Title: Nominations for Core Team Reps: 2025 Edition Author: Sarah Norris Published: December 17, 2024 Last modified: February 4, 2025 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikachan/) [Sarah Norris](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikachan/) 5:02 pm _on_ December 17, 2024 Tags: [team reps ( 21 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/team-reps/) # Nominations for Core Team Reps: 2025 Edition Nominations are now closed. Thank you to everyone who responded. This post kicks off the formal election process with a call for nominations for the 2025 CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps. For 2024, Joe McGill ([@joemcgill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/)) and Sarah Norris ([@mikachan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikachan/)) have served as the elected Core Team Reps. ## The Roles In the WordPress open-source project, each team has on average one or two representatives, abbreviated as reps. For the historians out there, the roles go [way back to 2012](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/team-reps/). Historically with the Core team, the team repTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. duration was around a year, though some reps stuck around longer if there was a particularly good fit. Anyone who serves as a “team rep” is responsible for communicating on behalf of the Core team to the other contributor groups via [weekly updates](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/), as well as occasional cross-team chats. Reps are also consulted on Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of [https://make.wordpress.org/](https://make.wordpress.org/) There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. [https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/), where they help to find someone within the Core team who will be at an event who can lead a Core table. [Full details on the Team Rep role can be found on the Team Update site.](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/team-reps/) **It is not called “team lead” for a reason.**  It’s an administrative role. While people elected as team reps will generally come from the pool of folks that people think of as experienced leaders, the team rep role is designed to change hands regularly. This role has a time commitment of at least one or two hours a week. The main tasks include: * Posting the weekly Dev Chat agenda, hosting the chats, and summarizing them ( which can include writing and encouraging others to contribute to the summaries). [More details on coordinating devchat are available in the Core handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/coordinating-devchat/). * Keeping up with the current releases (mainly WordPress major and minors and GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) bi-weekly releases) and communicating updates. * Keeping a watch on the moving parts of the team to report for quarterly updates( [example](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2018/04/24/quarterly-updates-q1-2018/)). ## How the election works Please **nominate** people in the comments of this post. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline is [January 31, 2025 at 23:59 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20250131T2359). If there are fewer than 2 nominees who have accepted their nominations, the deadline will be extended. Once the nomination period expires, a poll will be opened for **voting**. It will stay open for two weeks. The new reps will start their role in February 2025. **_Disclaimer:_ if you are nominated, please don’t feel like you have to agree to say yes. The election poll will only include the names of the people who have agreed to be nominated. So feel free to reply with a “Thank you, but no thank you”.** If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments or speak to the current team reps. Finally, for reference, these are the [2020](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/04/29/nominations-for-core-team-reps/), [2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/26/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2022/), [2022](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/10/26/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2022/), [2023](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/11/14/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2023-edition/), and [2024](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/12/04/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2024-edition/) nomination posts. _Thanks to _[@joemcgill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/)_ for reviewing this post. [#team-reps](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/team-reps/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/17/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2025-edition/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/17/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2025-edition/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/17/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2025-edition/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/17/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2025-edition/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/17/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2025-edition/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/17/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2025-edition/?share=linkedin) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/08ceef1ebfdbe73f8b1f4e47f5c249efe9796ecea941877abebb70e6d7136515? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Benjamin Zekavica](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/) 6:38 pm _on_ December 17, 2024 3. I am truly honored to have supported the WordPress Community Team as a CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Mentor, and I’m excited to take the next step by nominating myself to represent the WordPress Core Team. This role is an opportunity I’m deeply passionate about. With my experience, dedication, and commitment to collaboration, I’m confident I can contribute effectively as a representative and help drive the Core Team’s goals forward. 4. I would be thrilled to continue serving this incredible community in this capacity! 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6f505c6be9a951929a99becb6b413dcfa583a5ca3dd0f7320766fee1481f0f82? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 8:40 am _on_ January 10, 2025 7. After being CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. for two years in 2020 and 2021, I am proposing myself to handle this role again in 2025. I have the availability for this and an excellent knowledge of the Core team, which I represented first in 2020 with [@francina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) and then in 2021 with [@marybaum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/). 8. For now, only one (great) nomination has been proposed in the last month, so I am adding my name to the list, hoping that other nominations will follow. If many other nominations eventually come forward, then I would be more than happy to give up my place, especially if we can nominate some new faces to this role. 9. In addition to the usual administrative tasks listed in the article above, I would really like the new Core Team Reps to put together and share monthly recaps of the team’s activity on [Make/Updates](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/), much like I used to do with the [previous “A Week in Core” blogpost series](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/week-in-core/). These recaps were quite popular with contributors, allowed us to promote new contributors and allowed people to track the ups and downs of the team’s activity. It’s a shame they are no longer published. Maybe switching to a monthly format would be easier. It would also be interesting to equip ourselves with tools to simplify and automatize this process, and I am available to work on that, whether I am a Team Rep or not. 10. Please everyone do not hesitate to nominate yourself or other people 🙂 11. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/241584c8900ae5ccd62ff4c9db7d58e58bc9e0dc0162d4bdcac2a916d586c7ed? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 12. [Francesca Marano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) 10:50 am _on_ January 10, 2025 13. I am throwing my hat in the ring. After a much-needed break, I am ready to come back and contribute to CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. I have a few names in mind to nominate, but I will check with them first 🙂 Thanks! Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← Summary, Dev Chat, December 11, 2024](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/12/summary-dev-chat-december-11-2024/) [Agenda, Dev Chat, Dec 18, 2024 →](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/17/agenda-dev-chat-dec-18-2024/)