Fwd: [psf-members-ann] 2025 PSF Board Election Schedule & Info
Mark Mikofski
From: Marie Nordin <ma...@python.org>
Date: June 26, 2025 at 8:49:18 AM PDT
To: psf-member...@python.org
Subject: [psf-members-ann] 2025 PSF Board Election Schedule & Info
_______________________________________________Greetings,
The PSF Board elections are coming up quickly, and we want to make sure everyone is aware of all the important dates and deadlines. Whether you tell a Python friend, share our social media posts, vote, or decide to run, your engagement in the election makes all the difference!
The PSF Board elections are a chance for the community to choose representatives to help the Python Software Foundation create a vision for and build the future of the Python community. This year, there are 4 seats open on the PSF Board. Check out who is currently on the PSF Board on our website. (Dawn Wages, Jannis Leidel, Kushal Das, and Simon Willison are at the end of their current terms.) As we previously shared, the Board election will take place a little later this year to better serve our community and ease pressure on PSF Staff.
Schedule:
- Nominations open: Tuesday, July 29th, 2:00 pm UTC
- Nomination cut-off: Tuesday, August 12th, 2:00 pm UTC
- Announce candidates: Thursday, August 14th
- Voter affirmation cut-off: Tuesday, August 26th, 2:00 pm UTC
- Voting start date: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2:00 pm UTC
- Voting end date: Tuesday, September 16th, 2:00 pm UTC
Voting:
You must be a Contributing, Supporting, or Fellow member and affirm your intention to vote by Tuesday, August 26th, 2:00 pm UTC to participate in this election. If you were a Managing member, you should have received an email notifying you that your membership type has been changed to Contributing per last year’s Bylaw change that merged Managing and Contributing memberships. Please note: if you opted out of mailings related to your psfmember.org account, you did not receive this communication.Per another recent Bylaw change that allows for simplifying the voter affirmation process by treating past voting activity as intent to continue voting, if you voted last year, you will automatically be added to the 2025 voter roll. Please note: If you voted last year and removed or changed your email on psfmember.org, you may not automatically be added to this year's voter roll.
If you have questions about voting or your membership, please email psf-el...@pyfound.org.
Running for the board:
Who runs for the board? People who care about the Python community, who want to see it flourish and grow, and also have a few hours a month to attend regular meetings, serve on committees, participate in conversations, and promote the Python community. Want to learn more about being on the PSF Board? Check out the following resources to learn more about the PSF, as well as what being a part of the PSF Board entails:
- Life as Python Software Foundation Director video on YouTube
- FAQs About the PSF Board video on YouTube
- Our past few Annual Impact Reports:
You can nominate yourself or someone else. We would encourage you to reach out to folks before you nominate them to make sure they are enthusiastic about the potential of joining the Board. Nominations open on Tuesday, July 29th, 2:00 pm UTC, so you have plenty of time to talk with potential nominees, research the role, and craft a nomination statement for yourself or others. Take a look at last year’s nomination statements for reference.
Questions and more information:
You are welcome to join the discussion about the PSF Board election on our forum thread. This year, we’ll also be hosting PSF Board Office Hours on the PSF Discord in July and August to answer questions about running for and serving on the board, as well as any general election questions. Subscribe to the PSF blog or join the psf-member-announce mailing list to receive updates leading up to the election.Cheers!
Marie Nordin, on behalf of the 2025 PSF Board Election Team
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