SIG process

The Special Interest Group (SIG) is the core building block of our operating structure. The intent is to create a lightweight, flexible, and self-maintaining governance. Some of our SIGs, like the SIG.Security Team, will be more "official" and long-lasting, while some may be more fun and only last as long as necessary.

1. Build interest and gather members

Chat on Slack or IRC. Post to voxpupuli@groups.io. See if you can get the ball rolling and build enough support for your group. Remember that a cardinal rule in any volunteer, community project is that you can't make anyone else do work for you — even if your idea seems like the best thing ever, it won't happen automatically without someone to turn the crank.

2. Create a wiki page

Use a page title like SIG.name of your group and pattern it after one of the pages in the sidebar. Link your page in the sidebar. If you need a leadership role, confirm with the PMC or the technical steering committee and add it to the Technical Roles & Leads page.

Create any resources you need and add them to your page.

3. Do awesome things

Have fun, but don't get too far into the weeds. Remember to stay grounded and engaged with the rest of the org.

3. Winding it down.

If your SIG has reached its EOL date, then just mark the page inactive by adding -- inactive to your title.