Announcement: 2024 Knative Steering Committee Elections

[Evan Anderson]

Hello, Knative community,

It’s time to kick off the Knative Steering Committee (KSC) elections for 2024.  There are 2 seats up for election for the proposed 2 year term. All candidates' nominations are due by Dec 2, 2024. Please find below more information on the Steering Committee, nomination process, voter eligibility, and election timeline.

The Knative Steering Committee (SC)

The Knative Steering Committee (KSC) is responsible for the general health of the Knative community, as well as establishing and coordinating other working groups and our charter can be found here: https://github.com/knative/community/blob/main/STEERING-COMMITTEE.md#charter.

As of September, this committee also includes the previous technical guidance role provided by the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC), which has been merged into this body.

Contributor Election Seat(s)

For 2025, there are 2 contributor seats up for election for 2 year terms each. All eligible voters are eligible to run for the election.

Voter Eligibility & Nomination process

Please refer to the voter guide for instructions about confirming eligibility and the voter exception process. The voter guide can be found here:
https://github.com/knative/community/tree/main/elections/2024-SC

If you want to stand for election, detailed instructions on eligibility and process can be found here: https://github.com/knative/community/tree/main/elections/2024-SC

Important dates and Election Timeline

Here are a few important dates to keep in mind:

Nov 20 (Wednesday):  Election Announcement
Dec 2 (Monday): All candidate nominations due by 0000 UTC (5pm Pacific)
Dec 5  (Thursday): Voting starts
Dec 17 (Tuesday): Voting exception forms are due by 23:59 UTC (4:59pm Pacific)
Dec 20 (Friday):  Voting Ends
Jan 7 (Tuesday): Announcement of Results

We will be using Elekto once again for this election.  Commissioned by the CNCF for the Kubernetes project and hosted at Red Hat's open source lab, Elekto has the advantage of not requiring any email for voting, just your Github login.

You can learn more about the Election process here.

Christoph Stabler has graciously agreed to act as the primary election official for this election.

Regards,

Evan Anderson for the Steering Committee and the Elections Officers.