Announcement: timeline for first Astropy Coordination Committee election

[Matt Craig]

Dear colleagues,

The first election of Astropy voting members will conclude soon, on July 7. 

The next step in implementing APE 0 is the election of a Coordinating Committee. The process has three steps:

1. An announcement is required one month before the election process begins. This is the announcement – the election process will begin on Sun, August 1, 2021.
2. On Sun, August 1, 2021 a two-week nomination period will begin. Each person nominated will be asked to confirm their interest in the role and to write a brief statement in support of their candidacy. nominations will close on Sunday, August 15, 2021.
3. The two week voting period will open on Tuesday, August 17 and will end on Tuesday, August 31.

There will be at least two questions on the ballot:

• Should the Coordination Committee be four or five members? (See the section of APE 0 about the composition of the CoCo).
• A list of candidates for the Coordination Committee. Voting members will be able to choose any number of those candidates from zero to the number of candidates for election to the Coordinating Committee (see Phase 2 of the CoCo election in APE 0).

Though the standard term for a Coordination Committee member is 3 years, for this initial election the length of term shall be decided by the number of votes for each candidate or by the elected Coordination Committee, as explained in APE 0.

Sincerely,
Matt Craig
on behalf of the Governance Working Group