It’s that time of year again!

As is now customary, this fall is election season for Kubernetes. This year is an important election as the remainder of the bootstrap committee, which seeded the Steering Committee initially for continuity, will be retiring to emeritus status. Three(3) elected members (dims, spiffxp, timothysc) will stay on for the remaining year of their terms, and there will be four(4) positions open for election. Every election term will be 2 years. We will be posting regular updates to kubernetes-dev with deadlines and instructions as well as providing quick updates during the regular Thursday community meetings until completion of the election.

If you’d like to vote or run for a seat, all details and next steps are outlined in the election process doc[3] and voters guide.[4] The voters guide will be the single source of truth of information for this cycle. It will be updated live as new bios of candidates flow through over the next four weeks. Please pay attention to the scheduled dates:

11 Sept - All candidate bios and voting exemptions due - deadline by 5pm PDT

18 Sept - Voting begins - ballots via email

2 October - Voting ends - deadline by 5pm PDT

3 October - Results announced at the Community Meeting

As mentioned in the process doc, eligibility for voting will be determined by 50 contributions to a Kubernetes project over the past year, which will result in you getting a ballot emailed to you when the election starts. For those of you doing work within the Kubernetes project / community that is NOT measured in GitHub, you can apply for participation via the voter exemption form. This is to ensure that non-code contributors can participate, so please don’t hesitate to use the form.

Resources:

[1] Steering Committee - who sits on the committee and terms, their projects and meeting info

[2] Steering Committee Charter - this is a great read if you’re interested in running (or assessing for the best candidates!)

[3] Election Process

[4] Voters Guide! - Updated on a rolling basis. This guide will always have the latest information throughout the election cycle. The complete schedule of events and candidate bios will be housed here.

Thanks to the Steering Committee for laying the governance groundwork needed to shape our community. Big thanks to bgrant0607, brendandburns, dererkwaynecarr, jbeda, michelleN, philips, pwittrock, sarahnovotny, and smarterclayton for their service to the project. And to emeritus members quinton-hoole and thockin.

On behalf of the election officers,

Brian Grant (bgrant0607), Bob Killen (mrbobbytables), Ihor Dvoretskyi (idvoretskyi), and Jorge Castro (castrojo)

If you have questions, please feel free to ask on the list; otherwise, you can reach the Election Officials at [e-mail].