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18 changes: 16 additions & 2 deletions GOVERNANCE.md
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Expand Up @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ To become a maintainer you need to demonstrate the following:
* contribute 10 non-trivial pull requests and have them merged into master,
* ability to write good code,
* ability to collaborate with the team,
* understanding of how the team works (policies, processes for testing and code review, etc),
* understanding of how the team works (policies, processes for testing and code review, etc),
* understanding of the projects' code base and coding style.

A new maintainer must be proposed by an existing maintainer by sending a message to the
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## Changes in Maintainership

Maintainers can be removed by a 2/3 majority vote by maintainers.
We do not expect anyone to make a permanent commitment to be a Jaeger maintainer forever. After all, circumstances change,
people get new jobs, new interests, and may not be able to continue contributing to the project. At the same time, we need
to keep the list of maintainers current in order to have effective governance. People may be removed from the current list
of maintaners via one of the following ways:
* They can resign
* If they stop contributing to the project for a period of 6 months or more
* By a 2/3 majority vote by maintainers

Former maintainers can be reinstated to full maintainer status through the same process of
[Becoming a Maintainer](#becoming-a-maintainer) as first-time nominees.

## Emeritus Maintainers

Former maintainers are recognized with an honorary _Emeritus Maintainer_ status, and have their names permanently
listed in the README as a form of gratitude for their contributions.

## GitHub Project Administration

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Expand Up @@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING](./CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Maintainers

Below are the official maintainers of the Jaeger project. Please use `@jaegertracing/jaeger-maintainers` to tag them on issues / PRs.
Rules for becoming a maintainer are defined in the [GOVERNANCE](./GOVERNANCE.md) document.
Below are the official maintainers of the Jaeger project.
Please use `@jaegertracing/jaeger-maintainers` to tag them on issues / PRs.

* [@black-adder](https://github.com/black-adder)
* [@joe-elliott](https://github.com/joe-elliott)
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