community/elections/code-of-conduct/2025

2025 VOTERS GUIDE - KUBERNETES CODE OF CONDUCT ELECTIONS

Important Links

• Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee
• election app
• election page
• schedule

Table of Contents

• Important Links
• Table of Contents
• Purpose
• Election Platform
• Eligibility
  • Schedule
• Candidacy Process
• Voters
• Nominees

Purpose

The role of this election is to fill out the three (3) seats open for election this year on the Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee. Each elected member will serve a two (2) year term.

In an effort to deconflict between Steering and Code of Conduct Committee election timing and provide new Steering Committee members sufficient time to onboard (3+ months), the Steering Committee has made the decision to move the Code of Conduct Committee elections to follow the 2024 Steering elections, instead of preceding them.

Election Platform

We will be using Elekto to conduct the election. Elekto relies entirely on GitHub OAuth for voting, and as such does not use email at all. Elekto also handles exceptions, eligibility checks, and other aspects of the election. See the Elekto voting documentation for how to use it.

Eligibility

• Candidate commits to putting the interests of the community above the interests of their employer for all Code of Conduct Committee activities.
• Is generally a responsible human
• Does not have to be part of the Kubernetes or CNCF community
• Characteristics which would be nice in any nominations:
  • Previous experience on an Ethics Committee or Code of Conduct Committee is appreciated
  • Has demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and positive influence within the community is appreciated
  • Experience with the tools which we use to communicate (Zoom, Slack, GitHub, etc.) within the Kubernetes community is appreciated

Schedule

Date	Event
Monday, December 2	Nominations Open
Friday, January 31	Nominations Close
Monday, February 3	Steering to confirm candidacy
Monday, February 10	Election Begins
Monday, February 17	Election Closes
Tuesday, February 18	Announcement of results
Thursday, February 20	CoCC to hold onboarding sessions for new members

Candidate nomination, bio, and election close deadlines will be done using Anywhere on Earth timing, meaning it is still valid to submit new nominations/bios/votes as long as it is still the last day anywhere on the planet (i.e. at the end of that day in UTC-12).

Candidacy Process

Candidate nominations were accepted through a Google Form open during the above stated nomination period.

For more details about the candidacy and the voting process, see the CoCC Election Charter.

Voters

Only the Kubernetes Steering Committee members as of February 4, 2025 will be eligible voters for the election.

Nominees

Nominees may be found in the election app.