Filing is open for anyone who wants to run in the Mid City West Community Council’s 2019 elections. The deadline to file is March 19.

All 35 board seats will be up for election, including eight seats for at-large representatives, three seats for homeowners, six seats for nonprofit representatives, five seats for renters, six seats for business representatives and seven seats for geographic zones.

The winners will serve two-year terms.

To be eligible to run for the seven geographic zone seats, candidates need to be 18 years or older and live in the zone they’re running to represent. A zone map is available at midcitywest.org/about-us/boundaries-of-mid-city-west/.

All Mid City West stakeholders, not just residents, are eligible for the 28 non-zone seats as long as they are 18 or older and are stakeholders who live, work or own real property in the neighborhood or if they “declare a stake in the neighborhood as a community interest stakeholder, defined as a person who affirms a substantial and ongoing participation within the Neighborhood Council’s boundaries.”

A list of candidates who have filed thus far is at available at clerkappsele.lacity.org/nccandidates/?ncid=49.

The council will hold “Candidate 101,” an event to recruit candidates, Feb. 26 at 543 N. Fairfax Avenue, Suite 106.

The event will give attendees the nuts and bolts of running for the board and will share information on the issues and types of projects that Mid City West is working on.

For information, go to midcitywest.org/event/mcwcc-candidate-forum-feb-26-2019/ or facebook.com/events/360244158148991/.