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With hat: core-secretary Approved by: core Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2803
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<head>
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<title>&title;</title>
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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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<h2>Rationale</h2>
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<p>The FreeBSD Core team appoints several individuals
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("hats") that perform critical roles within the
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project. It is important to reduce single points of failure in
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these roles. Additionally, turnover in hats can provide fresh
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insight and help avoid burnout.</p>
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<p>The current set of core-appointed hats is core secretary,
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head release engineer, the security officer, and postmaster.</p>
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<p>The FreeBSD Core team has approved the following hats term
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limits policy. This was first posted to the Developers mailing
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list on June 22, 2012, and amended in June 2015.</p>
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<h2>Policy</h2>
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<p>An individual may serve as a core-appointed hat given that:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Core approves their appointment or re-appointment to the
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role.</li>
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<li>The individual is willing to continue.</li>
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<li>The individual is still able to perform the role
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effectively.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Hats are appointed at the pleasure of core. Appointments may
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be rescinded by core at any time where this serves the needs of
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the project.</p>
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<p>Each hat's term begins three months after the start of a core
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team's two year term and ends three months after the end of the
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core team's term. Hats are explicitly approved by the new core
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team at the start of the hat's term.</p>
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<p>If a hat becomes vacant during a term, core shall appoint a
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replacement for the remainder of the term.</p>
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<p>Core shall review all hats annually.</p>
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<p>In general it is expected that volunteers serving in hat
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positions will be limited to serving for four consecutive years,
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rounded up to the first natural review/appointment cycle.</p>
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<p>Non volunteers serving in hat positions are still expected to
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participate in annual reviews and provide for continuity to
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core's satisfaction.</p>
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<p>Each hat must appoint a deputy who can cover their role in
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the case of absence or illness, and be trained and ready to take
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over the role (subject to core approval) should the role holder
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resign before the end of their term.</p>
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<p>If a core team is dissolved prematurely, then the next term
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for each hat will begin three months after the new core team's
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term begins.</p>
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<p>These limits apply to individual hats and not to teams. For
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teams with a single lead role, the limits shall apply to the
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lead role. An individual that is not eligible to serve as the
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lead of a team may continue to serve as a member of the
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team.</p>
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