PEP: 8100
Title: January 2019 steering council election
Version: $Revision$
Last-Modified: $Date$
Author: Nathaniel J. Smith <njs@pobox.com>, Ernest W. Durbin III <ewdurbin@gmail.com>
Status: Active
Type: Informational
Content-Type: text/x-rst
Created: 3-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 Ernest W. Durbin III
<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. `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: ``ernest@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
* 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             |
+-------------------+----------------+
| 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
	Nick 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
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   contains personal email addresses.



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