Merge pull request #5 from matplotlib/steering_council_seed

ENH: Start to grow the steering council

Author: tacaswell

people.md

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Thomas Caswell is the Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL).
 ## Steering Council
 
 - Thomas Caswell
+- Eric Firing
+- Ryan May
+- TBD
+- TBD
+- TBD
+- TBD
 
 NOTE: The Council will be initially formed through BDFL nomination from the set
 of existing Developers who meet the criteria laid out in the governance