[VOTE] Release Managers for PHP 8.6

Hi everyone,

The voting period has ended. Many thanks to Derick for volunteering to
tally the votes.

You can see the full details here:
https://gist.github.com/edorian/139af42af2a6a955d18f2fb260bf9aeb

Our "rookie" (hands-on) PHP 8.6 release managers are:

• Matteo Beccati
• Joe Ferguson

Running unopposed, our senior (hands-off) release manager for PHP 8.6 is:

• Daniel Scherzer.

Further steps are described in the "New release manager" checklist [1].
Please get in touch with Daniel to coordinate.

Thank you to everyone else who put their name forward and volunteered
to help out. It is very much appreciated.

[1] https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/87499e44f29137847b95aa5cd1a130d1c3c5b276/docs/release-process.md#new-release-manager-checklist

Cheers,
Volker

Hey folks,

In the role of "Veteran" release manager, Daniel Scherzer [1], the PHP
8.5 release manager, has volunteered to mentor the two rookie/hands-on
RMs.

For those two rookie seats, we've received applications from 7
candidates for your consideration [3-9].

Voting is now open on https://wiki.php.net/todo/php86 using "Single
Transferable 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 seven polls on the wiki for your seven preferences, in
descending order. Details can be found on Wikipedia[2].

We will start with everyone's 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.
As explained on the Wiki page, voting for the same individual twice
will not have an effect.

If you want to Abstain from the vote entirely, select "Abstain" in the
first widget, if you want to abstain from further preferences, please
just skip the remaining widgets.

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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.

Kind Regards,
Volker Dusch

Vote Opens: 31 March 2025 18:00:00 UTC
Vote Closes: 15 April 2025 18:00:00 UTC

Refs:
[1] https://wiki.php.net/todo/php86#:~:text=Voting
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote
[3] Joe Ferguson: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130241
[4] Jordi Kroon: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130242
[5] Paul Dragoonis: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130244
[6] Matteo Beccati: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130248
[7] Aggelos Bellos: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130404
[8] Pierre Tondereau: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130455
[9] Patrick Martin: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130524