From c79d36d63a2b7776ae7d62f02d47077b72302eef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Morgan Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:39:32 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] add STEERING.md (#5607) * add STEERING.md Signed-off-by: William Morgan --- STEERING.md | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 STEERING.md diff --git a/STEERING.md b/STEERING.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c6504434c --- /dev/null +++ b/STEERING.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +# Linkerd Steering Committee Charter + +The goal of the Linkerd Steering Committee is to ensure that Linkerd meets the +needs of its current and future users. The Steering Committee represents the +voice of the user, and works with the Linkerd maintainers to help guide +development efforts towards solving concrete and immediate problems for Linkerd +adopters. + +## Responsibilities + +The Steering Committee’s responsibilities are to: + +1. Provide feedback to project maintainers about Linkerd's featureset, UX, and + operational model. +2. Assist Linkerd maintainers in prioritizing upcoming roadmap items and + planned work. +3. Represent the "voice of the Linkerd user" both internally and to the broader + community. +4. Provide neutral mediation for non-technical disputes. +5. Develop and maintain a project continuity plan. + +## Membership + +The Steering Committee comprises at most 7 people. To be eligible for +membership in the Steering Committee, you must: + +1. Be responsible for a production Linkerd deployment of non-trivial size +2. Be willing and able to attend regularly-scheduled Steering Committee + meetings +3. Abide by Linkerd's Code of Conduct. + +Candidates for membership will be nominated by current Steering Committee +members or by Linkerd maintainers. If there are more nominations than Steering +Committee seats remaining, the same group shall vote on the candidates, and the +candidates with the most votes will become Steering Committee members. Any ties +will be broken by Linkerd maintainers. + +Membership expires if any of the eligibility conditions is unmet, or after one +year. Members may seek reinstatement immediately in accordance with the rules +above. + +## Meetings + +Meetings will happen periodically not less than once a quarter. Recordings and +minutes will be posted publicly. + +## Changes to this charter + +Changes to this charter must be approved by a majority of Steering Committee +members and a majority of Linkerd maintainers.