ibutions to Istio based on an <a href=https://github.com/istio/community/blob/master/steering/CONTRIBUTION-FORMULA.md>annually agreed metric</a>.</p><p>According to our <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IIms6OT1DgJ_lbn5433sy5wvqNBIIQgQHoWZvpShSXk/edit#gid=1365082320">seat allocation process</a>, this year Google will be allocated 5 seats and IBM/Red Hat will be allocated 2. As the third largest contributor to Istio in the last 12 months, we are pleased to announce that Huawei has earned two C