This document outlines the different contributor roles within the Bangla Web Fonts CDN project and the criteria for advancing through each level. We believe in recognizing and empowering community members who demonstrate consistent contributions and commitment to the project.
The contributor ladder provides a clear path for community members to grow their involvement and responsibilities within the project:
Contributor → Regular Contributor → Triager → Committer → Maintainer
Description: Anyone who makes their first contribution to the project.
- Submit font requests through issues
- Report bugs and provide feedback
- Participate in discussions
- Follow project guidelines and code of conduct
- Submit at least one contribution (issue, discussion, or pull request)
- Demonstrate understanding of project goals
- Recognition in contributor discussions
- Community support for learning
- Guidance from more experienced contributors
Description: Community members who have made multiple meaningful contributions over time.
- Continue submitting quality font requests and bug reports
- Help other new contributors in discussions
- Review and test new fonts when possible
- Participate actively in community discussions
- Minimum 5 meaningful contributions over at least 2 months
- Quality contributions such as:
- Well-researched font requests with complete license information
- Detailed bug reports with reproduction steps
- Helpful responses in discussions
- Testing and feedback on new fonts
- Demonstrate good community citizenship
- Show consistent engagement with the project
- Recognition in project documentation
- Priority consideration for feedback and requests
- Invitation to special contributor discussions
- Potential nomination to Triager role
- Self-nominate by creating an issue with the
contributor-promotionlabel - Provide links to your contributions
- Current maintainers will review within 2 weeks
Description: Trusted community members who help manage issues and discussions.
- Label and organize issues appropriately
- Close duplicate or resolved issues
- Provide initial response to new issues within 48 hours
- Guide new contributors through the contribution process
- Review font requests for completeness and license compliance
- Moderate discussions and ensure community guidelines are followed
- Current Regular Contributor in good standing
- Minimum 6 months of consistent project involvement
- Demonstrated expertise in:
- Font licensing and legal requirements
- Bengali typography and font quality assessment
- Project contribution processes
- Strong communication skills and helpful attitude
- Available for regular project engagement (at least weekly)
- Triage access to the repository
- Label management permissions
- Issue and discussion moderation capabilities
- GitHub repository triage permissions
- Direct communication channel with maintainers
- Recognition as official project team member
- Input on project direction and policies
- Must be nominated by a current Committer or Maintainer
- Demonstrate sustained high-quality contributions
- Show leadership in community interactions
Description: Experienced contributors who can review and merge pull requests.
- Review and merge pull requests from contributors
- Ensure code quality and project standards compliance
- Manage font integration process and CDN updates
- Coordinate releases and deployment processes
- Mentor Regular Contributors and Triagers
- Participate in technical decisions affecting the project
- Current Triager with excellent track record
- Minimum 1 year of project involvement
- Deep technical knowledge of:
- Font formats and optimization (TTF, WOFF2, etc.)
- Web font delivery and CDN management
- Hugo static site generation
- CI/CD processes and GitHub Actions
- Proven ability to make sound technical decisions
- Commitment to project maintenance responsibilities
- Write access to the repository
- Merge permissions for pull requests
- Release management capabilities
- CI/CD configuration access
- Full repository access
- Authority to make technical decisions
- Recognition as core project team member
- Ability to mentor and promote other contributors
- Must be nominated by current Maintainer
- Undergo technical evaluation process
- Demonstrate sustained excellent contributions over 1+ years
Description: Project leaders with full administrative access and decision-making authority.
- Set project vision and strategic direction
- Make final decisions on controversial issues
- Manage project resources and infrastructure
- Represent the project in external communications
- Recruit and evaluate new team members
- Ensure project sustainability and long-term health
- Handle security issues and emergency responses
- Current Committer with exceptional contributions
- Minimum 2 years of project involvement
- Demonstrated leadership in project governance
- Broad expertise across all project areas
- Commitment to long-term project stewardship
- Community trust and recognition
- Admin access to repository and all project resources
- Full decision-making authority
- Access to sensitive project infrastructure
- Ability to grant/revoke permissions
- Full project authority and responsibility
- Recognition as project leader
- Direct input on project governance
- Authority to establish new policies and procedures
- Invitation-only role
- Current Maintainers evaluate and invite exceptional Committers
- Requires unanimous approval from existing Maintainers
- Contributors list in project README
- Special badges in GitHub profiles where possible
- Recognition posts in project announcements
- Contributor spotlights in project updates
- Conference speaking opportunities (with project support)
- Technical blog posts and project representation
- Networking with other open-source maintainers
- Skill development in project management and leadership
All contributors at every level must adhere to our Code of Conduct. Violations may result in loss of privileges or removal from the project.
- General questions: Use GitHub Discussions
- Role applications: Create an issue with appropriate labels
- Private concerns: Contact current maintainers directly
This contributor ladder is a living document and will be updated as the project evolves. All changes will be discussed with the community and require maintainer approval.
Last updated: January 2025 Current maintainers: @maateen