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elections/2021/governance-committee-election.md

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 see the [election announcements issue](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/issues/852). If your code contributions do not meet
 eligibility requirements, but you believe your non-code contributions
 should make you eligible to vote, you can request an exemption by submitting
-an exemption request form [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TncjWYD6i43jPOZNfVl3_HlgVMUXZBlbvwxH0VVgMns).
+an exemption request form here \[outdated link removed\].
 
 One of two options will be available in the form to prove eligibility:
 

elections/2023/governance-committee-candidates.md

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 Description of candidate
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+
+### Austin Parker
+![Austin Parker](static/austin-parker.jpg)
+
+- Company: Embargoed until 2nd Week of October
+- GitHub: [austinlparker](https://github.com/austinlparker)
+
+Austin Parker is the Community Maintainer of OpenTelemetry and long-term
+contributor. They have been involved in the project since inception, and have
+been a consistent advocate, organizer, and contributor. Austin has been a
+maintainer of the Communications and Demo SIGs, a co-chair and organizer of
+Observability Day event at KubeCon EU and NA, has authored two books on
+distributed tracing and OpenTelemetry, and is an overall swell person.
+
+If elected, Austin will continue to work on community advocacy, outreach, and
+contributor experience. OpenTelemetry is only as successful as it is because of
+its community, and the GC's role is to nurture and guide that community. They
+will prioritize efforts to increase the contributor and maintainer community
+size, ensure that the project is welcoming and inclusive, and to guide the
+project towards graduation and long-term success.
+
+### Juraci Paixão Kröhling
+![Juraci Paixão Kröhling](static/jpkroehling.webp)
+- Company: Grafana Labs
+- GitHub: [jpkrohling](https://github.com/jpkrohling)
+
+I'm Juraci Paixão Kröhling, a passionate open-source software engineer, and I'm
+seeking your support for my re-election to the OpenTelemetry Governing Board. My
+commitment to the project runs deep and I have chosen an employer willing to
+sponsor my upstream work full time. Since my election in 2021, I've actively
+contributed to the OpenTelemetry project and the wider observability community.
+Here are some concrete examples of what I've accomplished during my tenure
+2021-2023:
+
+* Established the joint GC/TC call as an avenue for communication between the
+  two groups
+* Helped make the project more popular by talking about it at podcasts,
+  conferences, and other similar events
+* Attended the first in-person OTel leadership summit, discussing current
+  challenges to the project and what we can do to overcome them
+* Mediated conflicts, with the goal of keeping the OTel community welcoming to
+  new members
+* Actively proposed, reviewed, and voted on changes to the project
+* Coordinated the participation of the OpenTelemetry project in the
+  [Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org/) internship programs, successfully
+  recruiting mentors among the OpenTelemetry maintainers
+* Volunteered to be a sponsor for the SIG Security, taking an active
+  participation there
+* Connected people from different parts of the community based on the broader
+  community view I obtained as being part of the board
+
+As an engineer, I’m active in communities around the SIG Collector, where I’m an
+[approver in the
+core](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#contributing)
+repository, and [maintainer in the
+contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/#contributing)
+repository, being the author or code owner for several components, including the
+[load-balancing
+exporter](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/loadbalancingexporter#trace-idservice-name-aware-load-balancing-exporter)
+and [tail-sampling
+processor](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/processor/tailsamplingprocessor#tail-sampling-processor),
+which together allow open-source users to achieve a scalable tail-sampling
+deployment without getting locked-in with specific vendors. I’m also the creator
+of the [OpenTelemetry Operator for
+Kubernetes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator), having
+successfully fostered a community around it that is able to continue evolving
+further even after I gave up on maintainership to focus on other OTel areas.
+Overall, I’m very proud of my contributions to the project, placing me among the
+[top 10
+contributors](https://opentelemetry.devstats.cncf.io/d/9/developer-activity-counts-by-repository-group-table?orgId=1&var-period_name=Last%202%20years&var-metric=contributions&var-repogroup_name=All&var-country_name=All)
+to the project since the last election.
+
+My commitment to the project and the wider observability community goes beyond
+the technical contributions: I was part of the [Program Committee for
+several](https://www.credly.com/users/juraci-paixao-krohling/badges) editions of
+KubeCon, including North America (2023, 2022, 2021), Europe (2023, 2022, 2021),
+and China (2020). I also participated as a speaker or panel member in events
+like OTel Unplugged, Observability Day, KubeCon EU and NA, among others. As a
+side project, I run [Dose de Telemetria](https://linktr.ee/dosedetelemetria),
+where I produce quality and up-to-date content once a week about Observability
+and Monitoring with a strong focus on OpenTelemetry in my native language,
+Portuguese. Due to my community contributions I have been selected as a [CNCF
+Ambassador](https://www.cncf.io/people/ambassadors/?_sft_lf-country=de&_sft_lf-expertise=technical&_sft_lf-project=opentelemetry&p=juraci-paixao-krohling)
+in 2023.
+
+If re-elected, I will continue to actively contribute, collaborate, foster
+collaboration, and drive the project's success. Your vote will enable me to
+further advance OpenTelemetry's mission and impact. Similar to last time, my
+main focus will be on ensuring that our decisions continue to be compatible with
+the interests of the broader open-source observability ecosystem, including
+users, developers, projects, and vendors. In addition, I’ll continue
+OpenTelemetry’s participation in Outreachy by recruiting maintainers to become
+mentors of new interns. My goal is to participate in all Outreachy cohorts for
+the next two years.
+
+For your reference, my 2021 platform can be found
+[here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/elections/2021/governance-committee-candidates.md#Juraci-Paix%C3%A3o-Kr%C3%B6hling).
+
+Thank you for your support in ensuring the continued growth and success of
+OpenTelemetry.