[VOTE] PHP 8.5 Release Managers View as Markdown

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’ve 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’ll leave to Wikipedia[5] to explain,
we’ll start with the 1st preference and gradually remove candidates with the fewest votes,
transferring votes that had previously gone to them to their voter’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