From cbfa7f34cf3ffd097046b8da3c9b4a7012abc89d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lindsey Heagy Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:24:53 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] distinguished contributors include a Distinguished Contributors category in the governance. This is loosely modelled after the Jupyter community (https://jupyter.org/governance/distinguished_contributors.html). --- governance.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/governance.md b/governance.md index c58e11e..62533ac 100644 --- a/governance.md +++ b/governance.md @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The Project roles are: - BDFL - Maintainers - Owners +- Distinguished Contributors - Community ### Founders @@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ These people are the “Owners” of the SimPEG GitHub organization: - Rowan Cockett ([@rowanc1](https://github.com/rowanc1)) - Lindsey Heagy ([@lheagy](https://github.com/lheagy)) +### Distinguished Contributors +SimPEG Distinguished Contributors are a group of SimPEG community members who have gone above and beyond in their support of the project over the years, making substantial and sustained contributions in any area of activity (software development, documentation, community engagement, events, etc.). The SimPEG community confers membership in this group as a way of recognizing and celebrating their efforts as well as thanking these community members for their contributions. + +The SimPEG distinguished contributors can be viewed here: TODO + +Nominations to the SimPEG distinguished contributors can be made at any time. For the inaugural year, nominations are submitted to the project Founders by email (info@simpeg.xyz; subject: SimPEG Distinguished Contributor Nomination). Nominations should include a brief description of the contributions of the nominee and a citation that will be included in the SimPEG distinguished contributors page to celebrate their contributions. + ### Community Discussion Channels Conversation and consensus building are an important part of SimPEG governance, and thus here, we specify the main communication channels used by The Project.