Hello everyone, Since no objections have been raised to the developer community governance as outlined below, I'd like to move forward with adopting the version below. *Does anyone know if we need to vote for it? *
Note: I made a few changes from the previous draft. The key ones are: #1: Adding Caleb Welton to the general contributors' list. (Thanks Caleb for your contribution, which has now been merged to the master!). #2: Sorted both lists by the last name. I'd love to put it on our web page before the end of the week. Thanks! Cheers, Jignesh QUICKSTEP DEVELOPER COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE Quickstep is a data platform that is written in C++ and uses advanced C++ techniques including template meta-programming and various abstractions to balance high-performance with extensibility. Thus, a good grasp over C++ concepts is essential for a Quickstep developer. Quickstep has a set of *core contributors* who are collectively the stewards of the project. In addition, there is a set of *general contributors* who contribute individual changes. The initial list of core and general contributors is listed below. Core contributors can close pull requests, except pull requests that they have created (which must be examined and closed by another core contributor). Anyone can open a pull request and once a pull request has been accepted that committer becomes part of the general contributors group. A general contributor can become a core contributor by getting support from at least two core contributors. It is expected that a general contributor will have demonstrated proficiency in understanding and working with the core engine to become part of the core contributors group. To maintain membership in the core contributors group, the contributor must be active in the project in the preceding 6-month period. Membership of the core contributors is examined and determined bi-annually by the Apache Quickstep PPMC. *Core Contributors (as of August 5, 2016:* Harshad Deshmukh Rogers Jeffrey Leo John Hakan Memisoglu Jignesh M. Patel Navneet Potti Saket Saurabh Marc Spehlmann Zuyu Zhang Jianqiao Zhu *Core Collaborators (as of August 5, 2016):* Shoban Chandrabose Craig Chasseur Julian Hyde Yinan Li Rathijit Sen Roman Shaposhnik Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj Siddharth Suresh Caleb Welton > Qiang Zeng
