Abstract

This document describes the schedule and other details of the December2022 election for the Python steering council, as specified inPEP 13. This is the steering council election for the 2023 term(i.e. Python 3.12).

Election Administration

The steering council appointed thePython Software FoundationDirector of Infrastructure, Ee Durbin, to administer the election.

Schedule

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

The nomination period was: November 14, 2022 throughNovember 28, 2022 AoE[2].

The voting period was: December 1, 2022 throughDecember 14, 2022 AoE[2].

Candidates

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

Nominees (in alphabetical order):

• Brett Cannon
• Emily Morehouse
• Dong-hee Na
• Pablo Galindo Salgado
• Gregory P. Smith
• Victor Stinner
• Petr Viktorin
• Thomas Wouters

Withdrawn nominations:

• None

Voter Roll

All active Python core team members are eligible to vote. Active statusis determined asdescribed in PEP 13and implemented via the software atpython/voters[1].

Ballots will be distributed based on the thePython Voter Roll[1]for this election.

While this file is not public as it contains private email addresses, theComplete Voter Roll by name will be made available when the roll iscreated.

Election Implementation

The election will be conducted using theHelios Voting Service.

Results

Of 85 eligible voters, 66 cast ballots.

The top five vote-getters are:

• Pablo Galindo Salgado
• Gregory P. Smith
• Emily Morehouse
• Brett Cannon
• Thomas Wouters

No conflict of interest as defined inPEP 13 were observed.

The full vote counts are as follows:

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.

Complete Voter Roll

Alex GaynorAlex WaygoodAmmar AskarAndrew SvetlovAntoine PitrouBarry WarsawBatuhan TaskayaBenjamin PetersonBerker PeksağBrandt BucherBrett CannonBrian CurtinBrian QuinlanCarol WillingCheryl SabellaChris JerdonekChris WithersChristian HeimesDennis SweeneyDino ViehlandDong-hee NaEmily MorehouseÉric AraujoEric SnowEric V. SmithErlend Egeberg AaslandEthan FurmanEzio MelottiFacundo BatistaFilipe LaínsFred DrakeGeorg BrandlGiampaolo RodolàGregory P. SmithGuido van RossumHugo van KemenadeHynek SchlawackInada NaokiIrit KatrielIvan LevkivskyiJason R. CoombsJelle ZijlstraJeremy KlothJesús CeaJoannah NanjekyeJulien PalardKarthikeyan SingaravelanKen JinKumar AdityaKurt B. KaiserKushal DasKyle StanleyLarry HastingsŁukasz LangaLysandros NikolaouMarc-André LemburgMariattaMark DickinsonMark ShannonNathaniel J. SmithNed DeilyNeil SchemenauerAlyssa CoghlanPablo GalindoPaul GansslePaul MoorePetr ViktorinR. David MurrayRaymond HettingerRonald OussorenSenthil KumaranSerhiy StorchakaStefan BehnelStéphane WirtelSteve DowerSteven D'ApranoTal EinatTerry Jan ReedyThomas WoutersTim GoldenTim PetersVictor StinnerVinay SajipYury SelivanovZachary Ware