Add a blog post launching Project Director elections #1679

tomassedovic · 2025-08-18T17:42:59Z

tomassedovic · 2025-08-18T17:43:25Z

The timeline isn't completely finalised yet. Keeping as a draft until then.

content/inside-rust/electing-new-project-directors-2025.md

Co-authored-by: Rémy Rakic <[email protected]>

traviscross · 2025-08-19T16:23:17Z

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+title = "Electing New Project Directors 2025"


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title = "Electing New Project Directors 2025"

title = "Electing new Project Directors 2025"

Let's do sentence case titles. We capitalize "Project" when it's referring to the "Rust Project". Please make consistent all the uses below where "project" isn't capitalized when used in this way.

For the role title, proper style is that this is capitalized when used in direct address (e.g. "Project Director Scott McMurray") and in some specific related contexts (e.g. email footers) but not generally otherwise (e.g. "they're hiring a new Boeing vice president"). So it's a bit debatable whether "Project Director" (and especially "Project Directors") should be capitalized in the text here. It's generally what we've been doing though, so it seems OK as a house style. The post goes back and forth on these; let's please make these all consistent. When we're referring generically to unqualified "directors", that'd still be appropriate to lowercase.

traviscross · 2025-08-19T16:24:41Z

content/inside-rust/electing-new-project-directors-2025.md

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+Today we are launching the process to elect three Project Directors to the Rust Foundation Board of Directors. This is the second round of slots, following from [last year's election](https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2024/09/06/electing-new-project-directors/).
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+We will briefly explain the goals and procedures here, but this is mostly copy-pasted from [last year's post](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/08/30/electing-new-project-directors.html) and the [official process documentation][pde-process].


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We will briefly explain the goals and procedures here, but this is mostly copy-pasted from [last year's post](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/08/30/electing-new-project-directors.html) and the [official process documentation][pde-process].

We will briefly explain the goals and procedures here, but this is mostly copy-pasted from [last year's post](https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2024/09/06/electing-new-project-directors/) and the [official process documentation][pde-process].

traviscross · 2025-08-19T16:32:56Z

content/inside-rust/electing-new-project-directors-2025.md

+The Rust Foundation Board of Directors has five seats reserved for Project Directors.
+These Project Directors serve as representatives of the Rust project itself on the Board.
+Like all Directors, the Project Directors are elected by the entity they represent, which in the case of the Rust Project means they are elected by the Rust Leadership Council.
+Project Directors serve for a term of two years and will have staggered terms.
+This year we will appoint three directors and next year we will appoint two directors.


Go ahead and unwrap the lines like this throughout the document if you would.

traviscross · 2025-08-19T16:33:26Z

content/inside-rust/electing-new-project-directors-2025.md

+This year, Santiago Pastorino, Scott McMurray, and Jakob Degen's seats are open for election.
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+We want to make sure the Project Directors can effectively represent the project as a whole, so we are soliciting input from the whole project.
+The elections process will go through two phases: Candidate Gathering and Election.


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The elections process will go through two phases: Candidate Gathering and Election.

The elections process will go through two phases: 1) candidate gathering and 2) election.

traviscross · 2025-08-19T16:34:10Z

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+The current project directors are Carol Nichols, Ryan Levick, Santiago Pastorino, Scott McMurray, and Jakob Degen.
+This year, Santiago Pastorino, Scott McMurray, and Jakob Degen's seats are open for election.
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+We want to make sure the Project Directors can effectively represent the project as a whole, so we are soliciting input from the whole project.


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We want to make sure the Project Directors can effectively represent the project as a whole, so we are soliciting input from the whole project.

We want to make sure the Project Directors can effectively represent the Project as a whole, so we are soliciting input from everyone on the team.

traviscross · 2025-08-19T17:11:44Z

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+[Role Description]: https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/blob/main/roles/rust-foundation-project-director.md
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+## Candidate Gathering


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## Candidate Gathering

## Candidate gathering

traviscross · 2025-08-19T17:12:01Z

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+After the election meeting happens, the Rust Leadership Council will announce the results and the new Project Directors will assume their responsibilities.
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+## Acknowledgements


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## Acknowledgements

## Acknowledgments

traviscross · 2025-08-19T17:13:16Z

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+A number of people have been involved in designing and launching this election process and we wish to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of them!
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+We'd especially like to thank Eric Holk and Ryan Levick for helping to improve our process.


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We'd especially like to thank Eric Holk and Ryan Levick for helping to improve our process.

We'd especially like to thank Eric Holk, Ryan Levick, and TC for helping to improve our process.

Not to toot my own horn, but given that I ran this last year and made substantive improvements in this regard that were appreciated and are being replicated this year...

traviscross · 2025-08-19T17:16:47Z

content/inside-rust/electing-new-project-directors-2025.md

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+The Rust Foundation Board of Directors has five seats reserved for Project Directors.
+These Project Directors serve as representatives of the Rust project itself on the Board.
+Like all Directors, the Project Directors are elected by the entity they represent, which in the case of the Rust Project means they are elected by the Rust Leadership Council.


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Like all Directors, the Project Directors are elected by the entity they represent, which in the case of the Rust Project means they are elected by the Rust Leadership Council.

Like all directors on the Foundation board, the Project Directors are elected by the entity they represent, which in the case of the Rust Project means they are elected by the Rust Leadership Council.

traviscross · 2025-08-19T17:20:04Z

content/inside-rust/electing-new-project-directors-2025.md

+Since we are electing two new directors, it would be ideal for teams to nominate at least two candidates.
+Nominees can be anyone in the project and do not have to be a member of the team who nominates them.
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+The candidate gathering process will be open until October 9, at which point each team's Council Representative will share their team's nominations and reasoning with the whole Leadership Council.


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The candidate gathering process will be open until October 9, at which point each team's Council Representative will share their team's nominations and reasoning with the whole Leadership Council.

The candidate gathering process will be open until September 18, at which point each team's Council Representative will share their team's nominations and reasoning with the whole Leadership Council.

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	title = "Electing New Project Directors 2025"
	title = "Electing new Project Directors 2025"


		Today we are launching the process to elect three Project Directors to the Rust Foundation Board of Directors. This is the second round of slots, following from [last year's election](https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2024/09/06/electing-new-project-directors/).

		We will briefly explain the goals and procedures here, but this is mostly copy-pasted from [last year's post](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/08/30/electing-new-project-directors.html) and the [official process documentation][pde-process].

	The elections process will go through two phases: Candidate Gathering and Election.
	The elections process will go through two phases: 1) candidate gathering and 2) election.

	We want to make sure the Project Directors can effectively represent the project as a whole, so we are soliciting input from the whole project.
	We want to make sure the Project Directors can effectively represent the Project as a whole, so we are soliciting input from everyone on the team.


		[Role Description]: https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/blob/main/roles/rust-foundation-project-director.md

		## Candidate Gathering


		After the election meeting happens, the Rust Leadership Council will announce the results and the new Project Directors will assume their responsibilities.

		## Acknowledgements


		A number of people have been involved in designing and launching this election process and we wish to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of them!

		We'd especially like to thank Eric Holk and Ryan Levick for helping to improve our process.

	We'd especially like to thank Eric Holk and Ryan Levick for helping to improve our process.
	We'd especially like to thank Eric Holk, Ryan Levick, and TC for helping to improve our process.

	Like all Directors, the Project Directors are elected by the entity they represent, which in the case of the Rust Project means they are elected by the Rust Leadership Council.
	Like all directors on the Foundation board, the Project Directors are elected by the entity they represent, which in the case of the Rust Project means they are elected by the Rust Leadership Council.

	The candidate gathering process will be open until October 9, at which point each team's Council Representative will share their team's nominations and reasoning with the whole Leadership Council.
	The candidate gathering process will be open until September 18, at which point each team's Council Representative will share their team's nominations and reasoning with the whole Leadership Council.

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