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<li><a href="https://www.python.org/" title="The Python Programming Language">Python</a> » </li> <li><a href="../pep-0000/">PEP Index</a> » </li> <li>PEP 8106</li> </ul> <button id="colour-scheme-cycler" onClick="setColourScheme(nextColourScheme())"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="colour-scheme-icon-when-auto"><use href="#svg-sun-half"></use></svg> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="colour-scheme-icon-when-dark"><use href="#svg-moon"></use></svg> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="colour-scheme-icon-when-light"><use href="#svg-sun"></use></svg> <span class="visually-hidden">Toggle light / dark / auto colour theme</span> </button> </header> <article> <section id="pep-content"> <h1 class="page-title">PEP 8106 – 2025 Term Steering Council election</h1> <dl class="rfc2822 field-list simple"> <dt class="field-odd">Author<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-odd">Ee Durbin <ee at python.org></dd> <dt class="field-even">Sponsor<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-even">Thomas Wouters <thomas at python.org></dd> <dt class="field-odd">Status<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-odd"><abbr title="Accepted and implementation complete, or no longer active">Final</abbr></dd> <dt class="field-even">Type<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-even"><abbr title="Non-normative PEP containing background, guidelines or other information relevant to the Python ecosystem">Informational</abbr></dd> <dt class="field-odd">Topic<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-odd"><a class="reference external" href="../topic/governance/">Governance</a></dd> <dt class="field-even">Created<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-even">21-Oct-2024</dd> </dl> <hr class="docutils" /> <section id="contents"> <details><summary>Table of Contents</summary><ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#election-administration">Election Administration</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#schedule">Schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#candidates">Candidates</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#voter-roll">Voter Roll</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#election-implementation">Election Implementation</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#configuration">Configuration</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#questions">Questions</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#question-1">Question 1</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#results">Results</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#complete-voter-roll">Complete Voter Roll</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#active-python-core-developers">Active Python core developers</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </details></section> <section id="abstract"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#abstract" role="doc-backlink">Abstract</a></h2> <p>This document describes the schedule and other details of the 2024 election for the Python steering council, as specified in <a class="pep reference internal" href="../pep-0013/" title="PEP 13 – Python Language Governance">PEP 13</a>. This is the steering council election for the 2025 term (i.e. Python 3.14).</p> </section> <section id="election-administration"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#election-administration" role="doc-backlink">Election Administration</a></h2> <p>The steering council appointed the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.python.org/psf-landing/">Python Software Foundation</a> Director of Infrastructure, Ee Durbin, to administer the election.</p> </section> <section id="schedule"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#schedule" role="doc-backlink">Schedule</a></h2> <p>There was a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week vote.</p> <p>The nomination period was: November 7, 2024 through <a class="reference external" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Python+Steering+Council+nominations+close&iso=20241122T00&p1=3399">November 21, 2024 AoE</a> <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#note-aoe" id="id1">[2]</a>.</p> <p>The voting period was: November 25, 2024 through <a class="reference external" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Python+Steering+Council+voting+closes&iso=20241210T00&p1=3399">December 9, 2024 AoE</a> <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#note-aoe" id="id2">[2]</a>.</p> </section> <section id="candidates"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#candidates" role="doc-backlink">Candidates</a></h2> <p>Candidates must be nominated by a core team member. If the candidate is a core team member, they may nominate themselves.</p> <p>Nominees (in alphabetical order by first name):</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nominations-barry-warsaw-2025-term/71732/">Barry Warsaw</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-donghee-na-2025-term/71731">Donghee Na</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-emily-morehouse-2025-term/71824">Emily Morehouse</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-ethan-furman-2025-term/71899">Ethan Furman</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-gregory-p-smith-2025-term/71947">Gregory P. Smith</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-mariatta-2025-term/71950">Mariatta</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-pablo-galindo-salgado-2025-term/71915">Pablo Galindo Salgado</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-thomas-wouters-2025-term/71792">Thomas Wouters</a></li> </ul> <p>Withdrawn nominations:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>None</li> </ul> </section> <section id="voter-roll"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#voter-roll" role="doc-backlink">Voter Roll</a></h2> <p>All active Python core team members are eligible to vote. Active status is determined as <a class="pep reference internal" href="../pep-0013/#membership" title="PEP 13 – Python Language Governance § Membership">described in PEP 13</a> and implemented via the software at <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/voters">python/voters</a> <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#note-voters" id="id3">[1]</a>.</p> <p>Ballots were distributed based on the the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/voters/blob/master/voter-files/">Python Voter Roll</a> <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#note-voters" id="id4">[1]</a> for this election.</p> <p>While this file is not public as it contains private email addresses, the <a class="reference internal" href="#complete-voter-roll">Complete Voter Roll</a> is available with a list of all eligible voters by name.</p> </section> <section id="election-implementation"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#election-implementation" role="doc-backlink">Election Implementation</a></h2> <p>The election was conducted using the <a class="reference external" href="https://heliosvoting.org">Helios Voting Service</a>.</p> <section id="configuration"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#configuration" role="doc-backlink">Configuration</a></h3> <p>Short name: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2025-python-steering-council</span></code></p> <p>Name: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2025</span> <span class="pre">Python</span> <span class="pre">Steering</span> <span class="pre">Council</span> <span class="pre">Election</span></code></p> <p>Description: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Election</span> <span class="pre">for</span> <span class="pre">the</span> <span class="pre">Python</span> <span class="pre">steering</span> <span class="pre">council,</span> <span class="pre">as</span> <span class="pre">specified</span> <span class="pre">in</span> <span class="pre">PEP</span> <span class="pre">13.</span> <span class="pre">This</span> <span class="pre">is</span> <span class="pre">steering</span> <span class="pre">council</span> <span class="pre">election</span> <span class="pre">for</span> <span class="pre">the</span> <span class="pre">2025</span> <span class="pre">term.</span></code></p> <p>type: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Election</span></code></p> <p>Use voter aliases: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[X]</span></code></p> <p>Randomize answer order: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[X]</span></code></p> <p>Private: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[X]</span></code></p> <p>Help Email Address: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">psf-election@python.org</span></code></p> <p>Voting starts at: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">November</span> <span class="pre">25,</span> <span class="pre">2024</span> <span class="pre">12:00</span> <span class="pre">UTC</span></code></p> <p>Voting ends at: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">December</span> <span class="pre">10,</span> <span class="pre">2024</span> <span class="pre">12:00</span> <span class="pre">UTC</span></code></p> <p>This will create an election in which:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>Voting is not open to the public, only those on the <a class="reference internal" href="#voter-roll">Voter Roll</a> may participate. Ballots will be emailed when voting starts.</li> <li>Candidates are presented in random order, to help avoid bias.</li> <li>Voter identities and ballots are protected against cryptographic advances.</li> </ul> </section> <section id="questions"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#questions" role="doc-backlink">Questions</a></h3> <section id="question-1"> <h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#question-1" role="doc-backlink">Question 1</a></h4> <p>Select between <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-</span> <span class="pre">(approval)</span></code> answers. Result Type: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">absolute</span></code></p> <p>Question: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Select</span> <span class="pre">candidates</span> <span class="pre">for</span> <span class="pre">the</span> <span class="pre">Python</span> <span class="pre">Steering</span> <span class="pre">Council</span></code></p> <p>Answer #1 - #N: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Candidates</span> <span class="pre">from</span> <span class="pre">Candidates_</span> <span class="pre">Section</span></code></p> </section> </section> </section> <section id="results"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#results" role="doc-backlink">Results</a></h2> <p>Of 100 eligible voters, 76 cast ballots.</p> <p>The top five vote-getters are:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>Barry Warsaw</li> <li>Donghee Na</li> <li>Emily Morehouse</li> <li>Gregory P. Smith</li> <li>Pablo Galindo Salgado</li> </ul> <p>No conflict of interest as defined in <a class="pep reference internal" href="../pep-0013/" title="PEP 13 – Python Language Governance">PEP 13</a> were observed.</p> <p>The full vote counts are as follows:</p> <table class="docutils align-default"> <thead> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Candidate</th> <th class="head">Votes Received</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="row-even"><td>Barry Warsaw</td> <td>58</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Donghee Na</td> <td>48</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Emily Morehouse</td> <td>52</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Ethan Furman</td> <td>31</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Gregory P. Smith</td> <td>50</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Mariatta</td> <td>23</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Pablo Galindo Salgado</td> <td>63</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Thomas Wouters</td> <td>38</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section id="copyright"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#copyright" role="doc-backlink">Copyright</a></h2> <p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p> </section> <section id="complete-voter-roll"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#complete-voter-roll" role="doc-backlink">Complete Voter Roll</a></h2> <section id="active-python-core-developers"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#active-python-core-developers" role="doc-backlink">Active Python core developers</a></h3> <div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>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 </pre></div> </div> <aside class="footnote-list brackets"> <aside class="footnote brackets" id="note-voters" role="doc-footnote"> <dt class="label" id="note-voters">[1]<em> (<a href='#id3'>1</a>, <a href='#id4'>2</a>) </em></dt> <dd>This repository is private and accessible only to Python Core Developers, administrators, and Python Software Foundation Staff as it contains personal email addresses.</aside> <aside class="footnote brackets" id="note-aoe" role="doc-footnote"> <dt class="label" id="note-aoe">[2]<em> (<a href='#id1'>1</a>, <a href='#id2'>2</a>) </em></dt> <dd>AoE: <a class="reference external" href="https://www.ieee802.org/16/aoe.html">Anywhere on Earth</a>.</aside> </aside> </section> </section> </section> <hr class="docutils" /> <p>Source: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-8106.rst">https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-8106.rst</a></p> <p>Last modified: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/peps/commits/main/peps/pep-8106.rst">2024-12-10 12:30:28 GMT</a></p> </article> <nav id="pep-sidebar"> <h2>Contents</h2> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#election-administration">Election Administration</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#schedule">Schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#candidates">Candidates</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#voter-roll">Voter Roll</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#election-implementation">Election Implementation</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#configuration">Configuration</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#questions">Questions</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#question-1">Question 1</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#results">Results</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#complete-voter-roll">Complete Voter Roll</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#active-python-core-developers">Active Python core developers</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <br> <a id="source" href="https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-8106.rst">Page Source (GitHub)</a> </nav> </section> <script src="../_static/colour_scheme.js"></script> <script src="../_static/wrap_tables.js"></script> <script src="../_static/sticky_banner.js"></script> </body> </html>