From 1b9614872c2b5d10a13507a475b418575301e43e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Huss Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:32:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add post kicking off September council selections --- ...08-19-leadership-council-repr-selection.md | 63 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/inside-rust/2024-08-19-leadership-council-repr-selection.md diff --git a/posts/inside-rust/2024-08-19-leadership-council-repr-selection.md b/posts/inside-rust/2024-08-19-leadership-council-repr-selection.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b53bf153d --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/inside-rust/2024-08-19-leadership-council-repr-selection.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Leadership Council September Representative Selections" +author: Eric Huss +team: Leadership Council +--- + +The selection process for representatives on the [Leadership Council] is starting today. + +Every six months, half of the council terms end. +This is the second half of the rotation since the first rotation done in [March 2024]. +The following teams (and their current representatives) are up to choose their representative for the next year: + +* [Infra] — [Mark Rousskov] +* [Lang] — [Jack Huey] +* [Libs] — [Mara Bos] +* [Mods] — [Josh Gould] + +We are aiming to have the teams confirm their choices by September 20, 2024, and for any possible new members to be ready to join the council meetings starting September 27th. + +[Leadership Council]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/leadership-council +[March 2024]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2024/04/01/leadership-council-repr-selection.html +[Infra]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/infra +[Lang]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/lang +[Libs]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/library +[Mods]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/moderation +[Mark Rousskov]: https://github.com/Mark-Simulacrum +[Jack Huey]: https://github.com/jackh726 +[Mara Bos]: https://github.com/m-ou-se +[Josh Gould]: https://github.com/technetos + +## Criteria for representatives + +Any member of the top-level team or a member of any of their subteams is eligible to be the representative. +See [candidate criteria] for a description of what makes a good representative. + +[candidate criteria]: https://forge.rust-lang.org/governance/council.html#candidate-criteria + +There is a limit of at most two people affiliated with the same company or other legal entity being on the council [^affiliates]. +During the selection process, the council will consider the affiliation of candidates to decide if all choices will be compatible with that constraint. +Note that the council is currently investigating clarifications and changes to affiliation limits, but we do not expect these changes to be ready before this selection process is over. + +Representatives may serve multiple terms if the team decides to choose the same representative again. +There is a soft limit of three terms.[^limit] +It is recommended that teams rotate their representatives if possible to help avoid burnout and to spread the experience to a broader group of people. + +[^affiliates]: See [Limits on representatives from a single company/entity](https://forge.rust-lang.org/governance/council.html#limits-on-representatives-from-a-single-companyentity) + +[^limit]: See [Term limits](https://forge.rust-lang.org/governance/council.html#term-limits). + +## What do Representatives do? + +A representative provides a voice on the council to represent the interests of their teams and contribute to the long-term success of the Rust Project. +A detailed description of the role may be found at the [Representative Role Description][role]. + +[role]: https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/blob/main/roles/council-representative.md + +## How should teams make their selection? + +The Leadership Council has put together a recommended [Representative Selection Guide][guide] for how teams should choose their representative. +It is not a requirement that teams follow this guide; top-level teams may choose their own process. + +[guide]: https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/blob/main/guides/representative-selection.md From 9154e8e86e498f4b3e5ffc5c68d4e97c2f0dcd2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Huss Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:25:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Rename date for today --- ...lection.md => 2024-08-20-leadership-council-repr-selection.md} | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename posts/inside-rust/{2024-08-19-leadership-council-repr-selection.md => 2024-08-20-leadership-council-repr-selection.md} (100%) diff --git a/posts/inside-rust/2024-08-19-leadership-council-repr-selection.md b/posts/inside-rust/2024-08-20-leadership-council-repr-selection.md similarity index 100% rename from posts/inside-rust/2024-08-19-leadership-council-repr-selection.md rename to posts/inside-rust/2024-08-20-leadership-council-repr-selection.md