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🛠️ Technical Advisory Committee — Committers Seat Election

EC Election Committee Mon 2 Feb 2026 11:21AM Public Seen by 27

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.

EC

🛠️ Technical Advisory Committee — Committers Seat Election

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

Current results

Current results Option % of points Voters
Simo Sorce 100 13 PY NP ES NP RL DB SN FW PD AK TM SS MC
None of the above 0 0  
Undecided 9 BE KR VD TC TH DVO NH SL TS

13 of 22 votes cast (59% participation)

EC

Election Committee Mon 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.