Governance

Project Governance

This document outlines the governance model for this project. As an individual maintainer, I've created this document to provide transparency around decision-making processes and to establish a foundation for sustainable project development.

Project Vision

This project aims to provide a repository of reusable templates, workflows and documentation for the GitHub platform. The vision is to grow the assets over time to cover more languages, workflows, and applications.

Current Governance

As the sole maintainer, I currently make all project decisions while actively seeking community input. This includes:

• Feature roadmap prioritization
• Pull request reviews and merges
• Issue triage and management
• Release scheduling and versioning
• Community moderation

Decision Making Process

Decisions are made with the following principles in mind:

• Alignment with project vision and goals
• Technical quality and sustainability
• User experience and accessibility
• Community input and needs
• Backward compatibility considerations

For significant changes, I will:

1. Create an issue for discussion
2. Solicit feedback from the community
3. Make decisions transparently with clear rationale
4. Document decisions for future reference

Contribution Process

All contributions are welcome! Please review the Contributing Guide for detailed guidelines.

The general flow is:

1. Open an issue for discussion or select an existing issue
2. Fork the repository and create a branch
3. Make your changes following the code style guidelines
4. Submit a pull request
5. Address review feedback
6. Once approved, changes will be merged

Maintainer Responsibilities

As maintainer, I commit to:

• Respond to issues and pull requests within a reasonable timeframe
• Provide clear feedback on contributions
• Keep the project documentation up to date
• Ensure the codebase remains sustainable and maintainable
• Foster a welcoming, inclusive community environment
• Handle security issues promptly and responsibly

Succession Planning

To ensure project sustainability:

• Documentation is maintained to enable future contributors to understand the project
• The project uses standard tools and practices to lower the barrier for new maintainers
• If I become unavailable or step down, I will seek new maintainers through the following process:
  1. Post an announcement in GitHub Discussions seeking interested contributors
  2. Prioritize contributors with a history of quality contributions to the project
  3. Evaluate candidates based on technical skills, understanding of project goals, and community engagement
  4. Provide a transition period where new maintainers work alongside me before full handover
  5. Transfer repository ownership and administrative rights through GitHub's built-in mechanisms
  6. In case of sudden unavailability, contributors with significant involvement may request ownership transfer through GitHub's abandoned repository process

Code of Conduct

All community interactions are governed by the Code of Conduct. I am responsible for enforcement and addressing code of conduct violations.

Communication Channels

• Issues: Primary place for feature requests, bug reports, and discussions
• Discussions: For general questions and community conversation

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. All contributions must be made under the same license.

Changes to Governance

This document may evolve as the project grows. Significant changes will be:

• Announced via GitHub Discussions
• Open for community discussion before implementation
• Documented with clear reasoning

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