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Elections

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    • 2023 Python Software Foundation Board Election

      Please note: The next PSF Board elections will take place in late spring/early summer 2023. Date TBD.


      • Election begins: Jan. 1, 2024
      • Nominations Open: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000
      • Nominations Close: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

    Nominations Closed

    • 2022 Python Software Foundation Board Election

      Voter application cut-off date: you must be a registered PSF member type with voting rights (supporting, contributing, managing) by June 15, 2022 AoE

      Voting will begin June 20, 2022. Voting will close at the end of June 30th, 2022 AoE.

      Additional Information




      • View nominations
      • Election began: June 20, 2022
      • Nominations Opened: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000
      • Nominations Closed: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000
    • 2021 Bylaws Proposed Changes Election

      As a part of the PSF’s mandate to, “to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers”, in June 2020, the Python Software Foundation Board of Directors began an open discussion with the community regarding Board Election reform. The feedback provided highlighted several topics of interest, including the continued need to invest in diversity and inclusion efforts for the Python open source community.


      One of the ways the Board has been acting on this feedback has included the creation of a Diversity and Inclusion Workgroup in December 2020 https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2020/12/announcing-psf-diversity-and-inclusion.html. Additionally the Board has continued to have ongoing discussions about how the Board itself can make adjustments to meet the community’s feedback.


      The PSF Board is proposing changes to the bylaws to be voted on by the membership at the upcoming elections. Discussions regarding term limits are still ongoing within the Board.


      These changes impact the following sections of the PSF’s bylaws:

      • Implementing Section 5.15 Limits on Co-affiliation of Board Members
      • Adjusting Section 4.8. Fellows

      Voting began June 22, 2021 AoE and ballots must be cast before July 8, 2021 AoE


      Below are details for each bullet point.

      Section 5.15 Limits on Co-affiliation of Board Members

      Resolution approved by the board of directors

      RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation board approve the bylaw implementation of 'Section 5.15. Limits on Co-affiliation of Board Members' as proposed here, to be voted on by the membership during the next election.

      Context

      The board is focused on promoting a diverse and international community. Many directors work at organizations that are part of our community, sponsor the PSF, and/or volunteer in some other way. It happens occasionally that several board members are employed by the same organization, and this shouldn’t be an impediment for their service. At the same time the Board wants to guard against a situation where a single entity has complete control over the PSF by gaining a majority of the board seats. It’s not quite enough to declare allegiances and let voting members decide who to elect, because for example one company taking over another could result in a majority on the Board. The Bylaw changes aim to prevent such Board capture.

      Section 4.8. Fellows

      Resolution approved by the board of directors

      RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation board approve the bylaw updates to 'Section 4.8. Fellows' as proposed here, to be voted on by the membership during the next election.

      Context

      • The PSF Board noticed that the current bylaws lacked the ability for the board to fully delegate Fellow approvals to the Fellows Work Group. Going forward, the board prefers an option to empower the WG (which is composed of only Fellow members) to accept nominations, vote on them, and officially approve them.
      • If these changes are approved, the pull request will be made against the official bylaw repository.

      • View nominations
      • Election began: June 23, 2021
      • Nominations Opened: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:03:08 +0000
      • Nominations Closed: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:03:09 +0000
    • 2021 Python Software Foundation Board Election

      Voter application cut-off date: you must be a registered PSF member type with voting rights (supporting, contributing, managing) by May 31, 2021 AoE

      Voting began June 8, 2021 AoE. Voting will close at the end of June 17th, 2020 AoE.

      Additional Information


      • View nominations
      • Election began: June 8, 2021
      • Nominations Opened: Thu, 6 May 2021 08:00:00 +0000
      • Nominations Closed: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 08:00:00 +0000
    • 2020 Python Software Foundation Board Election

      The following people were elected to the board:

      • Nina Zakharenko
      • Dustin Ingram
      • Jeff Triplett
      • Thomas Wouters

      • View nominations
      • Election began: June 8, 2020
      • Nominations Opened: Wed, 6 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000
      • Nominations Closed: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 12:02:02 +0000
    • 2019 Python Software Foundation Board Election

      The following people were elected to the board:

      • Lorena Mesa
      • Kushal Das
      • Marlene Mhangami
      • Jannis Leidel

      • View nominations
      • Election began: June 7, 2019
      • Nominations Opened: Sun, 5 May 2019 08:00:00 +0000
      • Nominations Closed: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 08:00:00 +0000