Hello Kata Citizens, As the approved election official, it's my pleasure to announce that the "Candidate nomination period" for the Kata Containers architecture committee elections is now closed. As previously publicised, there are 4 positions opened and we've had 6 very good candidates running for those seats: · Fabiano Fidêncio: https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/main/elections/arch-commit... · Fupan Li: https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/main/elections/arch-commit... · Gerry Liu: https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/main/elections/arch-commit... · Greg Kurz: https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/main/elections/arch-commit... · Jeremi Piotrowski: https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/main/elections/arch-commit... · Zvonko Kaiser: https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/main/elections/arch-commit... From today (October 17th, 2023) we have entered the Q&A/Debate period, where everyone is welcome to send in questions via the election official (me) and etherpad at [4]. The remaining timeline for the election process is: * October 17, 15:00 UTC - October 24, 2023 14:59 UTC: Q&A/Debate period * October 25, 15:00 UTC - November 01, 2023 14:59 UTC: Voting open * November 02, 2023, results announced A reminder on who can vote: Anyone who has had a commit merged into the project in the last 12 months will be eligible to vote. All eligible voters will receive an email with a link to the voting system once the voting period opens. More details of the election process are outlined at [3] and in the etherpad at [4]. Please let us know if you have any questions about the election process! [1] https://github.com/kata-containers/community/tree/master/elections#architecture-committee-responsibilities<https://github.com/kata-containers/community/tree/master/elections#architecture-committee-responsibilities> [2] https://github.com/kata-containers/community/tree/main/elections/arch-committee-2023-10<https://github.com/kata-containers/community/tree/main/elections/arch-committee-2023-10> [3] https://github.com/kata-containers/community/tree/main/elections<https://github.com/kata-containers/community/tree/main/elections> [4] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/KataArchCommElections-Fall2023<https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/KataArchCommElections-Fall2023> Best Regards, -- Steven Horsman Unless otherwise stated above: IBM United Kingdom Limited Registered in England and Wales with number 741598 Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hants. PO6 3AU