[python-committers] Python governance vote (December 2018): Results

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# Python governance vote (December 2018)

As described in PEP 8001, the governance election has been completed.

The result is that **PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) has been selected as the winner**.

• • Supervisor: Ernest W. Durbin III ernest@python.org
• • Announced end of poll: 2018-12-17T12:00:00Z
• • Actual time poll closed: 2018-12-17T12:00:02Z
• • Authorized voters: 94 (CPython core developers with a known email-address)
• • Actual votes cast: 62
• • Number of winning choices: 1
• • Condorcet completion rule: Minimax

## Result

1. **PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft)**

- (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)

2. PEP 8012: The Community Governance Model (Langa)

- loses to PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) by 40–22

3. PEP 8011: Python Governance Model Lead by Trio of Pythonistas (Wijaya, Warsaw)

- loses to PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) by 37–20   - loses to PEP 8012: The Community Governance Model (Langa) by 34–28

4. PEP 8015: Organization of the Python community (Stinner)

- loses to PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft)by 41–18   - loses to PEP 8011: Python Governance Model Lead by Trio of Pythonistas (Wijaya, Warsaw) by 33–24

5. PEP 8014: The Commons Governance Model (Jansen)

- loses to PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) by 50–9   - loses to PEP 8015: Organization of the Python community (Stinner) by 38–18

6. PEP 8010: The Technical Leader Governance Model (Warsaw)

- loses to PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) by 44–15   - loses to PEP 8014: The Commons Governance Model (Jansen) by 30–28

7. PEP 8013: The External Council Governance Model (Dower)

- loses to PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) by 55–6   - loses to PEP 8010: The Technical Leader Governance Model (Warsaw) by 38–17

8. Further discussion

- loses to PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) by 57–4   - loses to PEP 8013: The External Council Governance Model (Dower) by 32–29

### Result details

|          | PEP 8016 | PEP 8012 | PEP 8011 | PEP 8015 | PEP 8014 | PEP 8010 | PEP 8013 |Discussion| |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| | PEP 8016 | - |40 |37 |41 |50 |44 |55 |57 | | PEP 8012 |22 | - |34 |33 |40 |40 |48 |48 | | PEP 8011 |20 |28 | - |33 |42 |42 |52 |51 | | PEP 8015 |18 |22 |24 | - |38 |36 |47 |48 | | PEP 8014 | 9 |18 |16 |18 | - |30 |40 |38 | | PEP 8010 |15 |20 |14 |22 |28 | - |38 |43 | | PEP 8013 | 6 | 9 | 9 |12 |14 |17 | - |32 | |Discussion| 4 |14 |10 |13 |23 |18 |29 | - |

### Ballot report

#### Choices

• • 0. PEP 8010: The Technical Leader Governance Model (Warsaw) (changelog)
• • 1. PEP 8011: Python Governance Model Lead by Trio of Pythonistas (Wijaya, Warsaw) (changelog
• • 2. PEP 8012: The Community Governance Model (Langa) (changelog)
• • 3. PEP 8013: The External Council Governance Model (Dower) (changelog)
• • 4. PEP 8014: The Commons Governance Model (Jansen) (changelog)
• • 5. PEP 8015: Organization of the Python community (Stinner) (changelog)
• • 6. PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) (changelog)
• • 7. Further discussion

#### Ballots in randomized order

|0.|1.|2.|3.|4.|5.|6.|7.| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |8|5|1|7|4|3|2|6| |8|3|2|4|6|5|1|7| |6|1|4|7|5|3|3|8| |3|2|7|5|4|6|1|8| |2|1|4|6|8|5|3|7| |7|2|3|6|4|7|1|5| |8|8|1|3|2|8|3|4| |6|1|2|8|4|3|5|7| |6|1|8|8|8|3|6|7| |6|1|2|7|4|3|5|8| |1|2|6|5|7|4|3|8| |1|5|7|6|3|8|2|4| |2|1|5|8|8|8|6|7| |4|4|3|2|4|4|4|1| |2|1|6|8|5|7|4|3| |4|3|8|7|6|1|2|5| |8|3|4|8|8|4|1|7| |2|1|8|6|4|7|3|5| |3|7|1|8|5|4|2|6| |6|4|3|7|2|5|1|8| |8|4|3|6|7|1|2|5| |8|4|1|8|8|3|2|5| |2|5|1|6|7|4|3|8| |6|5|1|8|4|3|2|7| |8|3|2|7|4|5|1|6| |1|4|2|7|8|3|5|6| |7|1|6|7|1|6|1|8| |4|5|3|6|6|2|1|8| |1|2|7|8|6|4|3|5| |7|6|3|5|4|2|1|8| |7|2|4|6|3|5|1|8| |8|1|4|6|5|3|2|7| |4|2|4|4|3|2|1|8| |5|4|3|7|6|1|2|8| |5|2|1|7|3|4|2|8| |6|1|4|7|5|2|3|8| |1|5|3|2|4|8|6|7| |5|2|4|8|7|6|1|3| |7|3|2|4|1|6|5|8| |5|5|4|7|4|4|3|8| |1|2|7|8|5|3|6|4| |8|4|2|8|1|2|3|8| |5|4|3|7|6|1|2|8| |3|2|8|8|8|4|1|7| |8|4|1|7|6|2|3|5| |7|1|5|8|3|6|2|4| |5|4|3|6|7|2|1|8| |3|2|4|7|6|5|1|8| |3|6|5|8|7|2|1|4| |1|5|4|8|7|2|3|6| |6|5|1|7|4|2|3|8| |8|6|1|4|7|2|3|5| |1|2|8|4|7|6|5|3| |6|6|5|3|4|1|2|8| |1|1|6|7|6|6|1|8| |8|8|1|8|8|8|2|3| |8|5|2|6|6|2|1|4| |8|7|2|4|6|3|1|5| |3|4|2|5|1|6|7|8| |1|8|1|1|8|8|8|8| |3|1|8|8|5|8|2|4| |8|7|1|5|2|3|4|6|

#### Rank 1: PEP 8016: The Steering Council Model (Smith, Stufft) (6)

• • vs. 1 : (20 - 37)
• • vs. 2 : (22 - 40)
• • vs. 5 : (18 - 41)
• • vs. 0 : (15 - 44)
• • vs. 4 : (9 - 50)
• • vs. 3 : (6 - 55)
• • vs. 7 : (4 - 57)

#### Rank 2: PEP 8012: The Community Governance Model (Langa) (2):

• • vs. 1 : (28 - 34)
• • vs. 5 : (22 - 33)
• • vs. 0 : (20 - 40)
• • vs. 4 : (18 - 40)
• • vs. 7 : (14 - 48)
• • vs. 3 : (9 - 48)

#### Rank 3: PEP 8011: Python Governance Model Lead by Trio of Pythonistas (Wijaya, Warsaw) (1):

• • vs. 5 : (24 - 33)
• • vs. 4 : (16 - 42)
• • vs. 0 : (14 - 42)
• • vs. 7 : (10 - 51)
• • vs. 3 : (9 - 52)

#### Rank 4: PEP 8015: Organization of the Python community (Stinner) (5):

• • vs. 0 : (22 - 36)
• • vs. 4 : (18 - 38)
• • vs. 3 : (12 - 47)
• • vs. 7 : (13 - 48)

#### Rank 5: PEP 8014: The Commons Governance Model (Jansen) (4):

• • vs. 0 : (28 - 30)
• • vs. 7 : (23 - 38)
• • vs. 3 : (14 - 40)

#### Rank 6: PEP 8010: The Technical Leader Governance Model (Warsaw) (0):

• • vs. 3 : (17 - 38)
• • vs. 7 : (18 - 43)

#### Rank 7: PEP 8013: The External Council Governance Model (Dower) (3):

• • vs. 7 : (29 - 32)

#### Rank 8: Further discussion (7):

• • vs. 3 : (32 - 29)