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It is based on [this original proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H9E1HKUzgmppLe091aVrHDeEbkPZXEML7_BUSc9Ddxs/edit#) and supersedes that discussion. It is related to #150, #151, #194 and maybe others.\r\n\r\nThe proposal is being discussed in detail at the [netCDF-CF Workshop](https://2019esipsummermeeting.sched.com/event/PtPD/netcdf-cf-workshop-part-i) taking place at ESIP 2019. I hope to use the time where so many members of the community are together in order to prioritize the work, collect feedback and put together a team with the mandate to prepare a full proposal to revise the governance process and propose a straightforward implementation in GitHub.\r\n\r\nThe corresponding pull request is not mature enough for adoption; it is simply there to make the discussion easier to trace at this time.\r\n\r\nPeople who have expressed interest:\r\n@castelao @davidhassell @JonathanGregory @ethanrd @dblodgett-usgs @martinjuckes @DocOtak @kevin-obrien @marqh @zklaus \r\n\r\nTheir contributions have led to improvements in the proposal; nonetheless the changes proposed in this issue's corresponding PR do not necessarily reflect their opinion.\r\n\r\nThis top comment will be used for presenting a summary so we don't have to dig through the history to understand stuff.\r\n\r\n# Open points identified for refinement at workshop\r\n## Governance (finalised at e94a72c)\r\nCF Committee, Standard Name Committee, Governance Panel are all considered \"bodies\" in this context.\r\n- [x] **Do we impose limits on how long members of a committee serve in a \"term\"? If so, how long should that be?** Not explicitly, but their terms expire at the annual meeting. 1ef2457b9bc7ec35eb2b21a0afdd46e01e260b7b\r\n- [x] **Membership in Governance Panel and CF Committee is via invitation from the Governance Panel. Seems to work okay, should we keep this?** Yes. 1ef2457b9bc7ec35eb2b21a0afdd46e01e260b7b\r\n- [x] **Should we \"elect\" chairs and secretaries of the various bodies at regular intervals? Or should they be appointed until they step down?** Elect them at annual meeting. No stance on how the election is carried out. 1ef2457b9bc7ec35eb2b21a0afdd46e01e260b7b\r\n- [x] **Current practice is to combine the CF Committee and the Standard Name Committee. Should we reflect this in the document?** Don't think so at this time.\r\n- [x] **Should we cap the number of people in a given body? If so, how many should that be?** No, but we have an implicit mechanism now that makes the groups shrink automatically. Simultaneously we can make them grow whenever the Governance Panel sees fit. 133cc87\r\n- [x] **Should we \"add support\" for project groups with limited scope and duration?** Yes, 1ef2457b9bc7ec35eb2b21a0afdd46e01e260b7b\r\n- [x] **Should we maintain a record of contributions in each body's doc tree?** Yes, place is undefined as yet. 5727342c \r\n- [x] **Should we mandate the annual meeting?** Yes, acc912d.\r\n- [x] **What release frequency should we use?** Annually, more frequently if really needed. 3e692f29, b8c7b59.\r\n- [x] **What is the role of moderators?** 3e692f29, bbc52e4.\r\n- [x] **How to we keep accessible to people who don't feel comfortable with git, GitHub and asciidoc?** By offering help, 469a971.\r\n\r\n## Implementation in GitHub / procedural stuff\r\nUpdated after telco on 2019-09-02 with @erget @DocOtak\r\n- [x] **Do we use semver?** [Yes.](https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/172#issuecomment-512558577) 1d7c55f.\r\n- [ ] **Who owns docs from the website?** Unknown at this time, but we'll need to mirror this out to the website analog to CF Conventions.\r\n- [x] **Checklist before merges?** Yes. Edit `history.adoc`, update authors, etc. in PR template. 1d7c55f\r\n- [ ] **Move Conformance doc to cf-conventions repo and include in merge checklist?** Yes.\r\n- [x] **Should moderators be an issue's assignee?** Yes, agreed [here](https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/151#issuecomment-512577403).\r\n- [x] **How do we ensure that issues are dealt with in a timely fashion?** Attach the release frequency to the meeting so that changes actually come in. Note explicitly that pre-annual meeting 3 week feature freeze is a feature freeze. Tag stuff for milestones, that's motivating, and it summarises upcoming changes. 54a311a\r\n- [x] **Who sets tags and when?** Secretary, 6 weeks after annual meeting? 1d7c55f\r\n- [x] **When do we delete branches?** Whenever we want as long as they're not protected. Normally after deleting. 1d7c55f\r\n- [ ] **Align descriptive language with GH roles?** Probably in a separate issue but it would make it easier for newcomers. E.g. \"moderator\" could be \"contributor\", \"author\" or some such."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/comments/529431747","html_url":"https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/172#issuecomment-529431747","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/172","id":529431747,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDUyOTQzMTc0Nw==","user":{"login":"JonathanGregory","id":8126248,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjgxMjYyNDg=","avatar_url":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/8126248?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory","html_url":"https://github.com/JonathanGregory","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JonathanGregory/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2019-09-09T11:40:56Z","updated_at":"2019-09-09T11:40:56Z","author_association":"CONTRIBUTOR","body":"I understand, Daniel - thanks very much. J\n"}}
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