# Steering Council nomination: Guido van Rossum

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum/628>\
**Category:** Python Help\
**Tags:** election\
**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum/628 "2019-01-08T20:44:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![guido](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/guido/32/21_2.png) [@guido](https://discuss.python.org/u/guido)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum/628/1 "2019-01-08T20:44:47Z")

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Home page: [python.org/~guido](https://python.org/~guido)  
Twitter: [@gvanrossum](https://twitter.com/gvanrossum)  
GitHub: [gvanrossum](https://github.com/gvanrossum)  
Blogs: [Neopythonic](https://neopythonic.blogspot.com/), [Python history](https://python-history.blogspot.com/), [Artima](https://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=guido)

I won’t be offended when people don’t elect me, but I thought I’d at least give people the option to vote for maximum continuity. I won’t use the BDFL title.

PS: I work for Dropbox.

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**Author:** ![brettcannon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/brettcannon/32/34895_2.png) [@brettcannon](https://discuss.python.org/u/brettcannon)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum/628/2 "2019-01-08T23:47:13Z")

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Were you planning to add yourself to [https://github.com/python/peps/blob/master/pep-8100.rst](https://github.com/python/peps/blob/master/pep-8100.rst) at a later date?

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**Author:** ![guido](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/guido/32/21_2.png) [@guido](https://discuss.python.org/u/guido)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum/628/3 "2019-01-09T00:13:41Z")

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Thanks for the reminder! Done now. (Is there any other process I should follow?)

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**Author:** ![brettcannon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/brettcannon/32/34895_2.png) [@brettcannon](https://discuss.python.org/u/brettcannon)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum/628/4 "2019-01-09T00:15:01Z")

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> [@guido](#):
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> Thanks for the reminder!

Welcome!

> [@guido](#):
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> (Is there any other process I should follow?

Nope, the PEP is the canonical list of candidates and the only real requirement to get on to the ballot. Posting here is to be more visible in your nomination, let people know more about you, and to help promote yourself. 😉

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**Author:** ![Senthil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/senthil/32/18300_2.png) [@Senthil](https://discuss.python.org/u/Senthil)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-nomination-guido-van-rossum/628/5 "2019-01-09T12:12:01Z")

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> [@guido](#):
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> thought I’d at least give people the option to vote for maximum continuity.

Welcome, @guido . Excited to see your nomination.