# Call for full re-election of the Steering Committee

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/call-for-full-re-election-of-the-steering-committee/70208
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [October 1, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/call-for-full-re-election-of-the-steering-committee/70208 "2025-10-01T17:03:34Z")
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### Author: ![ElvishJerricco](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/elvishjerricco/32/984_2.png) [@ElvishJerricco](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/ElvishJerricco)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/call-for-full-re-election-of-the-steering-committee/70208/101 "2025-10-08T10:24:31Z")

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> [@psionik](#):
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> not give in to a pressure campaign that turns out to be a hot-headed overreaction

I do not believe this was a hot-headed overreaction and I don’t appreciate you phrasing this like fact. The SC destroyed the moderation team due to their poor leadership. And yes, it _is_ the SC’s fault.

- [The SC’s job this year was to create new systems of governance, not directly control the actions of moderation.](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828/16) This is a fundamental failure of their _purpose_ as a body.
- The SC was either out of touch enough not to realize they would trigger the mass resignation, or they didn’t care. Either possibility is a major failure to care for those they govern.
- Regardless of whether or not the [leaks](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-sc-prepared-to-lie-to-us-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-whistleblow/70103) constituted lying, they absolutely revealed that the SC had _no_ consensus on _why_ they were making that decision, and clearly did not understand the decision itself. It’s a major failure in careful decision making.

I ranked a majority of last year’s election winners high on my ballot, and even endorsed one of them. I find them all brilliant people in their own ways. Today, I don’t think running the SC is right for _any_ of them, because this failure was multi-faceted and enormous. This is despite wishing to see all of them continue to be valuable contributors in other ways.

This is not an overreaction. I still call for a full re-election.

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