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+title: "Leadership Council March 2025 Representative Selections"
+author: Eric Huss
+team: Leadership Council <https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/leadership-council>
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+The selection process for representatives on the [Leadership Council] is starting today.
+
+Every six months, half of the council terms end.
+The following teams are up to choose their representative for the next year:
+
+* [Compiler]
+* [Devtools]
+* [Launching Pad]
+
+We are aiming to have the teams confirm their choices by March 21, 2025, and for any possible new members to be ready to join the council meetings starting March 28th.
+
+[Leadership Council]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/leadership-council
+[compiler]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/compiler
+[devtools]: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/dev-tools
+[launching pad]: https://forge.rust-lang.org/governance/council.html#the-launching-pad-top-level-team
+
+## Criteria for representatives
+
+Any member of the top-level team or a member of any of their subteams is eligible to be the representative.
+See [candidate criteria] for a description of what makes a good representative.
+
+[candidate criteria]: https://forge.rust-lang.org/governance/council.html#candidate-criteria
+
+There is a limit of at most two people affiliated with the same company or other legal entity being on the council [^affiliates].
+During the selection process, the council will consider the affiliation of candidates to decide if all choices will be compatible with that constraint.
+Note that the council is currently investigating clarifications and changes to affiliation limits, but we do not expect these changes to be ready before this selection process is over.
+
+Representatives may serve multiple terms if the team decides to choose the same representative again.
+There is a soft limit of three terms.[^limit]
+It is recommended that teams rotate their representatives if possible to help avoid burnout and to spread the experience to a broader group of people.
+
+[^affiliates]: See [Limits on representatives from a single company/entity](https://forge.rust-lang.org/governance/council.html#limits-on-representatives-from-a-single-companyentity)
+
+[^limit]: See [Term limits](https://forge.rust-lang.org/governance/council.html#term-limits).
+
+## What do Representatives do?
+
+A representative provides a voice on the council to represent the interests of their teams and contribute to the long-term success of the Rust Project.
+A detailed description of the role may be found at the [Representative Role Description][role].
+
+[role]: https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/blob/main/roles/council-representative.md
+
+## How should teams make their selection?
+
+The Leadership Council has put together a recommended [Representative Selection Guide][guide] for how teams should choose their representative.
+It is not a requirement that teams follow this guide; top-level teams may choose their own process.
+
+[guide]: https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/blob/main/guides/representative-selection.md