PEP 8101 -- 2020 Term steering council election

PEP: 8101 Title: 2020 Term steering council election Author: Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org>, Ernest W. Durbin III <ewdurbin at gmail.com> Sponsor: Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> Status: Active Type: Informational Created: 16-Nov-2019

Abstract This document describes the schedule and other details of the December 2019 election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is steering council election for the 2020 term.

Election Administration The steering council appointed the Python Software Foundation Director of Infrastructure, Ernest W. Durbin III, to implement the election, and Python Software Foundation Executive Director, Ewa Jodlowska, to communicate announcements regarding the election.

Schedule There will be a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week vote. The nomination period was: November 1, 2019 through November 16, 2019 12:00 UTC (The end of November 15, 2019 Anywhere on Earth). As announced on python-committers, and took place on discuss.python.org. The voting period is: December 1, 2019 12:00 UTC through December 16, 2019 12:00 UTC (The end of December 15, 2019 Anywhere on Earth).

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 . 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. Configuration Short name: 2020-python-steering-council Name: 2020 Python Steering Council Election Description: Election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is steering council election for the 2020 term. type: Election Use voter aliases: [X] Randomize answer order: [X] Private: [X] Help Email Address: ernest@python.org Voting starts at: December 1, 2019 12:00 UTC Voting ends at: December 16, 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 - (approval) answers. Result Type: absolute Question: Select candidates for the Python Steering Council Answer #1 - #N: Candidates from Candidates_ Section

Results Of 82 eligible voters, 63 cast ballots. The top five vote-getters are: Barry Warsaw

Brett Cannon

Carol Willing

Thomas Wouters

Victor Stinner No conflict of interest as defined in PEP 13 were observed. The full vote counts are as follows: Candidate Votes Received Brett Cannon 54 Carol Willing 54 Barry Warsaw 50 Thomas Wouters 40 Victor Stinner 38 Christian Heimes 37 Pablo Galindo Salgado 37 Gregory P. Smith 32 Kushal Das 30

Copyright This document has been placed in the public domain.