# Nominations for the first Steering Committee Election are now Open

**URL:** <https://community.openastronomy.org/t/nominations-for-the-first-steering-committee-election-are-now-open/1053>\
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**Created:** [July 19, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/nominations-for-the-first-steering-committee-election-are-now-open/1053 "2024-07-19T11:07:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/nominations-for-the-first-steering-committee-election-are-now-open/1053/1 "2024-07-19T11:07:14Z")

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Following our election of project custodians, nominations are now open for people to serve on the SunPy Project’s Steering Committee.  
The Steering Committee is responsible for the day-to-day running of the SunPy project including its financial management, the full list of responsibilities can be found in our [governance document](https://github.com/sunpy/sunpy-SEP/blob/main/SEP-0002.md#the-steering-committee).

Anyone is eligible to be nominated to serve on the committee, the committee will be elected by the Project Custodians.  
Nominations are open until the 5th August and the election runs for two weeks from the 7th.

If you are interested in nominating yourself or someone else please fill in this form: [https://forms.gle/27LJNPPFfAZnrTym7](https://forms.gle/27LJNPPFfAZnrTym7)

Stuart Mumford, on behalf of the SunPy Project.