I strongly encourage folks to run for the TC. Having diverse leadership is crucial to OpenStack's continued success. Thanks, JayF On 8/19/25 7:09 AM, Sławek Kapłoński wrote:

Hi,

A quick reminder that we are in the last hours for declaring PTL and TC candidacies. Nominations are open until Aug 20, 2025 23:45 UTC.

If you want to stand for election, don't delay, follow the instructions at[1] to make sure the community knows your intentions.

Make sure your nomination has been submitted to the openstack/election repository and approved by election officials.

All members of the community are encouraged to confirm their email address and opt in to the CIVS election as described at: https://governance.openstack.org/election/#electorate

Election statistics[2]: Nominations started @ 2025-08-06 23:45:00 UTC Nominations end @ 2025-08-20 23:45:00 UTC Nominations duration : 14 days, 0:00:00 Nominations remaining : 1 day, 9:36:15 Nominations progress : 90.00% --------------------------------------------------- Projects[1] : 38 Projects with candidates : 18 ( 47.37%) Projects with election : 1 ( 2.63%) --------------------------------------------------- Need election : 1 (Horizon) Need appointment : 20 (Adjutant Barbican Blazar Cloudkitty Cyborg Glance Magnum Manila Masakari Mistral Monasca OpenStackAnsible OpenStack_Ch arms Quality_Assurance Rally Swift Tacker Trove Venus Vitrage) --------------------------------------------------- TC Candidates : 2 (4 Required) =================================================== Stats gathered @ 2025-08-19 14:08:45 UTC

This means that with approximately 2 days left, 20 projects will be deemed leaderless. In this case the TC will oversee PTL selection as described by [3].

Thank you,

[1] https://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-a-candidacy [2] Any open reviews at https://review.opendev.org/q/project:openstack/election+is:open+file:candida... have not been factored into these stats. [3] https://governance.openstack.org/resolutions/20141128-elections-process-for-...