To be eligible to vote per the bylaws, you must be a full member (not provisional member) of Ace Monster Toys in good standing (paid dues recently). The election will take place via an online voting system written and maintained by Cornell University.
Candidates for the Board for June 20, 2025 Election – 5 seats
There were 4 nominations who qualified as candidates:
- david r perry (he/him), aka drp, incumbent
- Sylvia Gonzalez (she/her), incumbent
- Katie Harrell (she/her), incumbent
- Samantha “Pixie” Piszkiewicz (she/her)
Process
The nomination process took place via Google Form posted to the Ace community via Slack and email and the window for nominations was initially open from May 12, 2025 to May 30, 2025.
The election period was from Wednesday, June 18, 2025, until Friday, June 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Results
The following four directors were elected by a vote of the full voting membership of Ace Monster Toys dba Ace Makerspace for the term beginning June 20, 2025, and ending June 18, 2026:
- david r perry (incumbent)
- Sylvia Gonzalez (incumbent)
- Katie Harrell (incumbent)
- Samantha “Pixie” Piszkiewicz (newly elected)
The three incumbent candidates (david r perry, Sylvia Gonzalez, and Katie Harrell) were re-elected. Pixie was newly elected and succeeded Matti Cridland (they/them), thereby concluding Matti’s term as director on June 20, 2025, following their decision not to seek re-election.
Steven Sheffield (he/him) was elected to serve as a director for the 2024–2025 term. Steven did not seek re-election in this June 2025 Board election. As no successor was elected to fill his seat in the 2025 election, and in accordance with Article 3, Section 4 of the bylaws, Steven continued serving as director to support the Board while two elected directors were unavailable. He concluded his term on July 16, 2025, resulting in a vacant seat on the Board.