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| Role | Requirements | Responsibilities | Privileges |
| -----| ---------------- | ------------ | -------|
| [Member](#member) | Sponsor from 2 approvers, active in community, contributed to Volcano | Welcome and guide new contributors | Volcano GitHub organization Member |
| [Reivewer](#reviewer) | Sponsor from 2 maintainers, has basic experience and knowledge of domain, actively contributed to code and review | Review contributions from community members | Write access to specific packages in relevant repository |
| [Reviewer](#reviewer) | Sponsor from 2 maintainers, has basic experience and knowledge of domain, actively contributed to code and review | Review contributions from community members | Write access to specific packages in relevant repository |
| [Approver](#approver) | Sponsor from 2 maintainers, has good experience and knowledge of domain, actively contributed to code and review | Review and approve contributions from community members | Write access to specific packages in relevant repository |
| [Maintainer](#maintainer) | Sponsor from 2 owners, shown good technical judgement in feature design/development and PR review | Participate in release planning and feature development/maintenance | Top level write access to relevant repository. Name entry in Maintainers file of the repository |
| [Owner](#owner) | Sponsor from 3 owners, helps drive the overall Volcano project | Drive the overall technical roadmap of the project and set priorities of activities in release planning | Volcano GitHub organization Admin access |
| [Maintainer](#maintainer) | Sponsor from 2 maintainers, shown good technical judgement in architecture and evolution of Volcano and PR review | Participate in release planning and feature development/maintenance | Top level write access to relevant repository. Name entry in Maintainers file of the repository |


**Note :** It is mandatory for all Volcano community members to follow Volcano [Code of Conduct](./code_of_conduct.md).
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### Requirements

- Sponsor from 2 owners
- Sponsor from 2 maintainers
- Approver for at least 2 months
- Nominated by a project owner
- Good technical judgement in feature design/development
- Nominated by a project maintainer
- Good technical judgement in architecture and evolution of Volcano

### Responsibilities and privileges

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- Name entry in Maintainers file of the repository
- Participate & Drive design/development of multiple features

## Owner

Owners are maintainers who have helped drive the overall project direction.
Has deep understanding of Volcano and related domain and facilitates major agreement in release planning

### Requirements

- Sponsor from 3 owners
- Maintainer for at least 2 months
- Nominated by a project owner
- Not opposed by any project owner
- Helped in driving the overall project

### Responsibilities and Privileges

- Make technical decisions for the overall project
- Drive the overall technical roadmap of the project
- Set priorities of activities in release planning
- Guide and mentor all other community members
- Ensure all community members are following Code of Conduct
- Although given admin access to all repositories, make sure all PRs are properly reviewed and merged
- May get admin access to relevant repository based on requirement
- Participate & Drive design/development of multiple features


**Note :** These roles are applicable only for Volcano github organization and repositories. Currently Volcano doesn't have a formal process for review and acceptance into these roles. We will come-up with a process soon.


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