PEP 8100: a PEP to track details of the steering council election (#862)

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* to be determined * to be determined
The current steering council vote is tracked in PEP 8100.
The core team consists of: The core team consists of:
[TODO: we need a canonical list somewhere, in order to hold votes and [TODO: we need a canonical list somewhere, in order to hold votes and
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History History
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Creation of this document
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The Python project was started by Guido van Rossum, who served as its The Python project was started by Guido van Rossum, who served as its
Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL) from inception until July 2018, Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL) from inception until July 2018,
when he `stepped down when he `stepped down
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herein. herein.
History of council elections
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* January 2019: PEP 8100
History of amendments
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None yet.
Acknowledgements Acknowledgements
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PEP: 8100
Title: January 2019 steering council election
Version: $Revision$
Last-Modified: $Date$
Author: Nathaniel J. Smith <njs@pobox.com>, Ernest W. Durbin III <ewdurbin@gmail.com>
Status: Active
Type: Informational
Content-Type: text/x-rst
Created: 3-Jan-2019
Abstract
========
This document describes the schedule and other details of the January
2019 election for the Python steering council, as specified in
PEP 13. This is the first steering council election.
Returns officer
===============
In future elections, the returns officer will be appointed by the
outgoing steering council. Since this is the first election, we have
no outgoing steering council, and PEP 13 says that the returns officer
is instead appointed by the PSF Executive Director, Ewa Jodlowska.
`She appointed Ernest W. Durbin III
<https://discuss.python.org/t/officially-appointing-the-returns-officer-for-the-steering-council-election/603>`__.
Schedule
========
There will be a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week
vote.
The nomination period is: January 7, 2019 through January 20, 2019
The voting period is: January 21, 2019 through Febuary 3, 2019
Candidates
==========
Candidates must be nominated by a core team member. If the candidate
is a core team member, they may nominate themselves.
Once the nomination period opens, candidates will be listed here:
1. *Candidate (nominated by)*
Results
=======
There are no results yet, but when there are, they'll be listed here.
Copyright
=========
This document has been placed in the public domain.
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