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Subject: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] PHP 8.5 Release Managers
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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 11:39:41 -0300
To: php internals <internals@lists.php.net>
From: calvin@cmpct.info (Calvin Buckley)

Hi all,

In the role of "Veteran" release manager, Pierrick Charron [0], the PHP =
8.2 & 8.3 release manager,
has volunteered to mentor two rookies, so there will be two seats up for =
grabs.

For those two rookie seats, we=E2=80=99ve got four eager candidates for =
your consideration [1-4].

Voting is now open on https://wiki.php.net/todo/php85 using "Single =
Transferrable Vote" (STV).
Those who participated in prior elections will recognize the format;
for the rest, the TL;DR is that it allows each voter to state their =
preference order by voting multiple times.

There are four polls on the wiki for your four preferences, in =
descending order.

Using some math that I=E2=80=99ll leave to Wikipedia[5] to explain,
we=E2=80=99ll start with the 1st preference and gradually remove =
candidates with the fewest votes,
transferring votes that had previously gone to them to their voter=E2=80=99=
s 2nd preference, and so on.
Once two candidates have a quorum (Droop quota), those will be =
officially selected as our RMs.

Derick Rethans has again volunteered to proctor the tabulation of the =
votes, since has scripts for that.

As you consider each candidate, please bear in mind that this is a 4.5 =
year commitment and is a position of trust.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Your 8.4 Release Managers,
Calvin Buckley, Saki Takamachi, and Eric Mann

Vote Opens: 2 April 2025 15:00:00 UTC
Vote Closes: 16 April 2025 15:00:00 UTC

Refs:
0 - Pierrick Charron: https://externals.io/message/126733#126937
1 - Gunnard Engebreth: https://externals.io/message/126733#126764
2 - Rob Landers: https://externals.io/message/126733#126940
3 - Volker Dusch: https://externals.io/message/126733#126958
4 - Daniel Scherzer: https://externals.io/message/126733#126960
5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote=