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Expand Up @@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ The table below summarizes project roles and responsibilities. Details are provi

| Role | Requirements | Ongoing Responsibilities | Defined by |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Contributors | At least five (5) contributions to any sub-project. | None | CONTRIBUTORS.md, voted in by current maintainers of the given sub-project |
| Reviewers | An established contributor who regularly participates in the project via issues, PRs and discussions. | Review PRs and provide feedback to contributors. | Voted in by the k0s maintainers, listing in `MAINTAINERS.md`, GitHub organization member. |
| Maintainer | At least ten (10) contributions to a sub-project + Highly experienced and active contributor + Voted in by k0s maintainers. | Monitor project growth, set direction and priorities for a subproject. | Voted in by the k0s maintainers, listing in `MAINTAINERS.md`, GitHub organization member, and repository owner. |
| Contributors | At least five (5) contributions to any sub-project. | None | Voted in by current maintainers of the given sub-project |
| Reviewers | An established contributor who regularly participates in the project via issues, PRs and discussions. | Review PRs and provide feedback to contributors. | Voted in by the k0s maintainers, GitHub organization member. |
| Maintainer | At least ten (10) contributions to a sub-project + Highly experienced and active contributor + Voted in by k0s maintainers. | Monitor project growth, set direction and priorities for a subproject. | Voted in by the k0s maintainers, GitHub organization member, and repository owner. |

All members of the k0s community, with their assinged roles are listed and managed in [maintainers.yaml file](https://github.com/k0sproject/.project/blob/main/maintainers.yaml).

#### Contributors

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To join the k0s project as a Contributor create a Pull Request (PR) in the [k0s repository](https://github.com/k0sproject/k0s) with the following:

1. Changes to add yourself to the [CONTRIBUTORS.md](https://github.com/k0sproject/k0s/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.md) file.
1. Changes to add yourself to the [maintainers.yaml](https://github.com/k0sproject/.project/blob/main/maintainers.yaml) file.
2. Links to your prior contributions (at least five).
3. Links to slack discussions, issue comments, etc.

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- Have issues assigned to them
- Have PRs assigned to them
- Receives a k0s Maintainer Badge
- Listed in `MAINTAINERS.md`
- Listed in [maintainers.yaml](https://github.com/k0sproject/.project/blob/main/maintainers.yaml)

**On-boarding Criteria**

- Voted in by a majority of current maintainers, raised in a PR by the proposed member to add themselves to `MAINTAINERS.md`, during a voting period lasting at least three (3) working days
- Voted in by a majority of current maintainers, raised in a PR by the proposed member to add themselves to [maintainers.yaml](https://github.com/k0sproject/.project/blob/main/maintainers.yaml), during a voting period lasting at least three (3) working days

**Off-boarding Criteria**

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