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 ## Project Governance

 Edwin Kempin (Google) led an effort to define a clear governance model for the
 project, with the following goals:

 1. Have clear project governance rules, including a steering committee
    for decision making.
 2. Establish a new contribution process for large/complex features that
    requires to write a design doc first.
 3. Offer mentorships to make contributions easier and faster, and raise
    the quality of new features.
 4. Appoint a community manager, who focuses on the health of the
    Gerrit community and constantly improves community processes.

 Edwin proposed several [documentation changes](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/q/hashtag:proposal-for-better-collaboration)
 to define the new governance model. Prior to the hackathon in Munich there had been
 extensive discussion on the reviews of the changes, with concerns being raised by
 Martin Fick and Nasser Grainawi (Qualcomm). During the hackathon the proposed
 governance model was discussed face-to-face by the attendees and Nasser Grainawi
 who joined via remote dial-in.

 Notes from the discussion are available
 [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XPRpJo-0rwg0D5ZBiO9l00_Nqkem5Htc6vk_iddYfZ0/edit).

 The proposed process was unanimously accepted by all the maintainers and
 contributors present at the hackathon, despite the concerns from Qualcomm. The
 changes were then submitted after removing a blocking vote from Martin Fick. For further
 details see
 [Dave Borowitz's comment on change #223472](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/gerrit/+/223472/4#message-36f23fee51487933d33caf677764bf348a165ee6)
 along with the review history of that change.

 The new documentation is published on gerrit-review.googlesource.com
 [here](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/dev-community.html),
 and work is ongoing to update the project homepage with related information.

 ## Engineering Steering Committee (ESC)

 Following acceptance of the new project governance model, Han-Wen Nienhuys
 announced that the Google-appointed members of the ESC will be Alice Kober-Sotzek,
 Ben Rohlfs, and Patrick Hiesel.

 A call was then made to nominate non-Google members. David Ostrovsky nominated
 Luca Milanesio (GerritForge) and David Pursehouse (CollabNet). There were no
 other nominations. The nominations from David Ostrovksy were unanimously
 accepted by all attendees at the hackathon, which included the majority of the
 non-Google maintainers.

 ## Community Managers

 Han-Wen Nienhuys announced that Edwin Kempin will be the Google-appointed
 community manager, and a call was made to nominate a non-Google member.

 Saša Živkov (SAP) nominated Matthias Sohn (SAP), and Marco Miller (Ericsson)
 also expressed an interest in taking the role. After discussion with Edwin,
 it was decided that they would form a trio of community managers.

 ## Hackathon in Munich

 From 13 to 17 May,
 [around 20 core developers and maintainers](https://twitter.com/DevilJackj/status/1129287522297810944)
 from Google, GerritForge, CollabNet, SAP, Ericsson and Axis gathered
 for a hackathon at the Google office in Munich.

 The major achievements during the hackathon were:

 * Gerrit version 3.0.0 was finalized and released. See
   [this GerritForge blog post](https://gitenterprise.me/2019/05/20/gerrit-v3-0-is-here/)
   for details.

 * The new community governance process was finalized.

 * The new checks plugin was integrated with GerritForge CI. See the
   [mailing list announcement here](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/repo-discuss/rHIjzIlPzqY/zAGOaG6MAwAJ).

 Changes created during the hackathon can be found on gerrit-review with
 the
 [muc-2019 hashtag](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/q/hashtag:muc-2019). A more
 detailed report of the hackathon will come later.

 ## Dave Borowitz leaves the project

 Shortly before the Munich hackathon Dave Borowitz
 [announced](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/repo-discuss/ySP84Q0DHsw)
 that he will leave the project to move on to another opportunity within Google.

 ## Community Calendar

 Edwin Kempin created a
 [public calendar](https://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=google.com_ubb1pla6ij785oqbjr61h4vdis@group.calendar.google.com)
 which will contain community events like user summits and hackathons.
 In future we will likely also create calendar entries for upcoming releases etc.
	---
	title: "Gerrit Project News #2: April-May 2019"
	tags: news
	keywords: news
	permalink: 2019-05-18-gerrit-news-apr-may-2019.html
	summary: "Gerrit project news from April and May 2019."
	hide_sidebar: true
	hide_navtoggle: true
	toc: true
	---

	## Project Governance

	Edwin Kempin (Google) led an effort to define a clear governance model for the
	project, with the following goals:

	1. Have clear project governance rules, including a steering committee
	for decision making.
	2. Establish a new contribution process for large/complex features that
	requires to write a design doc first.
	3. Offer mentorships to make contributions easier and faster, and raise
	the quality of new features.
	4. Appoint a community manager, who focuses on the health of the
	Gerrit community and constantly improves community processes.

	Edwin proposed several [documentation changes](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/q/hashtag:proposal-for-better-collaboration)
	to define the new governance model. Prior to the hackathon in Munich there had been
	extensive discussion on the reviews of the changes, with concerns being raised by
	Martin Fick and Nasser Grainawi (Qualcomm). During the hackathon the proposed
	governance model was discussed face-to-face by the attendees and Nasser Grainawi
	who joined via remote dial-in.

	Notes from the discussion are available
	[here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XPRpJo-0rwg0D5ZBiO9l00_Nqkem5Htc6vk_iddYfZ0/edit).

	The proposed process was unanimously accepted by all the maintainers and
	contributors present at the hackathon, despite the concerns from Qualcomm. The
	changes were then submitted after removing a blocking vote from Martin Fick. For further
	details see
	[Dave Borowitz's comment on change #223472](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/gerrit/+/223472/4#message-36f23fee51487933d33caf677764bf348a165ee6)
	along with the review history of that change.

	The new documentation is published on gerrit-review.googlesource.com
	[here](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/dev-community.html),
	and work is ongoing to update the project homepage with related information.

	## Engineering Steering Committee (ESC)

	Following acceptance of the new project governance model, Han-Wen Nienhuys
	announced that the Google-appointed members of the ESC will be Alice Kober-Sotzek,
	Ben Rohlfs, and Patrick Hiesel.

	A call was then made to nominate non-Google members. David Ostrovsky nominated
	Luca Milanesio (GerritForge) and David Pursehouse (CollabNet). There were no
	other nominations. The nominations from David Ostrovksy were unanimously
	accepted by all attendees at the hackathon, which included the majority of the
	non-Google maintainers.

	## Community Managers

	Han-Wen Nienhuys announced that Edwin Kempin will be the Google-appointed
	community manager, and a call was made to nominate a non-Google member.

	Saša Živkov (SAP) nominated Matthias Sohn (SAP), and Marco Miller (Ericsson)
	also expressed an interest in taking the role. After discussion with Edwin,
	it was decided that they would form a trio of community managers.

	## Hackathon in Munich

	From 13 to 17 May,
	[around 20 core developers and maintainers](https://twitter.com/DevilJackj/status/1129287522297810944)
	from Google, GerritForge, CollabNet, SAP, Ericsson and Axis gathered
	for a hackathon at the Google office in Munich.

	The major achievements during the hackathon were:

	* Gerrit version 3.0.0 was finalized and released. See
	[this GerritForge blog post](https://gitenterprise.me/2019/05/20/gerrit-v3-0-is-here/)
	for details.

	* The new community governance process was finalized.

	* The new checks plugin was integrated with GerritForge CI. See the
	[mailing list announcement here](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/repo-discuss/rHIjzIlPzqY/zAGOaG6MAwAJ).

	Changes created during the hackathon can be found on gerrit-review with
	the
	[muc-2019 hashtag](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/q/hashtag:muc-2019). A more
	detailed report of the hackathon will come later.

	## Dave Borowitz leaves the project

	Shortly before the Munich hackathon Dave Borowitz
	[announced](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/repo-discuss/ySP84Q0DHsw)
	that he will leave the project to move on to another opportunity within Google.

	## Community Calendar

	Edwin Kempin created a
	[public calendar](https://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=google.com_ubb1pla6ij785oqbjr61h4vdis@group.calendar.google.com)
	which will contain community events like user summits and hackathons.
	In future we will likely also create calendar entries for upcoming releases etc.