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Kubeflow Working Group Governance Proposal

Objective

1. Define the processes for forming and governing Kubeflow working groups.
2. Push technical and project decision making down to WGs
3. Push operational responsibilities(releases, testing, etc...) down to WGs

Background

In 2019 the Kubeflow community approved the Kubeflow Governance Model. A major pillar of KF's governance model is working groups that own subprojects. At the time, formation of WGs and the precise processes by which WGs would operate was delayed until KF was large enough to warrant WGs.

KF has now reached a size where forming WGs is critical to sustaining and growing the community.

This proposal aims to formalize the governance of WGs. The proposal is based on how Kubernetes SIGs operate. In particular, the following docs were used as starting points and then adopted to fit Kubeflow:

Original(Kubernetes)	Kubeflow
Lifecycle of SIGs and Working Groups	Lifecycle
SIG Governance	WG Governance
SIG Charter Guide	WG Charter Guide
SIG Governance Requirements	WG Governance Requirements
SIG Charter Template	WG Charter Template
Community membership	Community membership

References

• Kubeflow Governance Model
• KF WG Nominations