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+# Kubernetes SIG Governance
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+In order to standardize Special Interest Group efforts, create maximum transparency, and route contributors to the appropriate SIG, SIGs should follow the guidelines stated below:
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+* Meet regularly, at least for 30 minutes every 3 weeks, except November and December
+* Keep up-to-date meeting notes, linked from the SIG's page in the community repo
+* Announce meeting agenda and minutes after each meeting, on their SIG mailing list
+* Record SIG meeting and make it publicly available
+* Ensure the SIG's mailing list and slack channel are archived
+* Report activity in the weekly community meeting at least once every 6 weeks
+* Participate in release planning meetings and retrospectives, and burndown meetings, as needed
+* Ensure related work happens in a project-owned github org and repository, with code and tests explicitly owned and supported by the SIG, including issue triage, PR reviews, test-failure response, bug fixes, etc.