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The United States PostgreSQL Association, affectionately known as PgUS, is a IRS 501(c)(3) public charity. Our purpose is to support the growth and education of PostgreSQL, The World's Most Advanced Open Source Database.

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PgUS Annual Meeting of Members Notice

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES POSTGRESQL ASSOCIATION

The undersigned, as Secretary of the United States PostgreSQL Association (the "Association"), hereby provides notice of the annual meeting of the Association's Members.

The meeting will be held:

AUGUST 21, 2025

2:00 PM US/Eastern

11:00 AM US/Pacific

19:00 GMT

20:00 Europe/Paris

19:00 Europe/London

04:00 [next day], 2025 Australia/Sydney

Location: This meeting will be held virtually.

One week prior to the meeting, each eligible member will receive email instructions for joining the meeting, including the URL and password.

AGENDA * Welcome and introductions

Declaration of quorum according to organization by-laws
Business arising from minutes of the last AGM, if any
Report from Board President with reference to the Strategic Plan
Questions/discussion of this information
Report from Treasurer
Report from Secretary
Director Report from Elizabeth Garrett Christensen
Director Report from Jonathan S. Katz
Questions
Annual Reports from Committees
Conference
Diversity
Expo
User Group
Web
Any other business according to by-laws
Adjournment of business meeting.

Members of the Association are welcome to attend the meeting, but only Members in the Association in good standing as of July 21, 2025 are entitled to vote, and only one vote may be cast on behalf of each Member at the meeting. In addition to such other business as may properly come before the Members at the meeting, the Members may be asked to consider and act on items.

Remote Communication Voting. Members in the Association are permitted to participate in meetings by remote communication and member ballots and proxy votes are permitted to be transmitted electronically.

Committees: Current members are encouraged to participate in the further development and growth of the Association through committee participation. Current committees include:

Conference: To support the Association's fundraising efforts, the intent of this Committee is to manage United States PostgreSQL conferences.
Diversity: To support the Association's intent to increase the diversity of PostgreSQL users in the United States, this committee will support the management of the scholarships including personal eligibility, guidelines and eligible conferences. In addition, the committee will evaluate and recommend an initiative to support diversity, inclusivity, and equity for the Association's members.
Expo: To support the Association's conference exhibiting efforts, the intent of this Committee is to support United States PostgreSQL exhibitions at non-PgUS conferences.
User Group: As part of PgUS' mission is to establish and support user groups in all major regions of the US (Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, South, Northeast), as well as internationally, this committee will support the Association by evaluating and developing guidance for user groups, and provide recommendations to the Board.
Web: To support the Association's web presence.

Candidates for committee membership should be able to participate in regular conference call meetings, and be able to commit to a minimum of 5 hours per month for committee contributions. Interested members can complete the volunteer form at bit.ly/pgusvolunteer. All candidates will be reviewed by that Committee, and upon approval will be appointed by the Board.

DATED this 28rd day of July 2025

Michael Brewer, Secretary United States PostgreSQL Association

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES POSTGRESQL ASSOCIATION

The undersigned, as Secretary of the United States PostgreSQL Association (the "Association"), hereby provides notice of the annual meeting of the Association's Members.

The meeting will be held:

AUGUST 21, 2025

2:00 PM US/Eastern

11:00 AM US/Pacific

19:00 GMT

20:00 Europe/Paris

19:00 Europe/London

04:00 [next day], 2025 Australia/Sydney

Location: This meeting will be held virtually.

One week prior to the meeting, each eligible member will receive email instructions for joining the meeting, including the URL and password.

AGENDA * Welcome and introductions
- Declaration of quorum according to organization by-laws
- Business arising from minutes of the last AGM, if any
- Report from Board President with reference to the Strategic Plan
- Questions/discussion of this information
- Report from Treasurer
- Report from Secretary
- Director Report from Elizabeth Garrett Christensen
- Director Report from Jonathan S. Katz
- Questions
- Annual Reports from Committees
- Conference
- Diversity
- Expo
- User Group
- Web
- Any other business according to by-laws
- Adjournment of business meeting.
Members of the Association are welcome to attend the meeting, but only Members in the Association in good standing as of July 21, 2025 are entitled to vote, and only one vote may be cast on behalf of each Member at the meeting. In addition to such other business as may properly come before the Members at the meeting, the Members may be asked to consider and act on items.

Remote Communication Voting. Members in the Association are permitted to participate in meetings by remote communication and member ballots and proxy votes are permitted to be transmitted electronically.

Committees: Current members are encouraged to participate in the further development and growth of the Association through committee participation. Current committees include:
- Conference: To support the Association's fundraising efforts, the intent of this Committee is to manage United States PostgreSQL conferences.
- Diversity: To support the Association's intent to increase the diversity of PostgreSQL users in the United States, this committee will support the management of the scholarships including personal eligibility, guidelines and eligible conferences. In addition, the committee will evaluate and recommend an initiative to support diversity, inclusivity, and equity for the Association's members.
- Expo: To support the Association's conference exhibiting efforts, the intent of this Committee is to support United States PostgreSQL exhibitions at non-PgUS conferences.
- User Group: As part of PgUS' mission is to establish and support user groups in all major regions of the US (Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, South, Northeast), as well as internationally, this committee will support the Association by evaluating and developing guidance for user groups, and provide recommendations to the Board.
- Web: To support the Association's web presence.
Candidates for committee membership should be able to participate in regular conference call meetings, and be able to commit to a minimum of 5 hours per month for committee contributions. Interested members can complete the volunteer form at bit.ly/pgusvolunteer. All candidates will be reviewed by that Committee, and upon approval will be appointed by the Board.

DATED this 28rd day of July 2025

Michael Brewer, Secretary United States PostgreSQL Association
The election results have been tallied and verified.

We are pleased to have Elizabeth Garrett Christensen and Stacey Haysler continue on the PgUS Board for an additional term.

Thank you to all of our members who took the time to vote!
The election for 2 seats on the PgUS board is now currently open.

The election closes on 9 April 2025 at 23:59 PDT.

Voting instructions have been sent to all PgUS members eligible to vote.

If you believe you are eligible to vote, and did not receive the email, please email the Elections Committee at:

elections (at sign) postgresql (dot) us

Thank you for participating in the election.
Dear PgUS Members: The nomination period for the United Stated PostgreSQL Association (PgUS) Board elections has now ended. Thank you for your participation in the nomination process.

The nominees will now be reviewed for eligibility and interviewed to confirm their intent to run and to provide information about their candidacy.

More information will be sent via email to the membership no later than April 2, 2025 about the slate of candidates, their bios and position statements, and the election mechanism.

If you have any questions about the elections, please contact us at elections@postgresql.us.

Thanks again, for your support of PgUS and the nomination process!

Michael Brewer Secretary, PgUS
The United States PostgreSQL Association (PgUS) is announcing the upcoming elections for two seats on its Board of Directors.

The terms of Directors Elizabeth Garrett Christensen and Stacey Haysler will be ending on April 30, 2025.

Any member of PgUS whose membership is in good standing as of March 12, 2025 at 11:00:00 AM PDT is eligible to run in the election.

Nominations can be submitted by PgUS members who are in good standing from March 13, 2025 at 11:00:00 AM PDT through March 20, 2025 at 23:59 PDT by following the instructions below.

Candidates who meet the nomination requirements and accept their nomination will be asked to provide information around their candidacy after the nomination period has closed. This information will be posted on the PgUS website (postgresql.us) as well as be emailed to the membership for consideration.

The election will be held from April 3, 2025 at 00:00:00 PDT until April 9, 2025 at 23:59:00 PDT. Instructions on how to vote will be provided on the PgUS website (postgresql.us) as well as emailed to the membership.

If you wish to be a candidate for the upcoming election of PgUS, or wish to nominate another member, please send the following information to elections@postgresql.us:
1. The name of the member you wish to nominate
2. A 1-2 sentence description as to why you are nominating this member
Any questions on the election can be sent directly to the PgUS board at board@postgresql.us

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank you for your continued support of PgUS and our ongoing activities.

Regards,

Michael Brewer Secretary, PgUS On Behalf of the Board of Directors

pgUS board

Stacey Haysler - President

Stacey Haysler is the CFO and COO of PostgreSQL Experts, Inc. She first became involved in the Postgres community in 2010, and has worked as an organizer and conference staff for a number of conferences, both in North America and Europe, as well as being part of the start up team for PgDay San Francisco. She founded the Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA), a nonprofit associated with the Django Software Foundation, and was a principal organizer of DjangoConUS for three years. She also served as Treasurer of the DSF for a year while starting DEFNA. She is a PostgreSQL Major Contributor.

She worked with the Core Team to develop the PostgreSQL Community Code of Conduct in 2017, and served as the Chair of the Community Code of Conduct Committee through September 2021. Current term runs through April 30, 2027.

Mark Wong - Treasurer

Mark Wong is currently employed by EDB and is a PostgreSQL Major Contributor. His background is in database systems solutions and performance. He first introduced himself to the PostgreSQL community in 2003 with open source benchmarking kits and performance data. Since then, he has continued to contribute to various aspects of the community such as a Google Summer of Code mentor, PGConf.US Organizer, Portland PostgreSQL Users Group Co-Organizer, PostgreSQL Fundraising Group Member, and Treasurer and President of PgUS. Current term runs through April 30, 2026.

Jonathan Katz - Director

Jonathan S. Katz is a Principal Product Manager - Technical at Amazon on the Amazon RDS team. Jonathan is also a Core Team Member of the PostgreSQL Project, responsible for advocacy, release and governance efforts and is Secretary and a board member for the nonprofit PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada.

Prior to Amazon, Jonathan as VP of Platform Engineering at Crunchy Data. Before that he was CTO at VenueBook and VP of Technology at Paperless Post. At all companies Jonathan developed robust platforms using or delivering PostgreSQL, taking advantage of its many features, from complex data types to its ability to stream logical changes.

Jonathan graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Mathematics. Current term runs through April 30, 2026.

Michael Brewer - Secretary

Michael Brewer is a Web Developer Principal in the Franklin College Office of Information Technology at The University of Georgia. Michael's responsibilities include developing applications for intranet and internet use, creating and managing databases, and desktop and network support. One of the applications he developed won a national award for innovation in advising technology. He is one of the founding board members of the United States PostgreSQL Association. Current term runs through April 30, 2026.

Elizabeth Garrett Christensen - Director

Elizabeth Garrett Christensen is a Postgres contributor and works on Postgres educational content at Crunchy Data. She writes blogs, tutorials, and product documentation while also assisting with Postgres product development. Elizabeth hosts a local Kansas City Postgres User Group and an online Postgres Meetup for All. Elizabeth enjoys speaking at Postgres events, open source events, and developer conferences primarily for users new to Postgres or in non-traditional technical roles. Elizabeth has a B.A. in Archeology from the University of Texas and a background in academic publishing software and open-source software. Current term runs through April 30, 2027.