# August 2022 Zeek LT election announcement

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/august-2022-zeek-lt-election-announcement/6609>\
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**Tags:** lt, election\
**Created:** [July 19, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/august-2022-zeek-lt-election-announcement/6609 "2022-07-19T11:33:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![johanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@johanna](https://community.zeek.org/u/johanna)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/august-2022-zeek-lt-election-announcement/6609/1 "2022-07-19T11:33:40Z")

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Hi Everyone,

Next month (August 2022) marks the start of the second Zeek LT election. During this election, half of the LT seats are up for re-election. The seats up for re-election are currently held by Johanna Amann, Seth Hall, and Nick Turley. The remaining seats will be up for re-election in August 2023. These seats are currently held by Aashish Sharma, Fatema Bannat Wala, Keith Lehigh.

The role-based seats are not part of the election process. These are held by Vern Paxson (Founder’s seat), and Robin Sommer (Technical Lead seat). The Community Lead seat (non-voting) is currently vacant.

The following shows the timetable for the August 2022 elections:

- 9 August - Nomination Process begins
- 20 August - Nomination Process ends
- 22 August - Review Process begins
- 2 September - Review Process ends
- 5 September - Testimonial Phase negins
- 16 September - Testimonial Phase ends
- 19 September - Voting Process begins
- 29 September - Voting Process ends
- 3 October - Candidates are notified
- 6 October - Change in Leadership starts and Community notified
- 13 October - New members introduced at Zeek Week
- 20 October - Change in Leadership ends, new members in place

### Description of the process phases

- **Nomination Phase** During this phase you can nominate yourself or someone you know for a seat on the LT by using a webform (URL to be announced at the start of the phase)
- **Review Phase** During this Phase the LT will ensure all nominees are eligible to run and they understand the roles and responsibilities and are willing to run.
- **Testimonial Phase** During this phase the nominees list will be made public and members of the community will be encouraged to add a testimonial.
- **Voting Phase** During this phase members of the current Zeek LT will vote on the candidates.
- **Notification** Candidates will be notified via email then the following day the community will be notified.
- **Change in Leadership** A two week period to allow for transfer of knowledge, go over procedures and more. During the 2-week transition period the new LT members will vote on a Chairperson.

For more information, please the the [Zeek Project Leadership Team Process and Description on our wiki.](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Zeek-Project--Leadership-Team----Process-and-Description)

I will update this thread when the respective phases begin.

If you have any questions, please comment in this thread or contact the LT (at [lt@zeek.org](mailto:lt@zeek.org)) or me directly.

Johanna (for the Zeek LT)

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