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Add nominated election officers, folder for 2025.
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‎elections/steering/2025/OWNERS

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# See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
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# replace with election officers once election starts
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approvers:
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- committee-steering
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- cblecker
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- npolshakova
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- sreeram-venkitesh
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labels:
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- committee/steering

‎elections/steering/2025/README.md

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# 2025 VOTERS GUIDE - KUBERNETES STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTION
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## Important Links
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* [Kubernetes Steering Committee]
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* [Steering Committee Election Charter]
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* [election app]
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* [election page]
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* [voter exception form]
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* [schedule](#schedule)
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## Table of Contents
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* [Purpose](#purpose)
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* [Election Platform](#election-platform)
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* [Background](#background)
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* [Eligibility](#eligibility)
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* [Voter Exception](#voter-exception)
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* [Schedule](#schedule)
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* [Candidacy](#candidacy-process)
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* [Voting](#voting-process)
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* [Officers](#officers)
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* [Election Decision](#decision)
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* [Nominees](#nominees)
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## Purpose
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The role of this election is to fill out the three (3) seats due for
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reelection this year on the [Kubernetes Steering Committee]. Each elected
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member will serve a two (2) year term.
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## Election Platform
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We will be using [Elekto] to conduct the election. Elekto relies entirely on GitHub Oauth for
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voting, and as such does not use email at all. Elekto also handles exceptions,
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eligibility checks, and other aspects of the election. See the [Elekto voting documentation]
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for how to use it.
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## Background
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This election will shape the future of Kubernetes as a community and project.
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While SIGs and WGs help shape the technical direction of the project, the
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[Steering Committee Charter] covers the health of the project and community
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as a whole. Some direct responsibilities of steering members to consider as
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you are deciding whether to run or who to vote for:
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* Through the chartering review process, delegate ownership of, responsibility
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for and authority over areas of the project to specific entities
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* Define, evolve, and defend the non-technical vision / mission and the values
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of the project
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* Charter and refine policy for defining new community groups and establish
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transparency and accountability policies for such groups
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* Define and evolve project and group governance
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structures and policies
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* Act as a final non-technical escalation point for any Kubernetes repository
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* Request funds and other support from the CNCF (e.g. marketing, press, etc.)
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* Define and enforce requirements for community groups to be in good standing
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such as having an approved charter
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For more context, please see the [current steering committee backlog] or a
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previous [governance meeting video] which led to this whole process.
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## Eligibility
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Please refer to the [Steering Committee Election Charter] for [Eligibility for candidacy]
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Eligibility for voting in 2025 is defined as:
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* People who had at least 50 contributions to the Kubernetes project over
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the past year, according to a snapshot taken 2025-07-31 of the data driving
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the [devstats developer activity counts dashboard][devstats-dashboard],
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who are also [Org Members].
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Contributions include GitHub events like creating issues, creating PRs,
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reviewing PRs, commenting on issues, etc. For full details see
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[the SQL query used by devstats for developer activity counts][devstats-sql].
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* Full members of the Code of Conduct Committee (CoCC) and Security Response Committee
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(SRC), as listed in [SIGs.yaml], at any time between August 2023 and August 2025,
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regardless of contribution count.
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* People who have submitted the [voter exception form] and are accepted by
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the election committee.
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Corporate affiliation is applied after the election. If an organization finds
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itself with too many representatives it is up to those individuals to come
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to a consensus on who should serve on the committee.
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Contributors may check their voter eligibility at any time once the election
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process starts, by going to the [election app], logging in, navigating to
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the current year election, and seeing if the screen there says that they are eligible.
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That screen takes its data from the [voters.yaml] file.
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If the app does not say that you are eligible, because you have worked on
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Kubernetes in a way that is NOT reflected in GitHub contributions, you can use
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the exception form built into the same app to ask to participate in the election.
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See Voter Exception below for how this works.
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### Voter exception
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We *explicitly* believe that the above heuristic will be inaccurate
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and not represent the entire community. Thus we provide the form
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for those who have contributed to the project but may not meet the above
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criteria. Acceptance of a form submission will be defined by a simple
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majority vote, and the criteria used during this process will be used to
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help refine further elections.
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If you otherwise qualify to vote but have not yet applied for Org Membership,
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then please [request an exception][voter exception form] (and please apply for
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Org Membership as well).
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Note that, if you are already eligible, instead of the voter exception form you
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will see "You are already eligible to vote in the election."
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Only contributions to projects and artifacts that fall under Steering
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Committee's governance will be considered for voter exception.
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Examples of contributions that would be considered:
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* Slack admins who are not active in GitHub
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* K8s Infra staff doing mostly support
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* Working Group leads without a lot of GitHub activity
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Examples of contributions that would NOT be considered:
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* Contributions to ecosystem projects and products
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* Organizing meetups or podcasts
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### Schedule
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<!-- While finalizing the dates in the schedule, ensure that:
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- The Steering Committee and candidate Q+A occurs at a public SC meeting
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(usually a Wednesday).
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- Deadline to submit voter exception forms and request a
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replacement ballot is ~3 days before voting closes.
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- Private announcement of results to SC members is at least ~2 days
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before private announcement to all candidates.
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- The interval between private announcement to all candidates and the
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public announcement is 24-48 hours.
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**The schedule below is an example and has not been updated for 2025**
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| Date | Event |
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|:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| Tuesday, July 9 | Steering Committee selects Election Committee |
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| Thursday, August 1 | Announcement of Election and publication of voters.md |
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| Wednesday, August 21 | Steering Committee Q+A for the candidates (to be confirmed) |
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| Saturday, August 24 | Candidate nominations due at the end of the day in AoE time |
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| Sunday, August 25 | All candidate bios due at the end of the day in AoE time |
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| Tuesday, August 27 | Election Begins |
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| Monday, September 23 | Deadline to submit voter exception requests |
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| Thursday, September 26 | Election Closes at the end of the day in AoE time |
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| Friday, September 27 | Private announcement of Results to SC members not up for election |
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| Monday, September 30 | Private announcement of Results to all candidates |
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| Wednesday, October 2 | Public announcement of Results at Public Steering Committee Meeting |
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| Wednesday, October 9 | Election Retro |
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Candidate nomination, bio, and election close deadlines will be done using Anywhere on Earth timing, meaning it is still valid to submit new nominations/bios/votes as long as it is still the last day anywhere on the planet (i.e. at the end of that day in UTC-12).
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## Candidacy Process
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**Nomination**
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1. If you want to stand for the election, create an issue in this GitHub repo
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(kubernetes/community) with the title `Steering Committee Nomination: Your Name (@yourgithub)`.
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If you want to nominate someone else, you may do so, but PLEASE talk to them
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first.
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2. After creating the issue, send an email to [email protected]
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with a link to the issue. The subject line of the email should be same as
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the title of the issue. This email should encourage people to second your
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nomination on GitHub, as +1s via email will not count. Here's an example email:
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Hi! I'm nominating _candidate_ for steering committee this year.
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If you are an eligible voter and think they should run, please add your +1 as
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a comment on the issue _link_ and mention the organization you work for.
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While supportive replies are very nice, only comments on the issue will count
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towards their eligibility.
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3. If you wish to accept a nomination from someone else, reply to the nomination
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**issue** saying something like "I accept the nomination".
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4. Finally, the candidate closes the **issue** (`#NNN`) by opening a Pull Request
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to add their bio (see below). The PR body must contain the text `Fixes #NNN` to
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automatically close the issue once the PR is merged.
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5. Create the PR for your bio by copying the `nomination-template.md` file in
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this directory, and creating a new file titled `candidate-yourgithub.md`. Fill
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out all the fields in the template, but avoid making any format changes.
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**Endorsement**
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Once nominated, you must get the endorsement of three (3) different eligible
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voters from three (3) different employers. If you are eligible to vote
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yourself, you count as one of the three. Endorsements from non-voting members
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does not count towards the final count.
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[Eligible voters] may endorse candidates of their choosing by replying to the
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candidate's nomination **issue** saying something like "I endorse this nominee,
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and I work for <COMPANY>" or "+1". Please state that you an eligible voter,
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and include your employer's name so that we see can which candidates have
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sufficient endorsements.
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Note that **only endorsements on the GitHub issue will be considered**.
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Endorsements on the nomination email will NOT be considered.
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When a candidate has reached the necessary three endorsements, one of the
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Election Officers will announce that on the GitHub issue.
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**Running**
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Eligible candidates can submit a pull request with a biography in this
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directory with their platform and intent to run. This PR will copy `nomination-template.md`
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to a file named `candidate-yourgithub.md`. It will fill out the fields in
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that template.
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All biographical statements should be brief and to the point, with a guideline of around
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**300 words** total for all text. If your statement is excessively long, you
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will be asked to abbreviate it before it is merged.
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Please refer to the [prior candidate bios] for examples of content.
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Biography statements are optional.
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Missed deadlines by the candidates will be addressed by the election committee
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on a per case basis to determine eligibility.
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**Campaigning**
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Please refer to the [Steering Committee Election Charter] and understand
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that we care deeply about [limiting corporate campaigning]. The election
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officers and members of the steering committee [pledge to recuse] themselves
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from any form of electioneering.
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You should be running as a "brand free" individual, based on your contribution
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to the project as a member of this community, outside of whatever corporate
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roles you may hold.
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## Voting Process
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See the [eligibility section](#eligibility) to understand if you are eligible to vote.
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Elections will be held using time-limited [Condorcet] ranking on [Elekto].
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The most preferred candidates will be elected to the open seats.
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Employer diversity is encouraged, and thus maximal representation will be
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enforced as spelled out in the [Steering Committee Election Charter].
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You will be ranking your choices of the candidates with an option for
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"no opinion". In the event of a tie, a non-involved SC member will flip
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a coin.
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The election will open for voting starting on the dates specified on the calendar
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at the top of this document. You will be reminded that voting has opened by an
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email to kubernetes-dev, but no email is required for you to vote.
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### Officers
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The Steering Committee has selected the following people as [election officers]:
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- Christoph Blecker
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- Nina Polshakova
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- Sreeram Venkitesh
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In addition, the following contributors are helping with the election:
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- Alternate Officers: Rey Lejano, Arujjwal Negi
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- Infra Liaison: TBD
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- Contributor Comms Liaison: TBD
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Please direct any questions via email to <[email protected]>.
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- Following the meeting, the raw voting results and winners will be published on the
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[Kubernetes Blog].
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For more information, definitions, and/or detailed election process, please refer to
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the [Steering Committee Election Charter]
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## Nominees
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Nominees may be found in the [election app].
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[Kubernetes Steering Committee]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering
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[Steering Committee Charter]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering/blob/master/charter.md
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[current steering committee backlog]: https://github.com/orgs/kubernetes/projects/40
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[governance meeting video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRKXLl0RaE&list=PL69nYSiGNLP1pkHsbPjzAewvMgGUpkCnJ&index=23
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[Steering Committee Election Charter]: https://git.k8s.io/steering/elections.md
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[Eligibility for voting]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering/blob/master/elections.md#eligibility-for-voting
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[Eligibility for candidacy]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering/blob/master/elections.md#eligibility-for-candidacy
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[limiting corporate campaigning]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering/blob/master/elections.md#limiting-corporate-campaigning
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[pledge to recuse]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering/blob/master/elections.md#steering-committee-and-election-officer-recusal
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[Condorcet]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method
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[prior candidate bios]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/elections/steering/2023
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[election officers]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/elections#recommending-election-officers
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[Kubernetes Community Meeting]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/events/community-meeting.md
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[Kubernetes Blog]: https://kubernetes.io/blog/
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[devstats-sql]: https://github.com/cncf/devstats/blob/master/metrics/shared/project_developer_stats.sql
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[devstats-dashboard]: https://k8s.devstats.cncf.io/d/13/developer-activity-counts-by-repository-group?orgId=1&var-period_name=Last%20year&var-metric=contributions&var-repogroup_name=All
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[Org Members]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/community-membership.md
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[Elekto]: https://elekto.dev
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[election app]: https://elections.k8s.io
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[Elekto voting documentation]: https://elekto.dev/docs/voting/
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[voters.yaml]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/elections/steering/2025/voters.yaml
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[election page]: https://elections.k8s.io/app/elections/steering---2025
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[voter exception form]: https://elections.k8s.io/app/elections/steering---2025/exception
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[public Steering Committee Meeting]: https://github.com/kubernetes/steering/#meetings
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[Eligible voters]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/elections/steering/2025#eligibility
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[SIGs.yaml]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sigs.yaml

‎elections/steering/2025/nomination-template.md

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name:
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info:
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- employer: Your Employer or "Independent"
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- slack: slack handle
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<!-- Please make a copy of this template as "candidate-githubid.md" and save it to
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the election directory -->
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## SIGS
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- SIGs/WGs/Teams you're a member of
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## What I have done
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## What I'll do
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## Resources About Me
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- Links to KubeCon or other conference talks or other related material
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- Links to social media

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