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+id: sc-election-2024
+title: Nix Steering Committee Election 2024
+date: 2024-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
+category: announcements
+---
+
+As a first step towards a better governance for official Nix projects,
+we are happy to announce the kick-off of the [first Nix Steering Committee election][repo]!
+
+[repo]: https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024
+
+The Steering Committee will be the primary community leadership body, responsible for steering the official Nix projects --
+organisationally, socially, and technically.
+This includes making decisions over what is official, managing teams,
+approving NixOS Foundation policies relevant for the community,
+being the final escalation point, and more as [detailed in the Nix Governance Constitution][constitution].
+
+[constitution]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix-constitutional-assembly/blob/main/constitution.md#steering-committee
+
+While the Steering Committee is given the authority to make decisions within the scope of its responsibilities directly,
+it is expected to delegate as much as possible.
+
+Note that you can also read and publicly discuss this announcement [on Discourse][discourse].
+
+[discourse]: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-steering-committee-election-2024/52232
+
+## Participating
+
+[Automatically eligible] voters will be sent an email and be added/invited to the [@NixOS/voters-2024][team] GitHub team.
+If you're on the GitHub team but have not received an email, make sure to [check and optionally update your email address][email].
+
+If you're neither on the GitHub team nor have received an email, you're likely not automatically eligible.
+In this case you may consider [requesting an exception][exception].
+
+[automatically eligible]: https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024?tab=readme-ov-file#automatically-eligible-voters
+[team]: https://github.com/orgs/NixOS/teams/voters-2024
+[email]: https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/tree/main/doc/email.md
+[exception]: https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/tree/main/doc/exception-request.md
+
+Members of the GitHub team can:
+
+- [Nominate] themselves or others.
+- Endorse [unconfirmed nominees] that they'd like to be able to vote for.
+- [Ask questions][qna] to nominees as the primary way of engaging with them.
+
+[nominate]: https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/tree/main/doc/nominate.md
+[unconfirmed nominees]: https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%3Anomination+is%3Aopen
+[qna]: https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/tree/main/doc/qna.md
+
+If you have any questions or need support, please get in touch with the [Election Committee][ec].
+
+[ec]: https://github.com/nixos/SC-election-2024?tab=readme-ov-file#election-committee-ec
+
+## Timeline
+
+- 2024-09-29 Sun: Deadline for nominations
+- 2024-10-01 Tue: Deadline for endorsements
+- 2024-10-03 Thu: Deadline for candidate questions
+- 2024-10-06 Sun: Deadline for candidate answers,
+  submitting voter exceptions and updating voter email addresses
+- 2024-10-07 Mon: Voting starts
+- 2024-10-20 Sun: Voting ends
+- 2024-10-23 Wed: Results announced
+
+The results are expected to be announced just before [NixCon 2024](https://2024.nixcon.org/) in Berlin,
+which starts on 2024-10-25.