PEP 8106 – 2025 Term Steering Council election
- Author:
- Ee Durbin <ee at python.org>
- Sponsor:
- Thomas Wouters <thomas at python.org>
- Status:
- Final
- Type:
- Informational
- Topic:
- Governance
- Created:
- 21-Oct-2024
Abstract
This document describes the schedule and other details of the 2024 election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is the steering council election for the 2025 term (i.e. Python 3.14).
Election Administration
The steering council appointed the Python Software Foundation Director of Infrastructure, Ee Durbin, to administer the election.
Schedule
There was a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week vote.
The nomination period was: November 7, 2024 through November 21, 2024 AoE [2].
The voting period was: November 25, 2024 through December 9, 2024 AoE [2].
Candidates
Candidates must be nominated by a core team member. If the candidate is a core team member, they may nominate themselves.
Nominees (in alphabetical order by first name):
- Barry Warsaw
- Donghee Na
- Emily Morehouse
- Ethan Furman
- Gregory P. Smith
- Mariatta
- Pablo Galindo Salgado
- Thomas Wouters
Withdrawn nominations:
- None
Voter Roll
All active Python core team members are eligible to vote. Active status is determined as described in PEP 13 and implemented via the software at python/voters [1].
Ballots were distributed based on the the Python Voter Roll [1] for this election.
While this file is not public as it contains private email addresses, the Complete Voter Roll is available with a list of all eligible voters by name.
Election Implementation
The election was conducted using the Helios Voting Service.
Configuration
Short name: 2025-python-steering-council
Name: 2025 Python Steering Council Election
Description: Election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is steering council election for the 2025 term.
type: Election
Use voter aliases: [X]
Randomize answer order: [X]
Private: [X]
Help Email Address: psf-election@python.org
Voting starts at: November 25, 2024 12:00 UTC
Voting ends at: December 10, 2024 12:00 UTC
This will create an election in which:
- Voting is not open to the public, only those on the Voter Roll may participate. Ballots will be emailed when voting starts.
- Candidates are presented in random order, to help avoid bias.
- Voter identities and ballots are protected against cryptographic advances.
Questions
Question 1
Select between 0 and - (approval) answers. Result Type: absolute
Question: Select candidates for the Python Steering Council
Answer #1 - #N: Candidates from Candidates_ Section
Results
Of 100 eligible voters, 76 cast ballots.
The top five vote-getters are:
- Barry Warsaw
- Donghee Na
- Emily Morehouse
- Gregory P. Smith
- Pablo Galindo Salgado
No conflict of interest as defined in PEP 13 were observed.
The full vote counts are as follows:
| Candidate | Votes Received |
|---|---|
| Barry Warsaw | 58 |
| Donghee Na | 48 |
| Emily Morehouse | 52 |
| Ethan Furman | 31 |
| Gregory P. Smith | 50 |
| Mariatta | 23 |
| Pablo Galindo Salgado | 63 |
| Thomas Wouters | 38 |
Copyright
This document has been placed in the public domain.
Complete Voter Roll
Active Python core developers
Adam Turner
Alex Gaynor
Alex Waygood
Alexander Belopolsky
Alyssa Coghlan
Ammar Askar
Andrew Svetlov
Antoine Pitrou
Barney Gale
Barry Warsaw
Batuhan Taskaya
Benjamin Peterson
Berker Peksağ
Brandt Bucher
Brett Cannon
Brian Curtin
C.A.M. Gerlach
CF Bolz-Tereick
Carl Meyer
Carol Willing
Cheryl Sabella
Chris Withers
Christian Heimes
Dennis Sweeney
Dino Viehland
Donghee Na
Emily Morehouse
Éric Araujo
Eric Snow
Eric V. Smith
Erlend Egeberg Aasland
Ethan Furman
Ezio Melotti
Facundo Batista
Filipe Laíns
Fred Drake
Georg Brandl
Giampaolo Rodolà
Gregory P. Smith
Guido van Rossum
Hugo van Kemenade
Hynek Schlawack
Inada Naoki
Irit Katriel
Ivan Levkivskyi
Jack Jansen
Jason R. Coombs
Jelle Zijlstra
Jeremy Hylton
Jeremy Kloth
Jesús Cea
Joannah Nanjekye
Julien Palard
Karthikeyan Singaravelan
Ken Jin
Kirill Podoprigora
Kumar Aditya
Kurt B. Kaiser
Kushal Das
Kyle Stanley
Larry Hastings
Łukasz Langa
Lysandros Nikolaou
Marc-André Lemburg
Mariatta
Mark Shannon
Matt Page
Michael Droettboom
Nathaniel J. Smith
Ned Batchelder
Ned Deily
Neil Schemenauer
Nikita Sobolev
Pablo Galindo
Paul Ganssle
Paul Moore
Petr Viktorin
Pradyun Gedam
R. David Murray
Raymond Hettinger
Ronald Oussoren
Russell Keith-Magee
Sam Gross
Savannah Ostrowski
Senthil Kumaran
Serhiy Storchaka
Shantanu Jain
Stefan Behnel
Steve Dower
Stéphane Wirtel
Tal Einat
Terry Jan Reedy
Thomas Wouters
Tian Gao
Tim Golden
Tim Peters
Victor Stinner
Vinay Sajip
Yury Selivanov
Zachary Ware
Source: https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-8106.rst
Last modified: 2024-12-10 12:30:28 GMT