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+title: 2023 HOT Election Results - New Members, Board and Chairperson
+date: 2023-12-14 05:27:00 Z
+Summary Text: 'We are happy to welcome 38 new members, three returning board members
+  and one new Voting Membership Chairperson who have been elected to HOT’s Voting
+  Membership (VM)! '
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+
+# Board Election Results from the 2023 Annual Meeting
+![board2023.png](/uploads/board2023.png)
+We are happy to welcome again three (3) returning board members:
+* [Kuo-Yu slayer Chuang](https://www.hotosm.org/people/kuo-yu-slayer-chuang/)
+* [Shoaib Burq](https://www.hotosm.org/people/shoaib-burq/)
+* [Nate Smith](https://www.hotosm.org/people/nate-smith/)
+
+The newly elected Voting Membership Chairperson is:
+* [Tsongo Muluba Bienvenue](https://www.hotosm.org/people/tsongo-muluba-bienvenue/)
+
+Many thanks for the service of the outgoing outgoing Voting Membership Chairperson, [Chad Blevins](https://www.hotosm.org/people/chad-blevins/)
+
+Full election results can be found on the [Election Wiki Page](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2023#Board_Election_Results).
+
+Vacant seats for HOT’s Board of Directors are elected by the Voting Membership, if you are interested in joining HOT’s Voting Membership and taking an active role in the organization’s governance, please reach out to a current [Voting Member](https://www.hotosm.org/voting-members).
+
+# HOT Voting Membership Welcome 38 New Members
+![2023(1).png](/uploads/2023(1).png)
+We are happy to announce that **38  new members** have been elected to HOT’s Voting Membership (VM)! HOT’s Voting Membership has grown to 299 members from all across the globe. Our Female:Male ratio was previously 28.6% female and is now at 32.8%
+
+** Congratulations to the 38 new members **
+
+Adele Birkenes
+Jikka Defiño
+Akor Daniel Enechojo
+Kauê de Moraes Vestena
+Anuradha Rajanayake
+Kokou Kpondjanyi
+Atikur Rahman
+Letwin Pondo
+Benedicta Ohene
+Louise Mathurin-Serieux
+Benjamin Dills
+Marianna Kahindo Mukulunga
+Bernard Amouzou
+Mark Aimon Pangan
+Carlos Eduardo Ribeiro Jr
+Mark Jerome Bongalon
+Charles Chilufuya
+Patrik Bigant
+Cornelia Scholz
+Raphael Ndukwu
+Dhivya Manoj
+Rizky Hadwiyanti
+Emmanuel Youma Zoubinnaba
+Shabani Magawila
+Erick Tamba
+Shogo Hirasawa
+Ezechiel Ametovena
+Shunnosuke Shimizu
+Gaurav Parajuli
+Sushma Ghimire
+Herry Kasunga
+Tyler Radford
+Jannie Fleur V. Oraño
+Vanessa Jones
+Japhet Mumbere Masunzu
+Yéssica de los Ríos
+Jeannette Rebecca Nyinawumuntu
+Yves Emmanuel Nikoyo Emougou
+
+
+[Click here to view the full list of HOT Voting Members](/voting-members)
+
+A big thanks to ALL members for helping recruit a cohort of new members who possess a broad experience within the OpenStreetMap community. The community is gaining new skills and  growing stronger each day through leadership, training, and mapping project participation.