Trouble setting up account for Packaging Council election

Packaging
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Moderator notice: This topic was split from the Inaugural Python Packaging Council election announcement. The relevant link is to this https://pyfound.blogspot.com post. H. Vetinari’s original post follows.

The first link contains the following

I set up a PSF account and emailed pc-elections@python.org, but the email bounced with[1]:

                   The mail system
<pradyun@python.prg> (expanded from <pc-elections@python.org>): Host or domain
    name not found. Name service error for name=python.prg type=A: Host not
    found

Note .prg vs. .org in pradyun@python.prg, which looks like the most likely culprit.

  1. can provide fuller error if desired ↩︎

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The Inaugural Python Packaging Council election (2026)
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Is that an extra admin step we need to do? I have a PSF account (I needed it to register as a contributing member) but I haven’t done anything packaging related with it, as I wasn’t aware I needed to.

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I think it’s only to expedite getting to vote; I bet having an account at psfmember.org does not automatically mean you’re set up/flagged as a member in good standing. Any PSF member can vote for the PPC as long as they affirm they want to vote. My guess is if 2026 Voting Affirmation – Python Software Foundation shows you having selected " I wish to exercise my right to vote in the Packaging Council Election this year", then you’re fine (that’s what I have for me at least).

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Yeah, it all seems fine. I guess part of the problem is that I’ve never voted in the PSF elections, and the various posts reminding everyone to make sure they are set up correctly, have remembered to register, etc (for both the PSF elections and the PC elections, even though I only elected to vote in the PC elections) are all a bit unnerving for someone new to the process[1].

  1. It feels a lot more complex than the steering council election process, for example ↩︎

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