# 2026-08-06 Python Steering Council meeting summary **URL:** \ **Category:** Committers\ **Created:** [August 17, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/2026-08-06-python-steering-council-meeting-summary/108612 "2026-08-17T15:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thomas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/thomas/32/5492_2.png) [@thomas](https://discuss.python.org/u/thomas)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/2026-08-06-python-steering-council-meeting-summary/108612/1 "2026-08-17T15:43:24Z")
- The Steering Council had office hours with the authors of [PEP 836 (JIT Go Brrr: The Path to a Supported JIT Compiler for CPython)](https://peps.python.org/pep-0836/), discussing the state of the PEP and whether it answered the questions the SC asked in [its request for a PEP](https://discuss.python.org/t/an-announcement-from-the-steering-council-regarding-the-jit-project/107638). - The SC discussed finances and the state of the Developer-in-Residence program. (Our sponsorships are solid and we have plenty of runway.) - Agenda for next week: - Regular check-in with Petr (Developer-in-Residence) - [PEP 836 (JIT Go Brrr: The Path to a Supported JIT Compiler for CPython)](https://peps.python.org/pep-0836/) - Two requests to amend PEP 11 ([https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/360](https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/360), [https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/361](https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/361)) ---
**Author:** ![tjreedy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/tjreedy/32/137_2.png) [@tjreedy](https://discuss.python.org/u/tjreedy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/2026-08-06-python-steering-council-meeting-summary/108612/2 "2026-08-17T17:45:42Z")
> [@thomas](#): > > - Our sponsorships are solid Thats really good to know.