PEP: 8106

Title: 2025 Term Steering Council election

Author: Ee Durbin <[email protected]>

Sponsor: Thomas Wouters <[email protected]>

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 <https://www.python.org/psf-landing/>`__

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, 2023 AoE

<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Python+Steering+Council+nominations+close&iso=20241122T00&p1=3399>`_ [#note-aoe]_.

The voting period will be: November 25, 2024 through `December 9, 2024 AoE

<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Python+Steering+Council+voting+closes&iso=20241210T00&p1=3399>`_ [#note-aoe]_.

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Withdrawn nominations: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 :pep:`described in PEP 13 <13#membership>`

and implemented via the software at `python/voters <https://github.com/python/voters>`_

[#note-voters]_.

Ballots will be distributed based on the the `Python Voter Roll

<https://github.com/python/voters/blob/master/voter-files/>`_ [#note-voters]_

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

<https://heliosvoting.org>`__.

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: ``[email protected]``

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

.. code-block:: text

.. [#note-voters] This repository is private and accessible only to Python Core

.. [#note-aoe] AoE: `Anywhere on Earth <https://www.ieee802.org/16/aoe.html>`_.