@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ to exercise as rarely as possible.
2020Current steering council
2121========================
2222
23- The 2024 term steering council consists of:
23+ The 2025 term steering council consists of:
2424
2525* Barry Warsaw
26+ * Donghee Na
2627* Emily Morehouse
2728* Gregory P. Smith
2829* Pablo Galindo Salgado
29- * Thomas Wouters
3030
31- Per the results of the vote tracked in :pep: `8105 `.
31+ Per the results of the vote tracked in :pep: `8106 `.
3232
3333The core team consists of those listed in the private
3434https://github.com/python/voters/ repository which is publicly
@@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ A council election consists of two phases:
105105 must be nominated by a core team member. Self-nominations are
106106 allowed.
107107
108- * Phase 2: Each core team member can vote for zero or more of the
109- candidates. Voting is performed anonymously. Candidates are ranked
110- by the total number of votes they receive. If a tie occurs, it may
108+ * Phase 2: Each core team member can assign zero to five stars to each
109+ candidate. Voting is performed anonymously. The outcome of the vote
110+ is determined using the `STAR voting system <https://www.starvoting.org/ >`__,
111+ modified to use the `Multi-winner Bloc STAR <https://www.starvoting.org/multi_winner >`__)
112+ approach. If a tie occurs, it may
111113 be resolved by mutual agreement among the candidates, or else the
112114 winner will be chosen at random.
113115
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ council member, or the entire council, via a vote of no confidence.
190192
191193A no-confidence vote is triggered when a core team member calls for
192194one publicly on an appropriate project communication channel, and
193- another core team member seconds the proposal.
195+ another core team member seconds the proposal within one week .
194196
195197The vote lasts for two weeks. Core team members vote for or against.
196198If at least two thirds of voters express a lack of confidence, then
@@ -270,6 +272,10 @@ It is granted by receiving at least two-thirds positive votes in a
270272core team vote that is open for one week and is not vetoed by the
271273steering council.
272274
275+ .. note :: The devguide has a `suggested template
276+ <https://devguide.python.org/core-developers/become-core-developer/#poll-template>`__
277+ to use for such votes.
278+
273279Core team members are always looking for promising contributors,
274280teaching them how the project is managed, and submitting their names
275281to the core team's vote when they're ready.
@@ -301,6 +307,10 @@ Changing this document
301307Changes to this document require at least a two-thirds majority of
302308votes cast in a core team vote which should be open for two weeks.
303309
310+ No vote is required to update note blocks and the "Current steering
311+ council" and "History of council elections" sections with current
312+ information.
313+
304314
305315History
306316=======
@@ -337,12 +347,17 @@ History of council elections
337347* December 2021: :pep: `8103 `
338348* December 2022: :pep: `8104 `
339349* December 2023: :pep: `8105 `
350+ * December 2024: :pep: `8106 `
340351
341352
342353History of amendments
343354---------------------
344355
345- 2019-04-17: Added the vote length for core devs and changes to this document.
356+ * 2019-04-17: Added the vote length for core devs and changes to this document.
357+ * `2024-12-10 <https://discuss.python.org/t/64971 >`__:
358+ Adopted Multi-winner Bloc STAR voting for council elections.
359+ * `2024-12-10 <https://discuss.python.org/t/72293/4 >`__:
360+ Added a one-week deadline for seconding a vote of no confidence.
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