he third largest contributor to Istio in the last 12 months, we are pleased to announce that Salesforce has earned a Contribution Seat.</p><p>The first <a href=https://github.com/istio/community/tree/master/steering/elections/2020>election for Community Seats</a> begins today. Members have two weeks to nominate themselves, and voting will run from 14 to 27 September. You can learn all about the election in the <code>istio/community</code> repository on GitHub. We&rsquo;re also hosting a special <a href=http