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This is a BIG PR, please review before merge!

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Pull request overview

This PR modernizes the AReaL community governance documentation by introducing a structured contributor ladder and membership/election processes, splitting role holder lists into dedicated roles/ documents, and expanding contributor guidance. It also updates the weekly pulse workflow to generate and open PRs automatically with the generated report.

Changes:

  • Reworks governance docs to define principles, decision-making, roles ladder, and formal membership/election procedures.
  • Adds roles/ directory docs for Maintainers/Approvers/Members/Security Team and updates references from existing docs.
  • Enhances automation: weekly pulse workflow now writes reports to reports/ and opens a PR automatically; adds related .gitignore entries.

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Copilot reviewed 14 out of 15 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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SECURITY.md Updates private reporting guidance and points to the Security Team + Maintainers role docs.
roles/Security-Team.md Adds Security Team definition, composition, responsibilities, and links back to SECURITY.md.
roles/README.md Adds an index README for community role holder lists under roles/.
roles/Members.md Adds a Members roster document (currently empty with guidance).
roles/Maintainers.md Adds a Maintainers roster document listing current maintainers.
roles/Approvers.md Adds an Approvers roster document (currently empty with guidance).
README.md Refreshes “What lives here” and adds community communication + roles overview.
GOVERNANCE.md Major rewrite: principles, scope, decision-making, PR policy, comms, legal/compliance, amendments.
CONTRIBUTING.md Adds DCO/sign-off and licensing guidance and updates quick-start commit example.
COMMUNITY_MEMBERSHIP.md Introduces election/voting/membership processes, inactivity rules, and worked example.
COMMUNITY_LADDER.md Introduces the Contributor→Member→Approver→Maintainer ladder with responsibilities/qualifications/privileges.
.gitignore Ignores /.cache and /pulse-report.md.
.github/workflows/pulse.yml Adds timestamping, report file creation, and automatic PR creation for weekly pulse reports.
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/nominate.md Adds a nomination issue template aligned with the new membership/election process.
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/departure.md Adds a departure notice issue template aligned with the new membership process.

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Comment thread GOVERNANCE.md
Comment on lines +12 to +14
- **Openness.** All of our communication and decision-making happens in the open.
Discussions, proposals, and decisions are recorded in public issues, pull requests,
and community meetings so anyone can follow along.
Comment thread GOVERNANCE.md
Comment on lines +102 to +105
- All pull requests require approval from at least **two Maintainers (or Approvers in
their area of ownership)** before they can be merged. At least one approval must come
from a code owner of the modified paths (see
[`.github/CODEOWNERS`](https://github.com/areal-project/AReaL/blob/main/.github/CODEOWNERS)).
Comment thread .github/workflows/pulse.yml Outdated
Comment on lines +41 to +43
- name: Get current timestamp
uses: mingcheng/get-timestamp-action@v1.1.0
id: timestamp
- create COMMUNITY_LADDER.md defining four-tier contributor roles with responsibilities and qualifications
- create COMMUNITY_MEMBERSHIP.md documenting election processes, voting thresholds, and membership management
- add issue templates for role nominations and departure notices in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
- reorganize GOVERNANCE.md to align with new contributor ladder and add detailed decision-making processes
- create roles/ directory with separate files for Maintainers, Approvers, Members, and Security Team
- update CONTRIBUTING.md with DCO sign-off requirements and AI-assisted coding guidelines
- update README.md and SECURITY.md with references to new community structure documents

Signed-off-by: mingcheng <mingcheng@apache.org>
@mingcheng mingcheng force-pushed the chore/update-community-governance branch 2 times, most recently from b57d2f9 to fabab31 Compare June 12, 2026 09:52
@mingcheng mingcheng requested a review from Copilot June 12, 2026 09:53

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Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 13 out of 13 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

Comment thread roles/Security-Team.md
Comment on lines +8 to +10
The Security Team consists of all current active Maintainers as listed in
[Maintainers.md](Maintainers.md). All Maintainers are members of the Security Team by
virtue of their role.
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