Revise post on PD election 2025

Author: traviscross

content/inside-rust/electing-new-project-directors-2025.md

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-path = "inside-rust/2025/08/19/electing-new-project-directors-2025"
+path = "inside-rust/2025/08/20/electing-new-project-directors-2025"
 title = "Electing new Project Directors 2025"
 authors = ["Tomas Sedovic"]
 
 [extra]
-team = "the Leadership Council team"
+team = "the Leadership Council"
 team_url = "https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/leadership-council#team-leadership-council"
 +++
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Today we are launching the process to elect three Project Directors to the Rust
 
 We will briefly explain the goals and procedures here, but this is mostly copy-pasted from [last year's post](https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2024/09/06/electing-new-project-directors/) and the [official process documentation][pde-process].
 
-We ask all Project members to begin working with their Leadership Council representative to nominate potential Project Directors. See the [Candidate Gathering](#candidate-gathering) section for more details. Nominations are due by September 18, 2025.
+We ask all Project members to begin working with their Leadership Council representative to nominate potential Project Directors. See the [candidate gathering](#candidate-gathering) section for more details. Nominations are due by September 18, 2025.
 
 [pde-process]: https://github.com/rust-lang/leadership-council/blob/main/policies/project-directorship/election-process.md
 
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ We want to make sure the Project Directors can effectively represent the Project
 
 ## Candidate gathering
 
-The first phase is beginning right now. In this phase, we are inviting the members of all of the top level Rust teams and their subteams to nominate people who will make good Project Directors. The goal is to bubble these up to the Council through each of the top-level teams. You should be hearing from your Council Representative soon with more details, but if not, feel free to reach out to them directly.
+The first phase is beginning right now. In this phase, we are inviting the members of all of the top level Rust teams and their subteams to nominate people who would make good Project Directors. The goal is to bubble these up to the Council through each of the top-level teams. You should be hearing from your Council representative soon with more details, but if not, feel free to reach out to that person directly.
 
-Each team is encouraged to suggest candidates. Since we are electing two new directors, it would be ideal for teams to nominate at least two candidates. Nominees can be anyone in the Project and do not have to be a member of the team who nominates them.
+Each team is encouraged to suggest candidates. Since we are electing three directors, it would be ideal for teams to nominate at least two candidates. Nominees can be anyone in the Project and do not have to be a member of the team who nominates them.
 
-The candidate gathering process will be open until September 18, at which point each team's Council Representative will share their team's nominations and reasoning with the whole Leadership Council. At this point, the Council will confirm with each of the nominees that they are willing to accept the nomination and fill the role of Project Director. Then the Council will publish the set of candidates.
+The candidate gathering process will be open until September 18, at which point each team's Council representative will share that team's nominations and reasoning with the whole Leadership Council. At this point, the Council will confirm with the nominees that they are willing to accept the nomination and fill the role of Project Director if selected. Then the Council will publish the set of candidates.
 
-This then starts a ten day period where members of the Rust Project are invited to share feedback on the nominees with the Council. This feedback can include reasons why a nominee would make a good Project director, or concerns the Council should be aware of.
+This then starts a period where members of the Rust Project are invited to share feedback on the nominees with the Council. This feedback can include reasons why a nominee would make a good Project Director or concerns the Council should be aware of.
 
 The Council will announce the set of nominees by September 19 and the feedback period will last until October 2. Once this time has passed, we will move on to the election phase.
 
 ## Election
 
-The Council will meet on of October 3 to complete the election process. In this meeting we will discuss each candidate and once we have done this the facilitator will propose a set of two of them to be the new Project Directors. The facilitator puts this to a vote, and if the Council unanimously agrees with the proposed pair of candidates then the process is completed. Otherwise, we will give another opportunity for council members to express their objections and we will continue with another proposal. This process repeats until we find two nominees who the Council can unanimously consent to. The Council will then confirm these nominees through an official vote.
+The Council will meet on October 3 to complete the election process. In this meeting we will discuss each candidate and once we have done this the facilitator will propose a set of three to be the new Project Directors. The facilitator puts this to a vote, and if the Council unanimously agrees with the proposed set of candidates then the process is complete. Otherwise, we will give another opportunity for council members to express their objections and we will continue with another proposal. This process repeats until we find a set of nominees to whom the Council can unanimously consent. The Council will then confirm these nominees through an official vote delivered to the Foundation.
 
 Once this is done, we will announce the new Project Directors. In addition, we will contact each of the nominees, including those who were not elected, to offer feedback. For those who accept feedback we will follow up to tell them a little bit more about what we saw as their strengths and opportunities for growth to help them serve better in similar roles in the future.