Update governance.md for 2026 elections

Also cleaned up some things

Author: Mark-LaCroix

governance.md

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 title: Governance
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-<h2>Current Board Members</h2>
+<h2>2026 Elections</h2>
+2026 Voting Ballot (soon)
+2026 Nominee Statements (soon)
+**[2026 Nomination Form](https://forms.gle/6ujMKXejG1iAKPHn7)** (Open until February 12th, 2026)
+
+<br/><br/><br/>
+
+The programming committee organizes events, coordinates volunteers, and manages the community’s online spaces. Every year, the community holds elections to fill roughly half of the committee seats.
+
+<h2>Current Members</h2>
 <ul>
-  <li>Beth Korth (2019-, Chair 2021-)</li>
-  <li>Mark LaCroix (2019-, Vice-chair 2024-)</li>
-  <li>Deanna Greyoak (2024-, Treasurer)</li>
   <li>Sam Baeseman (2024-, Secretary)</li>
+  <li>Deanna Greyoak (2024-, Treasurer)</li>
   <li>Trenton Greyoak (2023-)</li>
+  <li>Beth Korth (2019-, Chair 2021-)</li>
+  <li>Mark LaCroix (2019-, Vice-chair 2024-)</li>
   <li>Joanna May (2025-)</li>
   <li>Erik Onarheim (2025-)</li>
 </ul>
 
-To review the process by which IGDATC board members are elected, please see our [IGDATC Board Membership: Terms and Elections](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFttRIit4bF55lbySJKh0uOc6W2oemJyteh3lKCw9g4/edit?usp=sharing) document.
-<br/>
-<h2>2025 Elections</h2>
-<br/>
-**[2025 Voting Ballot](https://forms.gle/8yfjCsY1WSKeFB3u5)** (Open until March 12th, 2025)<br/>
+To review the full process by which members are elected, please see the [Nice Games Alliance Programming Committee / IGDATC Board: Terms and Elections](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFttRIit4bF55lbySJKh0uOc6W2oemJyteh3lKCw9g4) document.
+
+<br/><br/><br/>
+
+<h2>History</h2>
+
+<h3>2025 adoption as Programming Committee</h3>
+In 2025, to better formalize its governance structure and independant operations, the IGDATC board voted to become the Programing Committee of [Nice Games Alliance](https://nicegames.org), an independant 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It continues to function as the chapter board for the purposes of its relationship to IGDA.
+
 <br/>
+<h3>2025 Elections</h3>
+[2025 Voting Ballot](https://forms.gle/8yfjCsY1WSKeFB3u5) (Closed March 13th, 2025)<br/>
 [2025 Nominee Statements](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Yg8rnVLGvndm62Ho5T2LM6N0VOqHg06CeFfpwt80Hs/edit?gid=1042870508#gid=1042870508)<br/>
-<br/>
 [2025 Nomination Form](https://forms.gle/VDznXMpSq4CVT8GZ9) (Closed February 12th, 2025)
 
-<br/><br/><br/>
-<h2>2024 Elections</h2>
-
+<br/>
+<h3>2024 Elections</h3>
 [2024 Voting Ballot](https://forms.gle/ga6N5V8Ym52ebTuo6) (Closed March 13th, 2024)<br/>
 [2024 Nominee Statements](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xs8euovyCVod2Un6OoMSIW54FkZBfOyVQ8SBM9DqCsg/edit?usp=sharing)<br/>
 [2024 Nomination Form](https://forms.gle/JjdnVaye8SMsuZsL7) (Closed February 14th, 2024)
 
-<h2>Board Members Emeriti, 2019-</h2>
+<br/>
+<h3>Members Emeriti, 2019-</h3>
 <ul>
-  <li>David Mann (2019-2025)</li>
-  <li>Zach Wendt (2019-2025, Vice-chair 2019-2024)</li>
   <li>El Berg-Maas (2019-2024, Secretary 2021-2024)</li>
-  <li>Peter Yang (2019-2023, Treasurer 2021-2023)</li>
-  <li>Dev Jana (2019-2021, Treasurer 2019-2021)</li>
-  <li>Martin Grider (2019-2021, Chair 2019-2021)</li>
   <li>Ryan Foss (2019-2021)</li>
+  <li>Martin Grider (2019-2021, Chair 2019-2021)</li>
+  <li>Dev Jana (2019-2021, Treasurer 2019-2021)</li>
   <li>Cameron MacDonald (2019-2021)</li>
+  <li>David Mann (2019-2025)</li>
+  <li>Zach Wendt (2019-2025, Vice-chair 2019-2024)</li>
+  <li>Peter Yang (2019-2023, Treasurer 2021-2023)</li>
 </ul>
 
-<h2>2004-2019</h2>
-<p>From 2004 until the IGDATC Board was established in 2019, the chapter and its events were led by volunteer organizers including:</p>
+<br/>
+<h3>2004-2019</h3>
+<p>From 2004 until the IGDATC Board was established in 2019, the chapter/community was led by volunteer organizers including:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>Ryan Foss</li>
   <li>Martin Grider</li>