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This issue will contain 2026 GC Election announcements and the complete list of eligible voters. Subscribe to this issue if you wish to be notified of changes. Contact @open-telemetry/otel-elections if you have questions.

If you are not automatically detected as a member of standing and believe your contributions should make you eligible to vote, you may request an exemption by filling out a registration form.

People mentioned in this issue have been detected as members of standing, as defined in the project's governance charter.

You can find more information about the voting process here.

Voting will be open between 26 October 2026 12:00 UTC and 28 October 2026, end
of day, Anywhere on Earth (29
October 2026 11:59 UTC) via the voting link.

Due to the potential notification storm that this issue may cause, the conversation is locked. If you have concerns, please contact the group @open-telemetry/otel-elections, or any of the members (@maryliag , @svrnm , or @tedsuo ) individually. They are also available on the CNCF Slack.

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maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@123liuziming

@1fanwang

@22elix3r

@57Ajay

@aabmass

@aalexand

@aaravmahajanofficial

@AaronRM

@abel9851

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@andborja

@AndrejKiri

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@Andygol

@andykellr

@Aneurysm9

@angad-2

@anneheartrecord

@Anshumancanrock

@anuraaga

@aranhave

@ArielDemarco
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@arielvalentin

@arminru

@Arpit529Srivastava

@ArthurSens

@Arunodoy18

@Aryainguz

@aryamohanan

@Aryan16138

@Aryanbhargava18

@aryansk

@ash2k

@ashishsinghnr

@asweet-confluent

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@bruegth

@brunobat

@bryannaegele

@bryantbiggs
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@bryce-b

@c1ly

@Caleb-Hurshman

@callegarimattia

@carlosalberto

@carsonip

@cartermp

@celian-garcia

@chalin

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@daidokoro

@daisuke8000

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@damemi

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@david-luna

@dazuma

@dbarker

@dehaansa

@denizariyan

@dev404ai

@DhroovP

@dhruv-ahuja

@didiViking
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@Dipanshusinghh

@dloucasfx

@dlowzzxx

@dmathieu

@dmitryax

@dnanuti

@dobbydobap

@dol

@Dotify71

@douglascamata

@dpaasman00

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@dqminh

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@dyl10s

@dyladan

@Dylan-M

@DylanRussell

@Eason09053360

@ebrdarSplunk

@edmocosta

@eftiquar

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@emdneto

@eternalcuriouslearner

@etserend

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@EzzioMoreira

@fabled

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@Frapschen

@frzifus

@Gandem

@geekdave

@gimsesu

@github

@gizas

@gniadeck

@gnurizen

@gouslu
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@grcevski

@GregMefford

@gregory-at-cvs

@grzuy

@gyanranjanpanda

@hannahkm

@hannahramadan

@Harsh63870

@harshitt13

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@jamesmoessis

@JamieDanielson

@jan-xyz

@JaredTan95

@jaronoff97

@jasonjoo2010

@jaydeluca

@jdvr

@jerbly
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@JeremieRodon

@jerrytfleung

@jhalliday

@jinja2

@jkoronaAtCisco

@jkwatson

@jmacd

@joaopgrassi

@joaquin-diaz

@joecompute

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@krisztianfekete

@krsatyamthakur-droid

@kylehounslow

@KyriosGN0

@Labreo

@lachmatt

@lahsivjar

@lalitb
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@LarryHu0217

@laurit

@lazureykis

@legendecas

@lemnik

@lewis800

@Lewis-E

@LikeTheSalad

@littletoxic

@liustanley

@lmolkova

@Logiraptor

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@lrwh

@ltowarek

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@marctc

@mariomac

@marsevilspirit

@martincostello

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@maryliag

@mashhurs

@mateenali66

@matt-hensley

@MattKotsenas

@mattsains

@McGluut

@meldegwi

@MeloveGupta

@meshailabs

@michaelbushe

@MichaelKatsoulis

@michel-laterman

@mifisignal

@mikeblum

@MikeGoldsmith
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@mikeldking

@MJarmo

@ML-dev-crypto

@mlushpenko

@mmanciop

@mmat11

@mmorel-35

@MovieStoreGuy

@mowies

@mquentin

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@NameHaibinZhang

@Nevay

@ngowran

@nicknikolakakis

@nikhilmantri0902

@Nik-Reddy

@NimrodAvni78

@Nitesh-vaidyanath

@normj

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@nsavoire

@ocelotl

@odubajDT

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@om7057

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@overbalance

@owent

@ozzywalsh

@pacocartones

@pankaj101A

@PascalSenn

@pathcl

@paulojmdias

@pavolloffay
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@pdelewski

@pellared

@pepeshore

@perebaj

@perk

@PetarJerinic

@petern48

@philsttr

@pichlermarc

@pinoOgni

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@pjanotti

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@pwkowalski

@RabahSend

@rads-1996

@rafaelroquetto

@raghu999

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@Rajkaran-122

@rajkumar-rangaraj

@rajrohanyadav

@ralf0131

@RaphaelManke

@raphael-theriault-swi

@rashmi-tondare

@RassK

@ravishankar-sumo

@ravitheja4531-cell

@RaviTriv

@RealAnna

@REASY
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@RedZapdos123

@reese-lee

@Reneg973

@reyang

@rite7sh

@RKest

@rluidash

@rnterbush

@robbkidd

@robert-northmind

@robsunday

@rockdaboot

@rogercoll

@Rourf-Qiu

@royteeuwen

@rrschulze

@rsamoilov

@RutamBhagat

@Rxfa

@sablancoleis

@sAchin-680

@Samyra312007

@sandy2008

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@sfozz

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@shaneM50

@shashank-reddy-nr

@shashankxrm

@Shaurya2k06

@shivv23

@shrenikjain38

@Shriprasad-P

@simi

@simonepri

@singankit
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@singhvibhanshu

@sjyothi54

@skl

@slegarraga

@sneha-kr20

@sonalgaud12

@songy23

@SoumyaRaikwar

@spathlavath

@SpencerTorres

@splunk-shanu

@Sprakhar97

@SquidDev

@SrikarChittemsetty

@srinjoy356

@SSOHEB

@stevejgordon

@steverao

@sudarshan12s

@SumitDalavi

@surbhiia

@surpradhan

@svencowart

@svrnm

@sv-splunk

@swashtek

@swiatekm

@Syedowais312

@syepes

@SylvainJuge

@szegedi

@tamird

@tammy-baylis-swi

@tedsuo

@tharun0064

@thc1006

@thebenignhacker

@theletterf

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@theycallmeloki

@thompson-tomo

@ThomsonTan

@thswlsqls

@ThyTran1402

@tiffany76

@tigrannajaryan

@timr-dev

@tknhs

@tomatotomata

@tomerhy
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@TommyCpp

@tommyers-elastic

@trask

@trentm

@trisch-me

@tsloughter

@tushar1977

@txabman42

@tylerbenson

@TylerHelmuth

@umanwizard

@utpilla

@vanshika2720

@vasantteja

@vedant21-oss

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@venkata-pavani

@vesari

@vignesh2027

@VihasMakwana

@VinozzZ

@viorel-alexandrescu

@vishalmore90

@vitorvasc

@vyagh

@walleseve

@wehzzz

@williazz

@windsonsea

@wolfgangcodes

@wpessers

@wrisa

@x1unix

@xiang17

@xlelx

@xrmx

@XSAM

@xuan-cao-swi

@y1yang0

@yannham

@YaoYingLong

@Yashisinghal285

@yasuradodo

@yaten2302

@YElayyat

@yigitcan-ozturk

@ymotongpoo

@yonch

@yordis
maryliag commented on Sep 18, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 18, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@ysolomchenko

@yuanyuanzhao3

@yumosx

@yuriolisa

@yurishkuro

@yyuuttaaoo

@zacharycmontoya

@zeitlinger

@zigzagdev

@zmoog
maryliag commented on Sep 21, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 21, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@aabhinavvvvvvv

@Abhilash-Garapati

@AbhiPrasad

@Abinet18

@abruneau

@adithya-r-nathan

@agarvin-nr

@ajuijas

@akhileshsingh85

@aki0000

@alpineQ

@am1r021

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@amir-jakoby

@aniket866

@ansh0014

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@araiu

@arjun-rajappa

@Arnav-Bansal

@bacherfl

@bdewater-thatch

@blarghmatey

@blewis12

@boqu

@bradyuan

@btomaj

@bvigar

@cedricziel

@CharlieTLe

@chimchim89

@Cloud-Architect-Emma
maryliag commented on Sep 21, 2026
maryliag
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@codecapitano

@daianmartinho

@dakshhhhh16

@danielpacak

@deepan10

@dhananjay6561

@dhruv-shah-sumo

@dmarkwat

@dmitchsplunk

@dshivashankar1994

@E-STAT

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@emiliaFer

@emreyalvac

@eriksywu

@eruizdechavez

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@ghareeb-falazi

@girodav

@gmoraleda

@gorbach

@gracewehner

@grvmishra788

@gustavo89587

@hagen-p
maryliag commented on Sep 21, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 21, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@hanshal101

@hardik-choksi

@hussainjamal760

@iamjaeholee

@IbraheemA

@immanuwell

@jamessthompson

@JayeshHire

@jelly-afk

@jiekun

@jijo-OO7

@jmmcorreia

@Joibel

@JorTurFer

@kaisecheng

@karakayasemi

@kevinburke

@khpeet

@kuiperda

@kushalShukla-web

@leiwingqueen

@liustve

@lorenzoronzani

@LoveChauhan-18

@Luffy-nani

@macayu17

@Mandark-droid

@Manvi2402

@mar4uk
maryliag commented on Sep 21, 2026
maryliag
on Sep 21, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@mhennoch

@minuk-dev

@MoosaTae

@MoreraAlejandro

@ms-jcorley

@murphpdx

@namanONcode

@NesterovYehor

@Nick-heo-eg

@nicolastakashi

@onurkybsi

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@postnati

@quentinmit

@raajheshkannaa

@Rajneesh180

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@Rama542

@rashmichandrashekar

@Renegade2345

@richscott

@Rima-ag

@Rishab-And-Abhisekh-joint

@RiyaChaturvedi37

@rohit-sonawane

@salvatore-campagna

@sapatrjv

@SAY-5
maryliag commented on Sep 21, 2026
maryliag
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@sdewitt-newrelic

@seongpil0948

@sgryphon

@sheurich

@shuningc

@sightseeker

@simonbility

@sinkingpoint

@sjmsft

@smehboub

@somaz94

@steveduan-IDME

@steven-freed

@strawgate

@stuart23

@SurbhiAgarwal1

@szibis

@taisho6339

@tank-500m

@tetianakravchenko

@the-mann

@theomagellan

@theSuess

@thisteensy

@tlee768

@tommyzli

@tongoss

@VanshikaNavya

@Vanshul97

@verdie-g

@wikaaaaa

@woodpeqr

@wsmoak
maryliag commented on Sep 21, 2026
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on Sep 21, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@XuechunHou

@YangJonghun

@yashkrishnan

@YASHMAHAKAL

@ycombinator

@ysmnababan

@yuluo-yx
maryliag commented on Oct 21, 2026
maryliag
on Oct 21, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@1aifanatic

@Abhimanyu9988

@abhinav1602

@adityareddy-dev

@aetherxeg-source

@ahmed5145

@amishhhaaaa

@amy-super

@andrii-androshchuk

@athomas9195

@balajz

@bendu

@bsapozhnikov

@c-valdebenito

@codspeed

@Easonliuuuuu

@freben

@GauravR31

@gdivya-nr

@ghdtjdwn

@girishkvs

@git-jxj

@Harish-b-03

@Harshal96

@hippoley

@IsharaEkanayaka

@jochil

@juanjosalco

@kalaivani9721

@kalebpace

@kelseyma

@kijimad

@kingbj940429

@KR-Ravindra

@lizthegrey

@MatthieuNoirbusson

@Narayan201120

@nikhilNava

@niwoerner

@noahfalk

@otelbot-collector-contrib

@Oxygenesis

@padmasri-web

@pavansai

@peschinskiy

@pmariani

@rafaeldtinoco

@rarguelloF

@rastiehaiev

@riccardomenegazzo
maryliag commented on Oct 21, 2026
maryliag
on Oct 21, 2026
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We invite the people mentioned in this comment to vote in the OpenTelemetry Governance Committee, as they have provided more than 20 contributions to the project over the last year via GitHub. Your contributions were comments, code reviews, pull requests, among others. Thank you!

@RichardoMrMu

@Rucha0901

@s3onghyun

@sangkyoonnam

@SatoshiKamiyama

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svrnm commented on Oct 29, 2026
svrnm
on Oct 29, 2026
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The 2026 Governance Committee election is complete. Congratulations to @danielgblanco, @jsuereth, @mx-psi, and @trask, who will each serve a two-year term!

345 of 836 eligible voters cast a ballot (41% participation).

Blog post: https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/gc-elections-results/
Full results: https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/9bad2b3c-d2df-4634-b801-a6926fdd2251/view

Thank you to all candidates, voters, and @alolita and @mtwo for their service on the Governance Committee.
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closed this as completed on Oct 29, 2026

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