PEP: 8105 Title: 2024 Term Steering Council election Author: Ee Durbin
<ee@python.org> Sponsor: Thomas Wouters <thomas@python.org> Status:
Final Type: Informational Topic: Governance Created: 23-Oct-2023

Abstract

This document describes the schedule and other details of the 2023
election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This
is the steering council election for the 2024 term (i.e. Python 3.13).

Election Administration

The steering council appointed the Python Software Foundation 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 9, 2023 through November 22, 2023
AoE[1].

The voting period was: November 27, 2023 through December 11, 2023
AoE[2].

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
-   Donghee Na
-   Emily Morehouse
-   Gregory P. Smith
-   Mariatta
-   Pablo Galindo Salgado
-   Thomas Wouters
-   Victor Stinner

Withdrawn nominations:

-   None

Voter Roll

All active Python core team members are eligible to vote. Active status
is determined as described in PEP 13 <13#membership> and implemented via
the software at python/voters [3].

Ballots were be distributed based on the the Python Voter Roll[4] 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 be conducted using the Helios Voting Service.

Configuration

Short name: 2024-python-steering-council

Name: 2024 Python Steering Council Election

Description:
Election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is steering council election for the 2024 term.

type: Election

Use voter aliases: [X]

Randomize answer order: [X]

Private: [X]

Help Email Address: psf-election@python.org

Voting starts at: November 27, 2023 12:00 UTC

Voting ends at: December 11, 2023 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

Extended Election Implementation

Due to a mismatch between announced timeline and the initial election
implementation an extended election is held to provide the additional
day for voters who were disenfranchised by the initial election.

Results from the initial election were combined with the results from
the extended election. Only voters who DID NOT cast ballots in the
initial election were able to vote.

The election was be conducted using the Helios Voting Service.

Configuration

Short name: 2024-python-steering-council-extension

Name: 2024 Python Steering Council Election Extension

Description:
Election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is steering council election for the 2024 term.

type: Election

Use voter aliases: [X]

Randomize answer order: [X]

Private: [X]

Help Email Address: psf-election@python.org

Voting starts at: December 11, 2023 12:00 UTC

Voting ends at: December 12, 2023 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 87 eligible voters, 68 cast ballots.

The top five vote-getters are:

-   Pablo Galindo Salgado
-   Gregory P. Smith
-   Barry Warsaw
-   Emily Morehouse
-   Thomas Wouters

No conflict of interest as defined in PEP 13 were observed.

The full vote counts are as follows:

Initial Election

56 of 87 eligible voters cast ballots.

  ----------------------------------------
  Candidate               Votes Received
  ----------------------- ----------------
  Barry Warsaw            35

  Donghee Na              27

  Emily Morehouse         38

  Gregory P. Smith        42

  Mariatta                25

  Pablo Galindo Salgado   48

  Thomas Wouters          30

  Victor Stinner          27
  ----------------------------------------

Election Extension

12 of 31 eligible voters disenfranchised in the initial election cast
ballots.

  ----------------------------------------
  Candidate               Votes Received
  ----------------------- ----------------
  Barry Warsaw            8

  Donghee Na              5

  Emily Morehouse         8

  Gregory P. Smith        10

  Mariatta                5

  Pablo Galindo Salgado   12

  Thomas Wouters          10

  Victor Stinner          8
  ----------------------------------------

Combined

68 of 87 eligible voters cast ballots

  ----------------------------------------
  Candidate               Votes Received
  ----------------------- ----------------
  Barry Warsaw            43

  Donghee Na              32

  Emily Morehouse         46

  Gregory P. Smith        52

  Mariatta                30

  Pablo Galindo Salgado   60

  Thomas Wouters          40

  Victor Stinner          35
  ----------------------------------------

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.

Complete Voter Roll

Active Python core developers

    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
    Carl Friedrich 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
    Georg Brandl
    Giampaolo Rodolà
    Gregory P. Smith
    Guido van Rossum
    Hugo van Kemenade
    Hynek Schlawack
    Inada Naoki
    Irit Katriel
    Ivan Levkivskyi
    Jason R. Coombs
    Jelle Zijlstra
    Jeremy Kloth
    Joannah Nanjekye
    Julien Palard
    Karthikeyan Singaravelan
    Ken Jin
    Kumar Aditya
    Kurt B. Kaiser
    Kushal Das
    Larry Hastings
    Łukasz Langa
    Lysandros Nikolaou
    Marc-André Lemburg
    Mariatta
    Mark Dickinson
    Mark Shannon
    Nathaniel J. Smith
    Ned Deily
    Neil Schemenauer
    Pablo Galindo
    Paul Ganssle
    Paul Moore
    Petr Viktorin
    Pradyun Gedam
    R. David Murray
    Raymond Hettinger
    Ronald Oussoren
    Senthil Kumaran
    Serhiy Storchaka
    Shantanu Jain
    Stefan Behnel
    Stéphane Wirtel
    Steve Dower
    Tal Einat
    Terry Jan Reedy
    Thomas Wouters
    Tim Golden
    Tim Peters
    Victor Stinner
    Vinay Sajip
    Yury Selivanov
    Zachary Ware

[1] AoE: Anywhere on Earth.

[2] AoE: Anywhere on Earth.

[3] This repository is private and accessible only to Python Core
Developers, administrators, and Python Software Foundation Staff as it
contains personal email addresses.

[4] This repository is private and accessible only to Python Core
Developers, administrators, and Python Software Foundation Staff as it
contains personal email addresses.