TL;DR: * Nominations are open for the Toolforge standards committee at https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Toolforge/Toolforge_standards_committee#August_2024_committee_nominations

The Toolforge standards committee [0] (née Tool Labs standards committee) was established in 2017 following a membership nomination process in December 2016.[1] There have been no formal membership changes in the subsequent 7.5 years. As one might imagine, a number of the highly active Toolforge members who formed the original committee have since drifted away from the project as their personal lives and interests have changed. Those that are still active within the movement seem to have drifted away from this particular functionary role.

I feel both grateful to those who have served for so long and responsible for not helping them transition away more gracefully prior to now. It is long past time for us to thank Eranroz, Huji, Ladsgroup, Matanya, Quiddity, and Zhuyifei1999 for their efforts and find a new set of folks to carry on the work of the committee.

The committee's primary duties are to oversee the Right to fork policy[2] and Abandoned tool policy[3]. The committee is also encouraged to implement additional programs designed to promote and improve the use of Toolforge for the benefit of the Wikimedia movement.

Nominations are being collected on Wikitech.[4] Any Toolforge project member with a Developer account not blocked in any Wikimedia technical space is eligible for nomination. Self-nominations are acceptable. Nominations by a third party should be counter-signed by the nominee to indicate they would accept the responsibility and be willing to sign the Volunteer NDA.[5] Nominations will remain open until at least 2024-08-26.

[0]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Toolforge_standards_commi... [1]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Toolforge/Toolforge_standards_... [2]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Right_to_fork_policy [3]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Abandoned_tool_policy [4]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Toolforge/Toolforge_standards_... [5]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_NDA