In a special board meeting convened for board elections on March 16 2011, the OSI board elected three new illustrious members of the open source community – Jim Jagielski, Karl Fogel and Mike Godwin. As Simon Phipps posted in his Board Meeting report, the OSI board voted to expand the board from 10 to 11 members to enable all three members to join. Two board members were re-elected to serve a second term – Mr. Harshad Gune and Dr. Martin Michlmayr. For more details, see here.
The OSI Board of Directors as of April 1, 2011 are:
| Karl Fogel | Director |
| Mike Godwin | Director |
| Harshad Gune | Director |
| Jim Jagielski | Director |
| Fabio Kon | Director |
| Martin Michlmayr | Secretary, Director |
| Andrew C Oliver | Assistant Treasurer, Director |
| Simon Phipps | Director |
| Alolita Sharma | Treasurer, Director |
| Michael Tiemann | President, Director |
| Tony Wasserman | Director |
OSI’s annual election of officers for this year (April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012) was held on April 5, 2011. The board elected the following officers:
| President | Mr. Michael Tiemann |
| Treasurer | Ms. Alolita Sharma |
| Assistant Treasurer | Mr. Andrew Oliver |
| Secretary | Dr. Martin Michlmayr |
The annual nomination of OSI committee chairs for this year (April 1,2011 – March 31, 2012) was also held on April 5, 2011. The committee chairs nominated by the board are listed below. For more information on OSI’s committees, see here.
| Committee Name | Committee Chairperson |
| Communications | Mr. Simon Phipps |
| Education | Dr. Fabio Kon |
| Fundraising | Mr. Michael Tiemann |
| Governance and Membership | Mr. Simon Phipps |
| Infrastructure | Mr. Andrew Oliver |
| Legal Affairs | Mr. Mike Godwin |
| License Review | Mr. Karl Fogel |
| New Projects and Outreach | Ms. Alolita Sharma |
| Policy and Economic Development | Mr. Michael Tiemann |