The Governance working group of Contributor Strategy aims to assist all CNCF projects with implementing good open source governance practices. If you are looking for the governance documents of SIG-Contributor-Strategy itself, please read CONTRIBUTING.md.
If you are interested in helping with this project, please speak up on #sig-contributor-strategy in CNCF Slack, or on the mailing list.
- Create, share, and maintain documentation on implementing good open source governance for CNCF projects.
- Coach and advise CNCF projects, and prospective projects, leaders in implementing and improving governance.
- Advise the CNCF TOC on updating governance criteria for acceptance and graduation.
The Governance working group is focused on, and restricted to, matters related to CNCF project governance, defined as project participation roles, rules, and procedures. For more information on what governance is, please see the Governance Documentation. As examples, this would include issues like:
- Selection/election process for new Owners
- How to make sure your meetings are really open
- Practical CoC enforcement
- Moving your project from single to multi-company
- Exact diversity requirements for a graduated project
- Online seminars on how to craft your project's governance
- Reviewing, on request by the TOC, the governance for a project currently applying for membership/graduation
The following are examples of things outside of the scope of this working group:
- Recruiting new contributors (this will be handled by Contributor Growth working group)
- CNCF SIG governance (handled by the TOC)
- Drafting legal documents for your project, or choosing a license (we're not attorneys)
The following contributors are currently "members" of this working group:
- Josh Berkus
- April Kyle Nassi
- Dawn Foster
- Jennifer Davis
- Davanum Srinivas
Meetings take place every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 10am PT.
Discussion happens on the contributor strategy mailing list or on #sig-contributor-strategy on CNCF slack.
Currently we have the following content in this working group:
- docs: documents offering advice, processes, implementation details, and other information for project governance. Documents here are for the benefit of project leaders trying to improve their governance.
- draft-requirements: directory of suggested changes to the CNCF requirements for project governance, with supporting materials. Documents in this folder will be shared with the TOC when they revise the acceptance and diligence process.