2026 Steering Election Schedule and Setup

[Rey Lejano]

Hi Steering Committee,

Please review the proposed 2026 Steering election schedule and election setup files in PR https://github.com/kubernetes/community/pull/9016.

Please note the proposed earlier start date as discussed in the 2025 Steering election retro[0].

Thank you, 

Rey Lejano, on behalf of my fellow Election Officers (Nina Polshakova and Sreeram Venkitesh)

[0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1reycmc0N3CCB8JDnoAE7Hu6AhyATwTqrZ9Xdnmu5YBw/