PEP: 8102 Title: 2021 Term Steering Council election Author: Ewa Jodlowska , Ee Durbin , Joe Carey Sponsor: Brett Cannon Status: Final Type: Informational Topic: Governance Content-Type: text/x-rst Created: 29-Oct-2020 Abstract ======== This document describes the schedule and other details of the December 2020 election for the Python steering council, as specified in :pep:`13`. This is the steering council election for the 2021 term. Election Administration ======================= The steering council appointed the `Python Software Foundation `__ Director of Infrastructure, Ee Durbin, and Accounting Manager, Joe Carey, to coadminister the election. `Python Software Foundation `__ Executive Director, Ewa Jodlowska, will 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, 2020 through November 16, 2020 12:00 UTC (The end of November 15, 2020 `Anywhere on Earth `_). As announced on `python-committers `_, and took place on `discuss.python.org `_. The voting period is: December 1, 2020 12:00 UTC through December 16, 2020 12:00 UTC (The end of December 15, 2020 `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 `_ - `Matt Harrison `_ - `Christian Heimes `_ - `Raymond Hettinger `_ - `David Mertz `_ - `Pablo Galindo Salgado `_ - `Barry Warsaw `_ - `Carol Willing `_ - `Thomas Wouters `_ - `Mariatta `_ Withdrawn nominations: - None Voter Roll ========== All active Python core team members are eligible to vote. Active status is determined as described in :pep:`PEP 13 <13#membership>` and implemented via the software at `python/voters `_ [1]_. 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 will be made available when the roll is created. Election Implementation ======================= The election will be conducted using the `Helios Voting Service `__. Configuration ------------- Short name: ``2021-python-steering-council`` Name: ``2021 Python Steering Council Election`` Description: ``Election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is steering council election for the 2021 term.`` type: ``Election`` Use voter aliases: ``[X]`` Randomize answer order: ``[X]`` Private: ``[X]`` Help Email Address: ``psf-election@python.org`` Voting starts at: ``December 1, 2020 00:00 UTC`` Voting ends at: ``December 16, 2020 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 91 eligible voters, 74 cast ballots. The top five vote-getters are: * Barry Warsaw * Brett Cannon * Carol Willing * Pablo Galindo Salgado * Thomas Wouters No conflict of interest as defined in :pep:`13` were observed. The full vote counts are as follows: +-----------------------+----------------+ | Candidate | Votes Received | +=======================+================+ | Pablo Galindo Salgado | 59 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | Carol Willing | 57 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | Barry Warsaw | 56 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | Brett Cannon | 54 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | Thomas Wouters | 52 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | Christian Heimes | 43 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | Mariatta | 42 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | Raymond Hettinger | 31 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | David Mertz | 28 | +-----------------------+----------------+ | Matt Harrison | 15 | +-----------------------+----------------+ Copyright ========= This document has been placed in the public domain. Complete Voter Roll =================== Active Python core developers ----------------------------- :: Abhilash Raj Alex Gaynor Alex Martelli Alexander Belopolsky Andrew Kuchling Andrew Svetlov Antoine Pitrou Barry Warsaw Batuhan Taskaya Benjamin Peterson Berker Peksağ Brandt Bucher Brett Cannon Brian Curtin Brian Quinlan Carol Willing Cheryl Sabella Chris Jerdonek Chris Withers Christian Heimes Christian Tismer Davin Potts Dino Viehland Donald Stufft Dong-hee Na Emily Morehouse Éric Araujo Eric Snow Eric V. Smith Ethan Furman Ezio Melotti Facundo Batista Fred Drake Georg Brandl Giampaolo Rodolà Gregory P. Smith Guido van Rossum Hynek Schlawack Inada Naoki Ivan Levkivskyi Jack Jansen Jason R. Coombs Jeremy Kloth Jesús Cea Joannah Nanjekye Julien Palard Karthikeyan Singaravelan Kurt B. Kaiser Kushal Das Kyle Stanley Larry Hastings Lisa Roach Łukasz Langa Lysandros Nikolaou Marc-André Lemburg Mariatta Mark Dickinson Mark Hammond Mark Shannon Matthias Klose Michael Foord Nathaniel J. Smith Ned Deily Neil Schemenauer Nick Coghlan Pablo Galindo Paul Ganssle Paul Moore Petr Viktorin R. David Murray Raymond Hettinger Robert Collins Ronald Oussoren Sandro Tosi Senthil Kumaran Serhiy Storchaka Stefan Behnel Steve Dower Steven D'Aprano Stéphane Wirtel Tal Einat Terry Jan Reedy Thomas Wouters Tim Golden Tim Peters Victor Stinner Vinay Sajip Walter Dörwald Xiang Zhang Yury Selivanov Zachary Ware .. [1] This repository is private and accessible only to Python Core Developers, administrators, and Python Software Foundation Staff as it contains personal email addresses.