PEP 8106 – 2025 Term Steering Council election
- Author:
- Ee Durbin <ee at python.org>
- Sponsor:
- Thomas Wouters <thomas at python.org>
- Status:
- Active
- 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 will be a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week vote.
The nomination period will be: November 7, 2024 through November 21, 2024 AoE [2].
The voting period will be: 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):
- TBD
Withdrawn nominations: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 will be 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 by name will be made available when the roll is created.
Election Implementation
The election will be 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 NN eligible voters, MM cast ballots.
The top five vote-getters are:
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
No conflict of interest as defined in PEP 13 were observed.
The full vote counts are as follows:
Candidate | Votes Received |
---|---|
TBD |
Copyright
This document has been placed in the public domain.
Complete Voter Roll
Active Python core developers
TBD
Source: https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-8106.rst
Last modified: 2024-10-22 12:44:20 GMT