# Maintainer

## Responsibilities

The responsibility of a maintainer would be to ensure that the whole project is under control, and completing the processing of a Badging application. A maintainer will also maintain the reviewer team and responsible for the training of new reviewers.

## GitHub Permissions

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Repository permission level: Maintain / Administrate
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A maintainer will be expected to:

* Assign reviewers and add their GitHub handles to `.github/reviewers.md`.

Maintainers won't be expected to:

* Edit the Application, Review Checklist, and comments directly.

## FAQ

`Q` What kind of commitment is required to maintain for Event Badging?\
`A` Maintaining the project requires sufficient command of the Badging workflow and long-term connection to the community. We expect, at the highest load, for the project to require about 20 minutes every couple of days for each maintainer.  

`Q` What are the sources of maintainers for  CHAOSS D\&I Badging Project?\
`A` Maintainers are long-standing members of the CHAOSS community that become core-contributors to the D\&I Badging Project. To become a maintainer, a contributor needs to show constant activity related to the project.

 `Q` We are looking forward to answering more questions!