diff --git a/posts/2023-10-19-announcing-the-new-rust-project-directors.md b/posts/2023-10-19-announcing-the-new-rust-project-directors.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e085a861d --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2023-10-19-announcing-the-new-rust-project-directors.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Announcing the New Rust Project Directors" +author: Leadership Council +team: Leadership Council +--- + +We are happy to announce that we have completed the process to elect new Project Directors. + +The new Project Directors are: + +* [Scott McMurray](https://github.com/scottmcm) +* [Jakob Degen](https://github.com/JakobDegen) +* [Santiago Pastorino](https://github.com/spastorino) + +They will join [Ryan Levick] and [Mark Rousskov] to make up the five members of the Rust Foundation Board of Directors who represent the Rust Project. + +The board is made up of Project Directors, who come from and represent the Rust Project, and Member Directors, who represent the corporate members of the Rust Foundation. + +Both of these director groups have equal voting power. + +[Ryan Levick]: https://github.com/rylev +[Mark Rousskov]: https://github.com/mark-simulacrum + +We look forward to working with and being represented by this new group of project directors. + +We were fortunate to have a number of excellent candidates and this was a difficult decision. +We wish to express our gratitude to all of the candidates who were considered for this role! +We also extend our thanks to the project as a whole who participated by nominating candidates and providing additional feedback once the nominees were published. +Finally, we want to share our appreciation for the [Project Director Elections Subcommittee][pde-subcommittee] for working to design and facilitate running this election process. + +[pde-subcommittee]: https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/blob/main/committees/project-director-election-process.md + +This was a challenging decision for a number of reasons. + +This was also our first time doing this process and we learned a lot to use to improve it going forward. +The [Project Director Elections Subcommittee][pde-subcommittee] will be following up with a retrospective outlining how well we achieved our goals with this process and making suggestions for future elections. +We are expecting another election next year to start a rotating cadence of 2-year terms. +Project governance is about iterating and refining over time. + +Once again, we thank all who were involved in this process and we are excited to welcome our new Project Directors. +