Last year we announced that Istio would transform from an indefinitely-appointed Technical Oversight Committee to a regularly elected body, with members serving two-year terms. Each year, three of the six seats are elected. To bootstrap the process, we announced the 2025 election would cover the seats held by the three longest-serving members. One of those three seats became vacant, prompting a by-election. Long-time maintainer Costin Manolache won that election. We thank Costin for his conti...