# Announcing Astropy Coordination Committee Election: December 2024

**URL:** <https://community.openastronomy.org/t/announcing-astropy-coordination-committee-election-december-2024/1139>\
**Category:** Astropy\
**Tags:** coco-election\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/announcing-astropy-coordination-committee-election-december-2024/1139 "2024-11-04T12:06:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/announcing-astropy-coordination-committee-election-december-2024/1139/1 "2024-11-04T12:06:16Z")

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The next Astropy Coordination Committee (CoCo) election will begin on December 2, 2024. One seat is available as Kelle Cruz’s 3-year term is coming to an end. The new member will serve 3-year term. More details about the process are described in [APE0](https://github.com/astropy/astropy-APEs/blob/main/APE0.rst#electing-the-coordination-committee).

Nominations are open now and will close on Monday, November 25 (anywhere on Earth). Anyone is welcome to nominate. To nominate someone (or yourself) to be a [CoCo Member](https://github.com/astropy/astropy-APEs/blob/main/APE0.rst#the-coordination-committee), please fill out the [Nomination Form](https://forms.gle/2aQ4KsfJYx724AWX7).

Nominees will be asked via email whether they wish to accept their nomination. If they accept, the nominee will be asked to provide a short statement on the [Open Astronomy Discourse](https://community.openastronomy.org/tag/coco-election).

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**Author:** ![pllim](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.openastronomy.org/pllim/32/51_2.png) [@pllim](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/pllim)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/announcing-astropy-coordination-committee-election-december-2024/1139/2 "2025-01-08T15:58:13Z")

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It is official: Aarya Patil has joined CoCo (welcome!) and Kelle Cruz has stepped down (thanks for your service!). [Astropy Team](https://www.astropy.org/team)