PSC Election 2026
Call for election
The Project Steering Committee (PSC) election 2026 starts on 2026-09-28 and ends on 2026-11-14.
The new committee will be formed by 9 members, of which 4 are current members and 5 will be newly elected in this election. The seats open for election are those currently held by:
- Anna Petrasova
- Verónica Andreo
- Huidae Cho
- Markus Neteler
- Vaclav Petras
The process
The election process is essentially split in two phases: 1) Nomination and 2) Voting. After this, the results are announced and the new PSC is officially formed.
Nominations
During the Nomination phase, any member of the GRASS GIS community, can nominate any community member for being a candidate for the PSC.
Current PSC members can be nominated for re-election in the same way by the community as possible new candidates.
To set a nomination in motion, an e-mail should be directed to the Chief Return Officer (CRO - cro.grass at osgeo.org) including name, contact e-mail and briefly why a person is recommended as a PSC member.
The CRO will then contact the recommended person asking for confirmation. The nominated person has to accept the candidacy and will be asked to write a few lines stating what she/he wants to achieve as part of it.
A nomination and its acceptance are required to be sent directly to the CRO in private. Following confirmation, it is CRO's task to officially announce a nomination.
Voting
The CRO will invite all eligible voters.
Eligible voters are all people who:
- have one or more merged pull requests in any of grass, grass-addons, grass-website, grass-tutorials, rgrass, grass-promo repositories,
- participated in GRASS PSC and community events,
- have one or more merged pull requests in qgis/QGIS related to GRASS integration, or
- are registered and have translated for GRASS in Weblate
A list of eligible voters has already been compiled on the basis of the criteria given above. The list can be found [add link here].
If you believe you meet the criteria but do not find your name in the list, please contact the CRO (cro.grass at osgeo.org) or make a pull request before 27 September 2026.
During the Voting period, eligible voters can vote for their preferred candidate(s) via an online tool that will protect privacy.
Each voter can vote one time. However, there is no limit as to how many candidates a voter can select.
Time frame
- announcement of elections: 2026-09-14
- nomination period: 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-19
- presentation of the candidates: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-26
- voting period: 2026-11-02 to 2026-11-09
- announcement of the newly elected PSC: 2026-11-14 (at latest)
Nomination Period
The nomination starts on 2026-09-28 at 12:00 UTC, runs strictly for 3 weeks and ends on 2026-10-19 at 12:00 UTC. Following this period, there will be a one-week period of no action to allow time to reflect and decide.
You are kindly asked to refrain from canceling an already announced nomination or support and request for a new nomination. Unless there are serious reasons to cancel a nomination, modification of the list of nominees will not be possible after the end of the 3rd week.
Presentation of the candidates
The presentation of the candidates will run from 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-26. The nominated candidates will be asked to write a few lines stating what they want to achieve or work for as part of the PSC.
Voting Period
The voting period will run from 2026-11-02 at 12:00 UTC up until 2026-11-09 at 12:00 UTC.
Results
Votes will be counted and the top 5 voted candidates will fill the seats to form the new PSC. In case of a vote tie, the CRO will randomize the selection between the tied candidates for a PSC seat.
Results will be announced no later than 2026-11-14.
Overview
Nomination (I)
- from 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-19
- e-mails directed to the CRO by:
- a community member to nominate a candidate
- the nominee to confirm acceptance of candidacy
Nomination (II)
- from 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-02
- re-think, evaluate, decide for candidate(s)
- e-mail from the candidate directed to the community with a statement of her/his aims as part of the PSC
- email directed to the CRO by a candidate to cancel candidacy (possible only for important reasons)
Voting
- from 2026-11-02 to 2026-11-09
- Eligible voters are all people who:
- have one or more merged pull requests in any of grass, grass-addons, grass-website, grass-tutorials, rgrass, grass-promo repositories,
- participated in GRASS PSC and community events,
- have one or more merged pull requests in qgis/QGIS related to GRASS integration,
- are registered and have translated for GRASS in Weblate
- privacy/anonymity guaranteed by using OSGeo LimeSurvey, OSGeo's online voting system
- voters will be invited via email
Results
The new PSC will be presented at latest on 2026-11-14.