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I won’t use the BDFL title.</p> <p>PS: I work for Dropbox.</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="24" /> <span class='post-likes'>24 Likes</span> </div> <div class='crawler-linkback-list' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ItemList'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <a itemprop='url' href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum-2020-term/2657">Steering Council nomination: Guido van Rossum (2020 term)</a> <meta itemprop='position' content='7'> </div> </div> </div> <div id='post_2' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" rel='nofollow' href='https://discuss.python.org/u/brettcannon'><span itemprop='name'>brettcannon</span></a> (Brett Cannon) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2019-01-08T23:47:13Z' class='post-time'> January 8, 2019, 11:47pm </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2019-01-08T23:47:13Z'> <span itemprop='position'>2</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Were you planning to add yourself to <a href="https://github.com/python/peps/blob/master/pep-8100.rst" rel="nofollow noopener">https://github.com/python/peps/blob/master/pep-8100.rst</a> at a later date?</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> </div> <div id='post_3' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" rel='nofollow' href='https://discuss.python.org/u/guido'><span itemprop='name'>guido</span></a> (Guido van Rossum) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2019-01-09T00:13:41Z' class='post-time'> January 9, 2019, 12:13am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2019-01-09T00:13:41Z'> <span itemprop='position'>3</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Thanks for the reminder! Done now. (Is there any other process I should follow?)</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> </div> <div id='post_4' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" rel='nofollow' href='https://discuss.python.org/u/brettcannon'><span itemprop='name'>brettcannon</span></a> (Brett Cannon) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2019-01-09T00:15:01Z' class='post-time'> January 9, 2019, 12:15am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2019-01-09T00:15:01Z'> <span itemprop='position'>4</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <aside class="quote group-committers" data-username="guido" data-post="3" data-topic="628"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="24" height="24" src="https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/guido/48/21_2.png" class="avatar"> guido:</div> <blockquote> <p>Thanks for the reminder!</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>Welcome!</p> <aside class="quote group-committers" data-username="guido" data-post="3" data-topic="628"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="24" height="24" src="https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/guido/48/21_2.png" class="avatar"> guido:</div> <blockquote> <p>(Is there any other process I should follow?</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>Nope, the PEP is the canonical list of candidates and the only real requirement to get on to the ballot. Posting here is to be more visible in your nomination, let people know more about you, and to help promote yourself. <img src="https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/apple/wink.png?v=12" title=":wink:" class="emoji" alt=":wink:" loading="lazy" width="20" height="20"></p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1" /> <span class='post-likes'>1 Like</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_5' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" rel='nofollow' href='https://discuss.python.org/u/Senthil'><span itemprop='name'>Senthil</span></a> (Senthil Kumaran) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2019-01-09T12:12:01Z' class='post-time'> January 9, 2019, 12:12pm </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2019-01-09T12:12:01Z'> <span itemprop='position'>5</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <aside class="quote group-committers" data-username="guido" data-post="1" data-topic="628"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="24" height="24" src="https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/guido/48/21_2.png" class="avatar"> guido:</div> <blockquote> <p>thought I’d at least give people the option to vote for maximum continuity.</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>Welcome, <a class="mention" href="/u/guido">@guido</a> . Excited to see your nomination.</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1" /> <span class='post-likes'>1 Like</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="container wrap"> <nav class='crawler-nav'> <ul> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/' itemprop="url">Home </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/categories' itemprop="url">Categories </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/guidelines' itemprop="url">Guidelines </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/tos' itemprop="url">Terms of Service </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/privacy' itemprop="url">Privacy Policy </a> </span> </li> </ul> </nav> <p class='powered-by-link'>Powered by <a href="https://www.discourse.org">Discourse</a>, best viewed with JavaScript enabled</p> </footer> <div class="buorg"><div>Unfortunately, <a href="https://www.discourse.org/faq/#browser">your browser is unsupported</a>. 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