Abstract

This document describes the schedule and other details of the December 2019 election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is steering council election for the 2020 term.

Election Administration

The steering council appointed the Python Software Foundation Director of Infrastructure, Ee Durbin, to implement the election, and Python Software Foundation Executive Director, Ewa Jodlowska, to communicate announcements regarding the election.

Schedule

There will be a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week vote.

The nomination period was: November 1, 2019 through November 16, 2019 12:00 UTC (The end of November 15, 2019 Anywhere on Earth). As announced on python-committers, and took place on discuss.python.org.

The voting period is: December 1, 2019 12:00 UTC through December 16, 2019 12:00 UTC (The end of December 15, 2019 Anywhere on Earth).

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):

• Brett Cannon
• Kushal Das
• Christian Heimes
• Pablo Galindo Salgado
• Gregory P. Smith
• Victor Stinner
• Barry Warsaw
• Carol Willing
• Thomas Wouters

Withdrawn nominations:

• Guido van Rossum. (Withdrawal)

Voter Roll

All active Python core team members are eligible to vote.

Ballots will be distributed based on the The Python Voter Roll for this election [1].

While this file is not public as it contains private email addresses, the Complete Voter Roll by name is available.

Election Implementation

The election will be conducted using the Helios Voting Service.

Results

Of 82 eligible voters, 63 cast ballots.

The top five vote-getters are:

• Barry Warsaw
• Brett Cannon
• Carol Willing
• Thomas Wouters
• Victor Stinner

No conflict of interest as defined in PEP 13 were observed.

The full vote counts are as follows:

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.

Complete Voter Roll

Abhilash Raj
Alex Gaynor
Alex Martelli
Alexander Belopolsky
Andrew Kuchling
Andrew Svetlov
Antoine Pitrou
Barry Warsaw
Benjamin Peterson
Berker Peksağ
Brett Cannon
Brian Curtin
Brian Quinlan
Carol Willing
Cheryl Sabella
Chris Withers
Christian Heimes
Christian Tismer
Davin Potts
Dino Viehland
Donald Stufft
Emily Morehouse
Éric Araujo
Eric Snow
Eric V. Smith
Ethan Furman
Ezio Melotti
Facundo Batista
Fred Drake
Giampaolo Rodolà
Gregory P. Smith
Guido van Rossum
Inada Naoki
Ivan Levkivskyi
Jason R. Coombs
Jeremy Kloth
Jesús Cea
Joannah Nanjekye
Julien Palard
Kurt B. Kaiser
Kushal Das
Larry Hastings
Lisa Roach
Łukasz Langa
Marc-André Lemburg
Mariatta
Mark Dickinson
Mark Shannon
Matthias Klose
Michael Foord
Nathaniel J. Smith
Ned Deily
Neil Schemenauer
Alyssa Coghlan
Pablo Galindo
Paul Ganssle
Paul Moore
Petr Viktorin
R. David Murray
Raymond Hettinger
Robert Collins
Ronald Oussoren
Senthil Kumaran
Serhiy Storchaka
Skip Montanaro
Stefan Behnel
Stefan Krah
Steve Dower
Steven D'Aprano
Stéphane Wirtel
Tal Einat
Terry Jan Reedy
Thomas Wouters
Tim Golden
Tim Peters
Victor Stinner
Vinay Sajip
Walter Dörwald
Xavier de Gaye
Xiang Zhang
Yury Selivanov
Zachary Ware