Project Governance

The Evergreen Project Board represents the interests of the Evergreen Project and is responsible for enforcing the Evergreen trademark and discussing

• Issues escalated from a committee or other subgroup in the Project that has reached an impasse but requires a decision by informed consensus.
• Issues that do not fall into the purview of any of the established committees or other subgroups, but requires a decision by informed consensus.
• Issues of strategic, as opposed to tactical, importance for the Project that require leadership and vision from above the team or subproject level to achieve
• Sensitive legal or personnel issues which require research and discussion to protect the interests of the Project.

The Board is elected by annual vote by members of the Evergreen Project, namely those who have made direct contributions to Evergreen code, documentation, or committees or those who are employed by institutions running Evergreen.

Meetings are currently held online via video conferencing. They are normally held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. EDT, 11 a.m. PDT, 18:00 UTC. All interested parties are welcome to observe the meetings.

WIKI

Information on project governance can also be found on the WIKI here.

Minutes from previous meetings and agendas for upcoming meetings can be found here.

Mailing list

The main mailing list of the Board is open to all interested parties. There is also exists a private mailing list that includes representatives of Conservancy, for the purpose of discussing sensitive topics.

• Current mailing list archives and sign-up page
• Archives of the predecessor to the eg-oversight-board mailing list

Current Board members

As of April 26, 2023, the current Board members are

Past Board members

The following individuals have served on the Board or its predecessor, the Governance Committee.