diff --git a/posts/inside-rust/2025-02-14-leadership-council-repr-selection.md b/posts/inside-rust/2025-02-14-leadership-council-repr-selection.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c4301bd56 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/inside-rust/2025-02-14-leadership-council-repr-selection.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Leadership Council March 2025 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. +The following teams are up to choose their representative for the next year: + +* [Compiler] +* [Devtools] +* [Launching Pad] + +We are aiming to have the teams confirm their choices by March 21, 2025, and for any possible new members to be ready to join the council meetings starting March 28th. + +[Leadership Council]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/leadership-council +[compiler]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/compiler +[devtools]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/dev-tools +[launching pad]: https://forge.rust-lang.org/governance/council.html#the-launching-pad-top-level-team + +## 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. + +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