PEP: 8106
Title: 2025 Term Steering Council election
Author: Ee Durbin <[email protected]>
Sponsor: Thomas Wouters <[email protected]>
Status: Final
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 was a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week
vote.

The nomination period was: November 7, 2024 through `November 21, 2024 AoE
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Python+Steering+Council+nominations+close&iso=20241122T00&p1=3399>`_ [#note-aoe]_.

The voting period was: 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):

- `Barry Warsaw <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nominations-barry-warsaw-2025-term/71732/>`_
- `Donghee Na <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-donghee-na-2025-term/71731>`_
- `Emily Morehouse <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-emily-morehouse-2025-term/71824>`_
- `Ethan Furman <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-ethan-furman-2025-term/71899>`_
- `Gregory P. Smith <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-gregory-p-smith-2025-term/71947>`_
- `Mariatta <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-mariatta-2025-term/71950>`_
- `Pablo Galindo Salgado <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-pablo-galindo-salgado-2025-term/71915>`_
- `Thomas Wouters <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-thomas-wouters-2025-term/71792>`_

Withdrawn nominations: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 were 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`_ is available with a list of all eligible voters by name.

Election Implementation
=======================

The election was 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 100 eligible voters, 76 cast ballots.

The top five vote-getters are:

* Barry Warsaw
* Donghee Na
* Emily Morehouse
* Gregory P. Smith
* Pablo Galindo Salgado

No conflict of interest as defined in :pep:`13` were observed.

The full vote counts are as follows:

+-----------------------+----------------+
| Candidate             | Votes Received |
+=======================+================+
| Barry Warsaw          | 58             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Donghee Na            | 48             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Emily Morehouse       | 52             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Ethan Furman          | 31             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Gregory P. Smith      | 50             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Mariatta              | 23             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Pablo Galindo Salgado | 63             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Thomas Wouters        | 38             |
+-----------------------+----------------+


Copyright
=========

This document has been placed in the public domain.


Complete Voter Roll
===================

Active Python core developers
-----------------------------

. code-block:: text

  Adam Turner
  Alex Gaynor
  Alex Waygood
  Alexander Belopolsky
  Alyssa Coghlan
  Ammar Askar
  Andrew Svetlov
  Antoine Pitrou
  Barney Gale
  Barry Warsaw
  Batuhan Taskaya
  Benjamin Peterson
  Berker Peksağ
  Brandt Bucher
  Brett Cannon
  Brian Curtin
  C.A.M. Gerlach
  CF Bolz-Tereick
  Carl Meyer
  Carol Willing
  Cheryl Sabella
  Chris Withers
  Christian Heimes
  Dennis Sweeney
  Dino Viehland
  Donghee Na
  Emily Morehouse
  Éric Araujo
  Eric Snow
  Eric V. Smith
  Erlend Egeberg Aasland
  Ethan Furman
  Ezio Melotti
  Facundo Batista
  Filipe Laíns
  Fred Drake
  Georg Brandl
  Giampaolo Rodolà
  Gregory P. Smith
  Guido van Rossum
  Hugo van Kemenade
  Hynek Schlawack
  Inada Naoki
  Irit Katriel
  Ivan Levkivskyi
  Jack Jansen
  Jason R. Coombs
  Jelle Zijlstra
  Jeremy Hylton
  Jeremy Kloth
  Jesús Cea
  Joannah Nanjekye
  Julien Palard
  Karthikeyan Singaravelan
  Ken Jin
  Kirill Podoprigora
  Kumar Aditya
  Kurt B. Kaiser
  Kushal Das
  Kyle Stanley
  Larry Hastings
  Łukasz Langa
  Lysandros Nikolaou
  Marc-André Lemburg
  Mariatta
  Mark Shannon
  Matt Page
  Michael Droettboom
  Nathaniel J. Smith
  Ned Batchelder
  Ned Deily
  Neil Schemenauer
  Nikita Sobolev
  Pablo Galindo
  Paul Ganssle
  Paul Moore
  Petr Viktorin
  Pradyun Gedam
  R. David Murray
  Raymond Hettinger
  Ronald Oussoren
  Russell Keith-Magee
  Sam Gross
  Savannah Ostrowski
  Senthil Kumaran
  Serhiy Storchaka
  Shantanu Jain
  Stefan Behnel
  Steve Dower
  Stéphane Wirtel
  Tal Einat
  Terry Jan Reedy
  Thomas Wouters
  Tian Gao
  Tim Golden
  Tim Peters
  Victor Stinner
  Vinay Sajip
  Yury Selivanov
  Zachary Ware


. [#note-voters] This repository is private and accessible only to Python Core
  Developers, administrators, and Python Software Foundation Staff as it
  contains personal email addresses.
. [#note-aoe] AoE: `Anywhere on Earth <https://www.ieee802.org/16/aoe.html>`_.

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