I'm pleased to announce that the 2011 Board Election now accepts candidates. The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 2nd to 23:59 UTC May 22nd. The election will fill the three community-elected board seats that are currently held by Ting Chen, Kat Walsh and Samuel Klein. More information on what it means to be a board member, who is eligible to be a candidate and how to submit your candidacy can be found on the election pages on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011 .

As always, help with translation is very much appreciated. The translation coordination page can be found at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/Translation .

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections@wikimedia.org.

On behalf of the Election Committee, Jon Harald Søby http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by