The board should have six members serving six-year terms, with two seats up for election every two years. This stagger ensures continuity — the board never fully turns over at once. Institutional knowledge is preserved and the organization is protected from a single election cycle radically changing its direction. The six seats are divided across the three pillars of the organization: two for charity and operations, two for science, two for community and platform. Each domain always has a voice at the table. No single leg can dominate. Elections use ranked choice. In a single-vote system, a candidate who is the first choice of 34% of voters and deeply unpopular with the remaining 66% can win. Ranked choice lets voters express the full shape of their preferences — first choice, second choice, and so on — so the outcome reflects genuine consensus rather than a plurality on a split field. For a small, mission-driven board, getting the right people matters more than simplicity of counting.