# Vote for the 2021-2022 Steering Committee

As is now customary, this fall is [Steering Committee](https://github.com/kubernetes/steering) election season for Kubernetes. Three(3) elected members (bobkillen, dims, liggitt) will stay on for the remaining year of their terms, and there will be four(4) positions open for election. Every election term will be 2 years. More complete information on the election may be found [in the voter's guide](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/elections/steering/2021).

Instructions on using Elekto can be found [in its docs site](https://elekto.dev/docs/voting/)

If you’d like to vote or run for a seat, all details and next steps are outlined in the [election process doc](https://git.k8s.io/steering/elections.md) and this application. The application will be the single source of truth of information for this cycle. It will be updated live as new bios of candidates get committed. Please pay attention to the scheduled dates:

* September 28 to October 14 - Nominate candidates
* Septebmer 28 to October 31 - Request voting exceptions
* October 18 to November 4 - Vote

Eligibility for voting will be determined by 50 contributions to a Kubernetes project over the past year and [Kubernetes Org membership](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/community-membership.md).  Eligible voters will be shown as such by this site when logged in.  If you should be eligible, but are not, you may also [file for an exception](https://elections.k8s.io/app/elections/steering/2021/exception).
