From 5235293623bfbe62301d8514c6055d321f0aad06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hodgson Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 14:50:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] spell out the Core Team a bit more --- proposals/1779-open-governance.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/proposals/1779-open-governance.md b/proposals/1779-open-governance.md index 2c67a5ca..6f8af97d 100644 --- a/proposals/1779-open-governance.md +++ b/proposals/1779-open-governance.md @@ -328,16 +328,27 @@ Foundation relative to Matthew & Amandine’s day jobs at New Vector. Guardians volunteer their time for free to work on the project. -## The Core Team +## The Code Core Team (aka The Core Team) -"The Core Team" is a loose term that describes the set of people with access to -commit code to the public https://github.com/matrix-org repositories, who are -either working on matrix.org's reference implementations or the spec itself. -Commit access is decided by those responsible for the projects in question, much -like any other open source project. Anyone is eligible for commit access if -they have proved themselves a valuable long-term contributor, upholds the -guiding principles and mission of the project and have proved themselves able to -collaborate constructively with the existing core team. +The "Core Team" (or the "Code Core Team", to disambiguate from the Spec Core +Team) is a loose term that describes the set of people with access to commit +code to the public https://github.com/matrix-org repositories, who are either +working on matrix.org's reference implementations or the spec itself. Commit +access is decided by those responsible for the projects in question, much like +any other open source project. Anyone is eligible for commit access if they +have proved themselves a valuable long-term contributor, upholds the guiding +principles and mission of the project and have proved themselves able to +collaborate constructively with the existing core team. Active participation in +the core team is also signified by membership of the +matrix:matrix.org Matrix +community. + +TODO: spell out some responsibilities. Erik suggests something like: + * Helping to ensure the quality of the projects' repositories + * That all projects follow the Matrix spec + * Engaging with the people in a way that fosters a healthy and happy community + * Following the Guiding Principles and promoting them within the community + +Code Core Team members volunteer their time for free to work on the project. ## Responsibilities for the Foundation