NixOS Foundation Nominations 2025

[refroni]

Announcing the NixOS Foundation Board Nomination and inviting you to nominate yourself or others for key leadership roles within our foundation. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the growth and sustainability of the Nix ecosystem.

🔍How to Nominate

To nominate yourself or someone else for a board position, please follow the steps below:

Choose the Role: Review the available roles and their descriptions here.
Fill Out the Nomination Template: Use the template provided below.
Submit Your Nomination: Post your nomination as a comment on this GitHub issue.

📝 Nomination Template

Nominee Information
Name:
GitHub handle:
Email address or method of contact:
Discourse handle (optional):
Matrix handle (optional):

Selected Role

• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Director of Legal Affairs
• Director of Community Support

Why You’re a Good Fit
(Please provide a brief statement explaining why you or the person you’re nominating is well-suited for this role. Highlight relevant experience, skills, and contributions to the NixOS community.)

Other Disclosures
Please mention any potential conflicts of interests and, if relevant, include place of employment/role.

[nixos-discourse]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-foundation-board-rotation-call-for-nominations/57381/1

[RossComputerGuy]

Nominee Information
Name: Tristan Ross
GitHub handle: @RossComputerGuy
Email address or method of contact: [email protected]
Discourse handle (optional): rosscomputerguy
Matrix handle (optional): @rosscomputerguy:matrix.org

Selected Role

• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Director of Legal Affairs
• Director of Community Support

Why You’re a Good Fit

I've already been helping out with the effort to find new sponsors and connections. I've been active with NixOS for 3 years and I have a clear idea as how we can increase Nix's adoption and community size. I hope to leverage connections provided by the community. I'm responsible for quite a bit of recent work on LLVM and the formation of the stdenv team. I also am the NixOS 24.11 release manager.

Other Disclosures

I work at Goodwill in a donation center so there is very little in conflict of interest.

[fndov]

Nominee Information
Name: NobbZ
GitHub handle: NobbZ
Email address or method of contact: [email protected]
Discourse handle (optional): [email protected]
Matrix handle (optional):

Selected Role

• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Director of Legal Affairs
• Director of Community Support

Why They’re a Good Fit

Long time contributor, active in discourse support & current admin of NixOS (Unofficial) Discord. They have been the backbone for new users and I believe if they have the time to dedicate further, they would make an outstanding choice.

Other Disclosures

[infinisil]

Nominee Information

Name: Silvan Mosberger
GitHub handle: @infinisil
Email address or method of contact: [email protected]
Discourse handle (optional): infinisil
Matrix handle (optional): @infinisil:matrix.org

Selected Role

• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Director of Legal Affairs
• Director of Community Support

Why You’re a Good Fit

• I'm good at keeping things moving forward: Scheduling meetings, collecting agenda items, writing proposals, taking notes, following up, etc.
• I value explicit and well-defined processes, authority and responsibility. I understand the importance of unblocking and empowering people with delegated authority and responsibilities.
• I have a strong desire to fix issues at their root instead of applying hot-fixes.
• I understand the community around the project and how the foundation can use its resources to best support it.
• I value community health and project sustainability over growth in numbers, and understand that this doesn't always align with the needs of companies.

As part of the board, I'd like to work on the following:

• Ensure that all board processes are well documented and function smoothly.
• Establish sponsorship tiers.
• Maintain partnerships and establish new ones.
• Establish paid positions for carrying out essential tasks.
• Allocate more funding for teams and individuals.
• Push and track progress towards getting the Nix trademark.

I will also always keep an eye on making sure that the board adheres to the Nix Governance Constitution and that the decisions are aligned with the Nix Community Values.

Other Disclosures

• I'm employed by Tweag (part of Modus Create), with Antithesis as a long-term client sponsoring part of my time.
• I've previously been selected by the board to be a member for the Nix Constitutional Assembly (NCA), where I have contributed to establishing the Nix Governance Constitution, which defines how board appointments are made.
• As a previous NCA member, I was not able to run for the Steering Committee myself, but am integrated as a non-voting member into it until May, as laid out by the constitution.
• I signed the letter against MIC sponsorships.

[ryantrinkle]

Nominee Information

Name: Ryan Trinkle
GitHub handle: @ryantrinkle
Email address or method of contact: [email protected]
Discourse handle (optional): ryantrinkle
Matrix handle (optional): @ryantrinkle:matrix.org

Selected Role

• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Director of Legal Affairs
• Director of Community Support

Why You’re a Good Fit

• I've been running my own business since 2014
• I've been treasurer for and handled legal affairs for several other non-profits, including the Haskell Foundation
  • I have a law degree from Harvard
• I've been a user of Nix and NixOS since 2012
  • Most of my machines run NixOS, and most of my projects (including for clients) build with Nix
  • For a while, I had commit privileges on nixpkgs, although my contributions dropped after that as my business kept me busier

Other Disclosures

• I run Obsidian Systems
• I am on the board of directors of the following organizations:
  • Nix Steering Committee (nonvoting membership)
  • Haskell Foundation
  • New York Haskell Users Group, Inc.
  • Global Synchronizer Foundation