2026 Annual Meeting and Board Elections
To review the 2026 Board Election Results, please click the button below.
candidates
learn more about how to become a candidate
2026 Candidate Application period is now closed.
In 2026, the Macalester-Groveland community will elect the following seats on the Board of Directors:
- Two (2) – At-Large Residential Representatives
- Two (2) – Grid-Two Representatives
- Two (2) – Grid-Four Representatives
- One (1) – At-Large Student Representative
- One (1) – At-Large Renter Representative
- One (1) – At-Large Landlord Representative
Candidates must be 16 years of age or older. At-large residential representative candidates must live in Mac-Grove and candidates for a grid residential representative seat must live in that grid. All residential rep candidates can be renters or homeowners!
Board members are elected to 3 year terms (except when elected to fill an unexpired term at a special election).
Board Member Responsibilities include:
- Regularly attend Board meetings (usually held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm).
- Regularly attend all Board and Committee retreats (usually held twice per year).
- Annual contributions through financial or in-kind services.
- Serve on one of the community council’s committees, which meet monthly.
- Comply with the conflict of interest policy and non-partisanship policy.
- Volunteer for at least 2 MGCC sponsored events each year.
More in-depth information on Board member responsibilities can be found here.
The candidate application period is open from March 20th to April 17th. Elections will take place beginning April 24th to May 1st.
MGCC staff and board members will host several Board Interest Sessions in Mac-Grove. These sessions are open to everyone; email mgcc@macgrove.org if you have questions! Stay tuned for information regarding the upcoming board interest sessions.
You can also reach out to MGCC staff to schedule a 1:1 phone call, Zoom meeting, or in-person meeting. Email mgcc@macgrove.org to request a 1:1 meeting!
ELECTIONS
learn more about who can vote and how
The voting period will open April 23rd and end April 30th.
Voting period will open April 23rd.
Board Candidates will be announced on April 20th. You can meet candidates at the MGCC Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 23rd at 6:30 pm at Smail Gallery on the Macalester College Campus.
There are no proposed bylaw changes for 2026.
Ballots are verified by members of the Election Verification Task Force which includes MGCC staff members and board members. To learn more about election verification, review the 2023 Election Rules & Procedures document below.
annual meeting
Learn more about the 2026 annual meeting below
The 2026 Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday, April 23rd from 6:00pm-8pm. The program will start at 6:30 PM.
Stay tuned for the 2026 annual meeting agenda.
The 2026 Annual Meeting will take place at the Smail Gallery, Olin Rice Science Center on the Macalester Campus. Click below to see a map of the campus.
ELECTION Results
To review the 2026 Board Election Results, please click the button below.
Review the 2023 Election Rules & Procedures
Each year, the MGCC Board of Directors approves the election rules and procedures for that year. Review the 2023 procedures below.
Meet the Candidates
2026 Board Candidates. Voting begins on Thursday, April 23rd.