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🛠️ Technical Advisory Committee — Committers Seat Election

Election CommitteeElection Committee Mon 2 Feb 2026 11:21AMPublicSeen by 33

The election for the Committers seat on the OpenSSL Corporation Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is now open.

The TAC strengthens our technical governance by ensuring that the OpenSSL Project's development priorities and technical directions reflect the needs, insights, and expertise of the broader community, in alignment with the OpenSSL Mission.

Election period: February 2–20, 2026 (UTC)
Result announced: February 23, 2026 (UTC)

Voting model

  • This is an open election: votes are visible to participants.

  • Votes may be changed at any time until the close of voting.

  • Quorum requirement: participation of at least 15% of eligible committers is required for the election to be valid.

  • Voting eligibility: all eligible OpenSSL committers may cast a vote directly.

Term

  • Commences: March 1, 2026 (UTC)

  • Duration: 2 years

This thread is used for the election and any related procedural questions.

Election Committee

🛠️ Technical Advisory Committee — Committers Seat Election

poll by Election Committee Closed Sat 21 Feb 2026 12:00AM

Outcome
by Election Committee Sat 21 Feb 2026 3:01AM

The election for the Committers seat on the OpenSSL Corporation Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) closed on February 20, 2026 (UTC).

Participation reached 59%, with 13 of 22 eligible committers casting a vote. The quorum requirement of 15% was met and the election is valid.

Results:

  • Simo Sorce — 100% (13 votes)

  • None of the above — 0% (0 votes)

Simo Sorce is therefore elected to the Committers seat on the TAC. His term will commence on March 1, 2026 (UTC) and will run for two years.

Thank you to all participants for their engagement in this process.

Results

ResultsOption% of pointsVoters
Simo Sorce10013Paul YangRichard Levitte (individual)Tomas MrazFrederik Wedel-HeinenSasha NedvedickyPaul DaleAlicja KarioNorbert PócsEugene SyromiatnikovNikola PajkovskýDmitry BelyavskySimo SorceMatt Caswell
None of the above00 
Undecided9Tim HudsonNeil HormanTom CosgroveBernd EdlingerKurt RoeckxShane LontisViktor DukhovniDavid von OheimbTodd Short

13 of 22 votes cast (59% participation)

Election Committee

Election CommitteeMon 2 Feb 2026 11:23AM

Nominee: Simo Sorce

Statement

I have work on Open Source projects as a developer for too many years to count. I have been a Samba Team member for 20 years (now retired), and founded several successful projects as well as contributed to dozen f big ans small projects.

I have been working all my career on security and cryptography-adjacent areas for most of my carer (Identiy Managment, Kerberos, PKCS#11, etc...).

I believe my background provides me with technical insights that will help OpenSSL make decisions that are not only technically sound but also align with community values and the overall direction the Open Source and Cryptography communities are moving towards these days.