<commit_before>---
title: Weekly Update - Feb 8th, 2016
author: <NAME> (@jmwsoft)
date: 2016-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
status: publish
category: weekly
slug: weekly-update-2016-02-08
layout: blog-post.hbs
---

### Node.js News

### 2016 Election

The 2016 election was the first Individual Membership Election. The winner of the 
election is serving a two year term and the runner-up is serving a one year term.
Future elections will happen each year for a new two year term.

- The board members elected in the 2016 election are:
  - <NAME> [@ashleygwilliams](https://github.com/ashleygwilliams) for a 2 year term.
  - <NAME> [@feross](https://github.com/feross) for a 1 year term.

### Community Updates

If you have spotted or written something about Node.js, do come over to our [Evangelism team repo](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism) and suggest it on the [Issues page](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism/issues/), specifically the Weekly Updates issue.

### Upcoming Events

* [NodeConf Adventure 2016](https://ti.to/nodeconf/adventure-2016), "First batch of NodeConf Adventure tickets are up!", June 9th–12th, 2016 - Walker Creek Ranch, Marin, CA, USA
* [NationJS Node Day Conference](http://nationjs.com/), TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW, March 11, 2016 - Washington, DC

Have an event about Node.js coming up? You can put your events here through the [Evangelism team repo](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism) and announce it in the [Issues page](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism/issues/), specifically the Weekly Updates issue.<commit_msg>Update weekly-update.2016-02-08.md<commit_after>---
title: Weekly Update - Feb 8th, 2016
author: <NAME> (@jmwsoft)
date: 2016-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
status: publish
category: weekly
slug: weekly-update-2016-02-08
layout: blog-post.hbs
---

### Node.js News

### 2016 Election

The 2016 election was the first Individual Membership Election. The winner of the 
election is serving a two year term and the runner-up is serving a one year term.
Future elections will happen each year for a new two year term.

- The board members elected in the 2016 election are:
  - <NAME> [@ashleygwilliams](https://github.com/ashleygwilliams) for a 2 year term.
  - <NAME> [@feross](https://github.com/feross) for a 1 year term.

### Upcoming Events

* [NodeConf Adventure 2016](https://ti.to/nodeconf/adventure-2016), "First batch of NodeConf Adventure tickets are up!", June 9th–12th, 2016 - Walker Creek Ranch, Marin, CA, USA
* [NationJS Node Day Conference](http://nationjs.com/), TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW, March 11, 2016 - Washington, DC

Have an event about Node.js coming up? You can put your events here through the [Evangelism team repo](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism) and announce it in the [Issues page](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism/issues/), specifically the Weekly Updates issue.
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