PEP: 8100
Title: January 2019 Steering Council election
Author: Nathaniel J. Smith <njs@pobox.com>, Ee Durbin <ee@python.org>
Status: Final
Type: Informational
Topic: Governance
Content-Type: text/x-rst
Created: 03-Jan-2019


Abstract
========

This document describes the schedule and other details of the January
2019 election for the Python steering council, as specified in
:pep:`13`. This is the first steering council election.


Returns officer
===============

In future elections, the returns officer will be appointed by the
outgoing steering council. Since this is the first election, we have
no outgoing steering council, and :pep:`13` says that the returns officer
is instead appointed by the PSF Executive Director, Ewa Jodlowska.
`She appointed Ee Durbin
<https://discuss.python.org/t/officially-appointing-the-returns-officer-for-the-steering-council-election/603>`__.


Schedule
========

There will be a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week
vote.

The nomination period is: January 7, 2019 through January 20, 2019

The voting period is: January 21, 2019 12:00 UTC through February 4, 2019 12:00
UTC (The end of February 3, 2019 `Anywhere on Earth
<http://www.ieee802.org/16/aoe.html>`_)


Candidates
==========

Candidates must be nominated by a core team member. If the candidate
is a core team member, they may nominate themselves.

Once the nomination period opens, candidates will be listed here:

1. `Brett Cannon <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-brett-cannon/620>`_
2. `Alyssa (Nick) Coghlan <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-nick-coghlan/624>`_
3. `Barry Warsaw <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-barry-warsaw/629>`__
4. `Guido van Rossum <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum/628>`__
5. `Victor Stinner <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-victor-stinner/635>`_
6. `Yury Selivanov <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-yury-selivanov/645>`_
7. `David Mertz <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-david-mertz/647>`_
8. `Łukasz Langa <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-lukasz-langa/660>`_
9. `Benjamin Peterson <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-benjamin-peterson/665>`_
10. `Mariatta <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-mariatta/670>`_
11. `Carol Willing <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-carol-willing/674>`_
12. `Emily Morehouse <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-emily-morehouse/686>`_
13. `Peter Wang <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-peter-wang/694>`_
14. `Donald Stufft <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-donald-stufft/700>`_
15. `Travis Oliphant <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-travis-oliphant/705>`_
16. `Kushal Das <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-kushal-das/702>`_
17. `Gregory P. Smith <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-gregory-p-smith/737>`_

Voter Roll
==========

All active Python core team members are eligible to vote.

Ballots will be distributed based on the `The Python Voter Roll for this
election
<https://github.com/python/voters/blob/master/2019-01-21-2019-python-steering-committee-election-election.csv>`__
[1]_.

While this file is not public as it contains private email addresses, the
`Complete Voter Roll`_ by name is available.

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

The election will be conducted using the `Helios Voting Service
<https://heliosvoting.org>`__.


Configuration
-------------

Short name: ``2019-python-steering-committee``

Name: ``2019 Python Steering Committee Election``

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

type: ``Election``

Use voter aliases: ``[X]``

Randomize answer order: ``[X]``

Private: ``[X]``

Help Email Address: ``ee@python.org``

Voting starts at: ``January 21, 2019 12:00 UTC``

Voting ends at: ``February 4, 2019 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 ``5`` answers. Result Type: ``absolute``

Question: ``Select candidates for the Python Steering Council``

Answer #1 - #N: ``Candidates from Candidates_ Section``



Results
=======

Of the 96 eligible voters, 69 cast ballots.

The top five vote-getters are:

* Barry Warsaw
* Brett Cannon
* Carol Willing
* Guido van Rossum
* Alyssa (Nick) Coghlan

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

The full vote counts are as follows:

+-----------------------+----------------+
| Candidate             | Votes Received |
+=======================+================+
| Guido van Rossum      | 45             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Brett Cannon          | 44             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Carol Willing         | 33             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Barry Warsaw          | 31             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Alyssa (Nick) Coghlan | 25             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Benjamin Peterson     | 22             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Łukasz Langa          | 21             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Victor Stinner        | 21             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Mariatta              | 20             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Emily Morehouse       | 18             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Yury Selivanov        | 15             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Donald Stufft         | 11             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Peter Wang            | 10             |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Travis Oliphant       | 8              |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Kushal Das            | 7              |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Gregory P. Smith      | 6              |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| David Mertz           | 3              |
+-----------------------+----------------+

Copyright
=========

This document has been placed in the public domain.


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

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

::

    Alex Gaynor
    Alex Martelli
    Alexander Belopolsky
    Alexandre Vassalotti
    Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
    Andrew Kuchling
    Andrew Svetlov
    Antoine Pitrou
    Armin Ronacher
    Barry Warsaw
    Benjamin Peterson
    Berker Peksag
    Brett Cannon
    Brian Curtin
    Carol Willing
    Chris Jerdonek
    Chris Withers
    Christian Heimes
    David Malcolm
    David Wolever
    Davin Potts
    Dino Viehland
    Donald Stufft
    Doug Hellmann
    Eli Bendersky
    Emily Morehouse
    Éric Araujo
    Eric Snow
    Eric V. Smith
    Ethan Furman
    Ezio Melotti
    Facundo Batista
    Fred Drake
    Georg Brandl
    Giampaolo Rodola'
    Gregory P. Smith
    Guido van Rossum
    Hyeshik Chang
    Hynek Schlawack
    INADA Naoki
    Ivan Levkivskyi
    Jack Diederich
    Jack Jansen
    Jason R. Coombs
    Jeff Hardy
    Jeremy Hylton
    Jesús Cea
    Julien Palard
    Kurt B. Kaiser
    Kushal Das
    Larry Hastings
    Lars Gustäbel
    Lisa Roach
    Łukasz Langa
    Marc-Andre Lemburg
    Mariatta
    Mark Dickinson
    Mark Hammond
    Mark Shannon
    Martin Panter
    Matthias Klose
    Meador Inge
    Michael Hudson-Doyle
    Nathaniel J. Smith
    Ned Deily
    Neil Schemenauer
    Alyssa Coghlan
    Pablo Galindo
    Paul Moore
    Petr Viktorin
    Petri Lehtinen
    Philip Jenvey
    R. David Murray
    Raymond Hettinger
    Robert Collins
    Ronald Oussoren
    Sandro Tosi
    Senthil Kumaran
    Serhiy Storchaka
    Sjoerd Mullender
    Stefan Krah
    Steve Dower
    Steven Daprano
    T. Wouters
    Tal Einat
    Terry Jan Reedy
    Thomas Heller
    Tim Golden
    Tim Peters
    Trent Nelson
    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.
