Nominations for OpenStack PTLs (Project Team Leads) and TC (Technical Committee) positions (5 positions) are now open and will remain open until Mar 09, 2021 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/xena/<Project_Name or "TC">/<email_address> (for example, "candidates/xena/TC/stacker@example.org").

The name of the file should match an email address for your current OpenStack Foundation Individual Membership. Take this opportunity to ensure that your OSF member profile contains current information: https://www.openstack.org/profile/

Any OpenStack 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 OpenStack Foundation Individual Member. PTL candidates must also have contributed to the corresponding team during the Victoria to Wallaby timeframe, Apr 24, 2020 00:00 UTC - Mar 08, 2021 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 Mar 12, 2021 23:45 UTC through to Mar 19, 2021 23:45 UTC. The electorate for the TC election are the OpenStack Foundation Individual Members who have a code contribution to one of the official teams over the Victoria to Wallaby timeframe, Apr 24, 2020 00:00 UTC - Mar 08, 2021 00:00 UTC, as well as any Extra ATCs who are acknowledged by the TC. The electorate for a PTL election are the OpenStack Foundation Individual Members who have a code contribution over the Victoria to Wallaby timeframe, Apr 24, 2020 00:00 UTC - Mar 08, 2021 00:00 UTC, in a deliverable repository maintained by the team which the PTL would lead, as well as the Extra ATCs 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 ATCs.

Please find below the timeline:

nomination starts @ Mar 02, 2021 23:45 UTC nomination ends @ Mar 09, 2021 23:45 UTC campaigning starts @ Mar 09, 2021 23:45 UTC campaigning ends @ Mar 11, 2021 23:45 UTC elections start @ Mar 12, 2021 23:45 UTC elections end @ Mar 19, 2021 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 2021-03-08 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 OSF member profiles can be updated at https://review.openstack.org/#/settings/contact and https://www.openstack.org/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

-Kendall Nelson (diablo_rojo)