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2026 TAC Chair Election

2026 TAC Chair Election

Information on the TAC Chair Role

The TAC will elect from amongst the voting TAC members a chairperson for a term of one year. The TAC shall hold elections to select a TAC Chair annually; there are no limits on the number of terms a TAC Chair may serve. 

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of the TAC Chair is to lead the TAC in fulfilling its responsibilities as outlined in section 7 of the LF Networking Fund Charter and to be responsible for:

  • Leading TAC meetings;

  • Representing the TAC and the technical community within and outside of LFN by:

    • Should the TAC chair be unable or unwilling to serve as the TAC representative to the Governing Board the vice-chair will serve as the TAC representative to the Governing Board

    • Serving as the TAC representative to the Governing Board

    • Participating in other communications as necessary within and outside LFN

These responsibilities may be delegated to another member of the technical community.

Election Mechanics

How to nominate yourself

The election process occurs in two phases; the Nomination phase, and the Election phase.

Self Nomination Phase

Individuals interested in running for this position must update this wiki page with their biography and statement of intent on why you would be a good person to hold this position.

The nomination phase starting Feb 18, 2026  and will conclude on Mar 4, 2026  17:00 PDT. 

Election Phase

If there are multiple nominees: A Condorcet election will be initiated by the LF using a ranked choice voting platform.  All TAC members will receive an invitation to vote. In the case of multiple candidates the timing is as follows:

  • The election phase will begin on with the distribution of the vote via email

  • The election phase will end four (4) full business days later in the same time zone the poll was initiated from (typically PDT).

 

Information on Candidates

Name: Olaf Renner

 

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Company: Nokia

Short Biography:

I am working in Nokias Open Source Program Office and have been in the telecommunications industry for nearly two decades in various roles in research, standardization and since 9 years in Open Source (OpenStack, LFN, CNCF, OpenSSF)

I had the honor to serve as TAC chair for the last year 3years and would like to humbly self-nominate for another year.

Statement of Intent: 

We were able to welcome new open source projects to the LFN umbrella in important areas like AI and Radio Access Networks and I intend to further support the growth of our community and improve the onboarding process. Regulations like the EU Cyber Resilience Act introduced a new role of an Open Source Software steward and LFN will need to get ready for fulfilling obligations of such a role and provide guidance to LFN projects with the help of the TAC.