# Steering Council Election has started (2025 term) **URL:** \ **Category:** Steering Council Nominations\ **Created:** [November 25, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-has-started-2025-term/72290 "2024-11-25T12:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EWDurbin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/ewdurbin/32/3103_2.png) [@EWDurbin](https://discuss.python.org/u/EWDurbin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-has-started-2025-term/72290/1 "2024-11-25T12:08:56Z")
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**Author:** ![EWDurbin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/ewdurbin/32/3103_2.png) [@EWDurbin](https://discuss.python.org/u/EWDurbin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-has-started-2025-term/72290/2 "2024-11-25T12:09:43Z")
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**Author:** ![hugovk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/hugovk/32/14505_2.png) [@hugovk](https://discuss.python.org/u/hugovk)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-has-started-2025-term/72290/3 "2024-11-25T14:09:27Z")
We’re running a concurrent poll to modify PEP 13 to add a deadline for seconding a vote of no confidence. Core team members, please vote: > [@PEP 13: Add deadline for seconding vote of no confidence](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-13-add-deadline-for-seconding-vote-of-no-confidence/72293): > > We (@pradyunsg and @hugovk) propose adding a deadline for seconding a vote of no confidence in a steering council member or the entire council. Motivation [PEP 13](https://peps.python.org/pep-0013/#vote-of-no-confidence) currently says: Vote of no confidence In exceptional circumstances, the core team may remove a sitting council member, or the entire council, via a vote of no confidence. A no-confidence vote is triggered when a core team member calls for one publicly on an appropriate project communication channel, and another core team member seco… ---
**Author:** ![eric.snow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/eric.snow/32/31_2.png) [@eric.snow](https://discuss.python.org/u/eric.snow)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-has-started-2025-term/72290/4 "2024-11-25T16:28:56Z")
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**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:** [November 25, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-has-started-2025-term/72290/5 "2024-11-25T16:39:31Z")
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**Author:** ![EWDurbin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/ewdurbin/32/3103_2.png) [@EWDurbin](https://discuss.python.org/u/EWDurbin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-has-started-2025-term/72290/6 "2024-12-10T12:33:46Z")
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**Author:** ![EWDurbin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/ewdurbin/32/3103_2.png) [@EWDurbin](https://discuss.python.org/u/EWDurbin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-has-started-2025-term/72290/7 "2024-12-10T12:34:09Z")