[Final Reminder] Nominations for Kubernetes Steering Committee due August 3rd AoE!

[Christopher Tineo]

Nominations close TODAY - August 3rd (Anywhere on Earth)- for the three (3) seats open in the 2026 Kubernetes Steering election cycle! 

Each of these seats will serve for a two (2) year term. Antonio Ojea, Benjamin Elder, and Sascha Grunert are finishing their two (2) year terms this year. Kat Cosgrove, Maciej Szulik, Paco Xu 徐俊杰, and Rita Zhang are halfway through their terms and will continue to serve on the Steering Committee [1] for another year.

If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for one of the three (3) available seats, follow the process in the election guide [2]. This involves writing a candidate issue, posting to d...@kubernetes.io, and writing a bio and information about your candidacy as a Pull Request. 

Candidate nominations and their endorsements will only count if they are created as/on a GitHub issue.

Nominations are due by August 3rd (TODAY, AoE), and Candidate Bios are due August 4th (tomorrow, AoE).

[1] Steering Committee: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering - who

sits on the committee and terms, their projects, and meeting info.

[2] Candidacy Process:

https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/main/elections/steering/2026#candidacy-process

- how running for a seat works

Nina Polshakova

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