Nominations for OpenStack PTLs (Project Team Leads) and TC (Technical Committee) positions (5 positions) are now open and will remain open until Feb 18, 2026 23:45 UTC. All nominations must be submitted as a text file to the openstack/election repository as explained at https://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-a-candidacy Please make sure to follow the candidacy file naming convention: candidates/2026.2/<Project_Name or "TC">/<email_address> (for example, "candidates/2026.2/TC/stacker@example.org"). The name of the file should match an email address for your current Foundation Individual Membership. Take this opportunity to ensure that your Open Infrastructure Foundation member profile contains current information: https://openinfra.org/a/profile Any Open Infrastructure Foundation Individual Member can propose their candidacy for an available, directly-elected seat on the Technical Committee. In order to be an eligible candidate for PTL you must be an Open Infrastructure Foundation Individual Member. PTL candidates must also have contributed to the corresponding team during the 2025.2 to 2026.1 timeframe, Mar 14, 2025 00:00 UTC - Feb 18, 2026 00:00 UTC. Your Gerrit account must also have a verified email address matching the one used in your candidacy filename. Both PTL and TC elections will be held from Feb 25, 2026 23:45 UTC through to Mar 18, 2026 23:45 UTC. The electorate for the TC election are the Open Infrastructure Foundation Individual Members who have a code contribution to one of the official teams over the 2025.2 to 2026.1 timeframe, Mar 14, 2025 00:00 UTC - Feb 18, 2026 00:00 UTC, as well as any Extra ACs who are acknowledged by the TC. The electorate for a PTL election are the Open Infrastructure Foundation Individual Members who have a code contribution over the 2025.2 to 2026.1 timeframe, Mar 14, 2025 00:00 UTC - Feb 18, 2026 00:00 UTC, in a deliverable repository maintained by the team which the PTL would lead, as well as the Extra ACs who are acknowledged by the TC for that specific team. The list of project teams can be found at https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/projects/ and their individual team pages include lists of corresponding Extra ACs. Please find below the timeline: PTL + TC nomination starts @ Feb 04, 2026 23:45 UTC PTL + TC nomination ends @ Feb 18, 2026 23:45 UTC TC campaigning starts @ Feb 18, 2026 23:45 UTC TC campaigning ends @ Feb 25, 2026 23:45 UTC PTL + TC elections start @ Feb 25, 2026 23:45 UTC PTL + TC elections end @ Mar 18, 2026 23:45 UTC Shortly after election officials approve candidates, they will be listed on the https://governance.openstack.org/election/ page. The electorate is requested to confirm their email addresses in Gerrit prior to 2026-02-18 00:00:00+00:00, so that the emailed ballots are sent to the correct email address. This email address should match one which was provided in your foundation member profile as well. Gerrit account information and Foundation individual member profiles can be updated at https://review.opendev.org/#/settings/contact and https://openinfra.org/a/profile accordingly. If you have any questions please be sure to either ask them on the mailing list or to the elections officials: https://governance.openstack.org/election/#election-officials