# \#coco-election **URL:** https://community.openastronomy.org/tag/coco-election/6.md [Latest](https://community.openastronomy.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.openastronomy.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.openastronomy.org/tags.md) --- ## [2025 CoCo Election: Derek Homeier](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-derek-homeier/1312)
**Author:** [@dhomeier](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/dhomeier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-derek-homeier/1312 "2025-10-18T00:11:51Z")
I am very honoured to be nominated as candidate for the Astropy Coordination Committee. I have used Python and its scientific ecosystem for a major part of my research career in theoretical astrophysics as a free – open… --- ## [2025 CoCo Election: Nathaniel Starkman](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-nathaniel-starkman/1311)
**Author:** [@nstarman](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/nstarman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-nathaniel-starkman/1311 "2025-10-17T03:12:27Z")
It is my honor to accept the nomination for the Astropy Coordination Committee (CoCo). My involvement with Astropy began in 2020 as a PhD student, motivated by a desire to contribute back to the software that has under… --- ## [2025 CoCo Election: Eero Vaher](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-eero-vaher/1310)
**Author:** [@eerovaher](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/eerovaher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-eero-vaher/1310 "2025-10-16T22:48:34Z")
I am announcing my participation in the 2025 Astropy Coordination Committee election. Although I have been a maintainer for astropy.coordinates for a couple of years by now, I am still a relative newcomer to the project… --- ## [2025 CoCo Election: Kyle Westfall](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-kyle-westfall/1309)
**Author:** [@KyleWestfall](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/KyleWestfall)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-kyle-westfall/1309 "2025-10-16T22:16:35Z")
I am honored to have been nominated and pleased to stand in this year’s election for the Astropy Coordination Committee. Since 2016, I have been a staff scientist at the University of California Observatories. I receiv… --- ## [2025 CoCo Election: Timothy Pickering](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-timothy-pickering/1308)
**Author:** [@tepickering](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/tepickering)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2025-coco-election-timothy-pickering/1308 "2025-10-15T19:32:28Z")
I am honored to have been nominated to be a member of the Coordination Committee. I have been involved with AstroPy at least peripherally since its inception. Over the past decade I have been more directly involved and a… --- ## [Announcing Astropy Coordination Committee Election: December 2024](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/announcing-astropy-coordination-committee-election-december-2024/1139)
**Author:** [@ceb8](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/ceb8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/announcing-astropy-coordination-committee-election-december-2024/1139 "2025-01-08T15:58:13Z")
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… --- ## [2024 CoCo Election: Aarya Patil](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2024-coco-election-aarya-patil/1159)
**Author:** [@aaryapatil](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/aaryapatil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2024-coco-election-aarya-patil/1159 "2024-11-29T19:58:27Z")
I am honored to be nominated for membership on the Astropy Coordination Committee (CoCo). Currently, I serve as a Finance Committee member for the Astropy Project and as an LSST Discovery Alliance Catalyst Fellow at the… --- ## [2024 CoCo Election: Eero Vaher](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2024-coco-election-eero-vaher/1156)
**Author:** [@eerovaher](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/eerovaher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2024-coco-election-eero-vaher/1156 "2024-11-27T01:05:43Z")
I am announcing my participation in the 2024 Astropy Coordination Committee election. Although I have been a maintainer for astropy.coordinates for a couple of years by now, I am still a relative newcomer to the project… --- ## [Astropy Coordination Committee election 2023](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/astropy-coordination-committee-election-2023/721)
**Author:** [@hamogu](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/hamogu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/astropy-coordination-committee-election-2023/721 "2023-10-20T20:20:21Z")
Dear Astropy Community, The next Astropy Coordination Committee (CoCo) election will be help in mid-September 2023. Two seats are available as both Moritz Günther’s and Erik Tollerud’s two year terms are coming to an en… --- ## [2023 CoCo Election: Erik Tollerud](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2023-coco-election-erik-tollerud/734)
**Author:** [@eteq](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/eteq)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2023-coco-election-erik-tollerud/734 "2023-09-11T19:22:12Z")
It is my honor to accept this nomination for the 2023 Astropy Coordination Committee Election. I have served as a Coordination Committee member from the founding of Astropy, along with ~16 other named roles over this tim… --- ## [2023 CoCo Election: Clara Brasseur](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2023-coco-election-clara-brasseur/733)
**Author:** [@ceb8](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/ceb8)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2023-coco-election-clara-brasseur/733 "2023-09-05T17:02:58Z")
I am honoured to be nominated for the Coordination Committee. My involvement with Astropy started with writing the MAST module in Astroquery, and grew from there. I am now one of the three Astroquery maintainers and an … --- ## [Announcing Astropy Coordination Committee Election: September 2022](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/announcing-astropy-coordination-committee-election-september-2022/433)
**Author:** [@kelle](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/kelle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/announcing-astropy-coordination-committee-election-september-2022/433 "2022-10-19T14:34:02Z")
The next Astropy Coordination Committee (CoCo) election will begin on September 25, 2022. Two seats are available as Both Matt Craig and Adrian Price-Whelan’s one year terms are coming to an end. The new members will ser… --- ## [2022 CoCo Election: Pey Lian Lim](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2022-coco-election-pey-lian-lim/462)
**Author:** [@pllim](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/pllim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2022-coco-election-pey-lian-lim/462 "2022-09-24T08:14:07Z")
Hello! I am honored to accept the nomination for the Astropy Coordination Committee. I am a Software Engineer at STScI, specializing in data analysis tools in the open-source world. I think my first real involvement wit… --- ## [2022 CoCo Election: Derek Homeier](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2022-coco-election-derek-homeier/461)
**Author:** [@dhomeier](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/dhomeier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2022-coco-election-derek-homeier/461 "2022-09-22T00:44:22Z")
I feel deeply honoured to be nominated as for the Astropy Coordination Committee. Coming from a research background in theoretical astrophysics, Python and its scientific ecosystem has formed a key part of my data analys… --- ## [2022 CoCo Election: Clara Brasseur](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2022-coco-election-clara-brasseur/459)
**Author:** [@ceb8](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/ceb8)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2022-coco-election-clara-brasseur/459 "2022-09-20T16:09:15Z")
I am honoured to be nominated for the Coordination Committee. My involvement with Astropy started with writing the MAST module in Astroquery, and grew from there. I am now one of the three Astroquery maintainers and an … --- ## [Results of the 2021 CoCo Election](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/results-of-the-2021-coco-election/144)
**Author:** [@Cadair](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/Cadair)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/results-of-the-2021-coco-election/144 "2021-09-07T14:00:56Z")
Hello everyone, I am happy to announce the results of the 2021 Astropy Coordination Committee Election. Vote Tally There were 41 people eligible to vote and 36 votes were cast for one or both questions. There were two… --- ## [2021 CoCo Election: Four or five people on the CoCo?](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-four-or-five-people-on-the-coco/130)
**Author:** [@mwcraig](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/mwcraig)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-four-or-five-people-on-the-coco/130 "2021-08-23T13:06:06Z")
One question in the upcoming election will be whether the Coordination Committee should have four or five people on it. When APE 0 was being developed there was consensus that it should not be fewer than four or more tha… --- ## [2021 CoCo Election: Sipőcz Brigitta](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-sipocz-brigitta/134)
**Author:** [@bsipocz](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/bsipocz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-sipocz-brigitta/134 "2021-08-17T10:04:56Z")
I would like to accept the nomination for the election of the Astropy Coordination Committee. I have been part of the project for many years, first when I was long transitioning from a research-only career path to my cu… --- ## [2021 CoCo Election: Matt Craig](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-matt-craig/132)
**Author:** [@mwcraig](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/mwcraig)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-matt-craig/132 "2021-08-16T14:27:40Z")
It is an honor to be considered for election to the Astropy Coordination Committee. My initial involvement in the project in 2013 was working on ccdproc and documentation so to make it easier for the undergraduates I wo… --- ## [2021 CoCo Election: Moritz Günther](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-moritz-gunther/131)
**Author:** [@hamogu](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/hamogu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-moritz-gunther/131 "2021-08-16T13:12:56Z")
With this post, I’m accepting a nomination for the Coco election. I’ve been part of astropy almost since the very beginning: I supported Tom Aldcroft in writing “asciitable” which eventually became astropy.io.ascii and … --- ## [2021 CoCo Election: Kelle Cruz](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-kelle-cruz/129)
**Author:** [@kelle](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/kelle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-kelle-cruz/129 "2021-08-13T15:33:08Z")
It would be my honor to continue to serve on the Coordination Committee of the Astropy Project. I have been involved in the Project for eight years and have been active in several areas, including education, tutorials, a… --- ## [2021 CoCo Election: Adrian Price-Whelan](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-adrian-price-whelan/127)
**Author:** [@adrn](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/adrn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-adrian-price-whelan/127 "2021-08-09T20:00:44Z")
I am honored to be considered as a candidate for the Astropy Coordination Committee. Astropy has been a core part of my scientific career (from graduate student, to postdoc, to early career researcher) and has helped ref… --- ## [2021 CoCo Election: Erik Tollerud](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-erik-tollerud/126)
**Author:** [@eteq](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/eteq)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/2021-coco-election-erik-tollerud/126 "2021-08-06T15:46:38Z")
It is my honor to stand in the first Astropy Coordination Committee Election. I have served as a Coordination Committee member from the founding of Astropy, along with ~15 other named roles over this time (e.g. coordina…