In case people are thinking about nominations next month and wanted to know what it's like and the time commitment involved, I wrote a blog post on the subject at https://snarky.ca/what-its-like-to-be-on-the-python-steering-council/.
If you are thinking about Steering Council nominations, I've written a blog post that discusses how we have structured our weekly meetings and what resources are available to learn more: https://www.willingconsulting.com/post/2019-11-02-python-steering-retro/