---
title: General management guidelines
x-toc-enable: true
...

NOTE: This document is irrelevant in practise, because Retroboot is a new
project and currently has just one developer: Leah Rowe.

When more developers join the project and contribute regularly (and in a
substantial way), this management guideline will be adopted. This management
guideline (as intended for Retroboot, when more developers join the project)
is directly copied/pasted from Libreboot's management guidelines, which you can
see here:

<https://libreboot.org/management.html>

This document defines the nature of Retroboot's leadership structure.

Governance of the Retroboot project
-----------------------------------

<s>In principle and in practise, Retroboot is a collectively and democratically
governed project. Any member of the public can propose anything. Our leadership
is a flat hierarchy; we have no leader!</s> At present, only one person is
actively developing Retroboot because it's a new project, so for now, decisions
are entirely at the discretion of the project founder, Leah Rowe. This will
change when more developers join the project, and this management policy will
be adopted, as written on this page.

The core management team is open to the public; anyone can join it, if they
make substantial contributions to the project and if the current core
management team agrees. Retroboot is intended to be a *community* project.

All proposals, big or small, should be discussed and (if approved by core
management) implemented.

Information about code review can be found [on the Git section of the
website](contrib.md#general-code-review-guidelines).

List of members in the core management team
-------------------------------------------

At present, only one person (Leah Rowe) is highly active on the project,
and the project is very young. Therefore, at present, decisions are made
unilaterally and in a very direct way.

However, if you wish to get involved and regularly develop Retroboot, you can
be added to this list. The more this list of developers grow, the more
self-sustaining the project will be, and more work will be accomplished!

In alphabetical order:

- Leah Rowe is a core developer (and project founder). IRC nick
  **unoccupied**, email [leah@libreboot.org](mailto:leah@libreboot.org)

Generally, the people on this list have these responsibilities:

- Code review (they have merge rights on the Git repositories)
- Voting rights on all major decisions, with community input.
- System administration (where necessary) for Retroboot's infrastructure.
- Moderation of the IRC channel, mailing lists and other discussion mediums.
- Comply with the [Guidelines for Good Conduct](conduct.md)

All members are granted SSH access, with varying levels of access depending on
need. At the very least, all members are able to update the website when new
changes to it are merged in the Git repository.

People of interest
------------------

<s>Additionally, Retroboot has a separate set of operators on the subreddit
r/retroboot. Check Reddit for more information. Actions taken by moderators
there are also subject to these management guidelines.</s>

At present, only u/libreleah is a moderator at the subreddit, because Retroboot
is a brand new project. Development started on December 11th, 2020.
