Community Feedback on Candidates for the Firefly Board of Directors

(tl;dr: Please provide your feedback, particularly on candidates, via https://forms.gle/Cv6gDo5RyfRDYSwq9 by Sunday, May 11th!)

Dear Fireflies,

Earlier this winter we sent out our periodic open call for interest in joining the Board of Directors of Firefly Arts Collective. We received a number of enthusiastic responses, asked for and received thoughtful feedback from the Firefly Planning team, and invited several participants to meet with the current board and participate in 2025 event organization to better understand how we operate.

We would now like to solicit community feedback on the current round of candidates under consideration for joining the Firefly Board. (We also always welcome feedback on current board members, to help keep us accountable to our community.)

For the participants listed below, please consider the following thoughts as you write us:

1. Do you feel that the candidate or board member is well-suited for participating on the Board of Directors, based on your experience and board duties as described in our bylaws (http://fireflyartscollective.org/about-fac/firefly-bylaws/)?
2. What are some qualities in the candidate or board member that would assure success as a member of the Firefly Board?
3. If you have worked with the candidate or board member on a project before, what was that experience like?
4. Is there anything else you would like to share about the candidate or board member?

Note that this is NOT an exclusive or ranked choice vote — any number of (and potentially all) candidates may be invited to join the Board once the review process concludes.

When considering your feedback, keep in mind that beyond the yearly camping festival, we are hoping to expand the year-round activities of Firefly Arts Collective and build long-term plans to further our community values.  We seek members who are excited not just in helping coordinate our festival, but who also have the time and energy to expand and strengthen our regional community.

Candidates for April 2025:

• Max Alexander
• Omar Hamilton (Loverboy)
• Jack Reid (Lagrange)

Active Board Members:

• Tristan Brown
• Jon Evans
• Jered Floyd
• Iva Gishin
• Carly Nix
• Peter Salomone
• Ollie Shonaldmann
• Dan Snyder

Please provide your feedback, particularly on candidates, via https://forms.gle/Cv6gDo5RyfRDYSwq9 by Sunday, May 11th. You may also send comments to board@fireflyartscollective.org if you do not want to use the Google form.  (If you wish to send feedback anonymously, feel free to relay it through any board or community member that you trust.) We welcome feedback on the Board at any time.

Thank you for your participation, and we look forward to seeing you in the woods again soon!

Sincerely,

The Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors