From ceb70778e48d43471447a8d68f46cfb0acc57b1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stian Thorgersen Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 08:24:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update governance model around changes in maintainership (#29292) * Update governance model around changes in maintainership Signed-off-by: stianst * Update GOVERNANCE.md * Update GOVERNANCE.md Co-authored-by: Stan Silvert --------- Signed-off-by: stianst Co-authored-by: Stan Silvert --- GOVERNANCE.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 4cd0dbb39a9..d72c7beff1c 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -72,7 +72,14 @@ For the nominee to be accepted as a maintainer at least 2/3 of existing maintain ### Changes in Maintainership -Maintainers can be removed if at least 2/3 of existing maintainers agree. +Every 6 months (March and September) active maintainers fill in a survey covering what they have been doing as a maintainer +for the last period, and what they are planning on focusing on in the next period. The survey is not made publicly +available, but is shared with existing maintainers. This serves two purposes; firstly for the maintainers group to better +understand what each maintainer is focusing on, and secondly to identify maintainers that are no longer active. + +In the majority of cases a maintainer is removed by the maintainer stepping down themselves (by sending an email to +keycloak-maintainers(at)googlegroups.com). However, in exceptional circumstances a maintainer can also be removed with +2/3 of votes from existing maintainers. ## Contributing Changes