Foundation Technical Advisory Committee election timeline

Following the new governance plan, the OpenSSL Foundation invites members of the OpenSSL community to nominate themselves for the Foundation Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). As the name implies, this committee will advise the Foundation on technical aspects of the OpenSSL project. Together with the Corporation TAC, it replaces the OpenSSL Technical Committee (OTC).

As with the BAC nomination process, there will be 6 seats designated for these 6 sub-communities:

• Academics
• Committers
• Distributions
• Individuals
• Large Businesses
• Small Businesses

Nominees must be prepared to spend up to 10% of work hours on committee duties, be able to attend an in-person meeting in Europe, and write a brief statement about how they will represent their community. Based on what we learned from the BAC elections we’re giving potential nominees a bit more time to prepare.

Election timeline

• Now—Everyone interested in nominating or voting should join the appropriate group.
• March 17–April 13 (4 weeks)—Nominations and Candidate Vetting
• April 14 – April 27 (2 weeks)—Voting
• April 28—Results Announcement

We are also holding joint Q&A sessions with the OpenSSL Corporation at the following times:

1. Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
   Time: 2pm Pacific Time (2100 UTC)
   Duration: 30 minutes
2. Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
   Time: 9am Pacific Time (1600 UTC)
   Duration: 30 minutes

Representatives from both the Foundation and Corporation will be available to answer questions. (More details to come.)

Please consider whether you will nominate yourself. This is your opportunity to participate in planning the technical future of OpenSSL.