reds of companies that have contributed to Istio in the past year</a>, and uses that metric to proportionally allocate nine Contribution Seats on our Steering Committee.</p><p>Then, four Community Seats are voted for by our project members, with candidates being from companies that did not receive Contribution Seats.</p><p>We are pleased to share the result of this year&rsquo;s calculation, and to kick off our Community Seat election.</p><h2 id=contribution-seats>Contribution seats</h2><p>The calculation fo