Project Infrastructure SIG

projects/project-tooling.md

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+# Project Infrastructure SIG
+
+## Description
+
+As OpenTelemetry grows, the need for tooling and automation around project
+infrastructure grows with it. This SIG is being established to create sustaining
+engineering efforts and best practices around both existing, and new, tools.
+
+Currently, a wide variety of tooling exists, including --
+
+- Slack bots such as `stack-overflow-to-slack`.
+- GitHub tooling for issue management.
+- Automation for Zoom recording management.
+
+Meanwhile, new tools are being requested to address problems such as --
+
+- Membership and group management
+- Repository adherence to best practices
+- Automated updates for cross-cutting release concerns (e.g., creating issues in
+  repositories for new spec or semconv releases)
+- Package and release management
+- Easier access to GitHub integrations for SIGs
+- Improved visibility into project health
+
+This SIG will be responsible for these cross-cutting concerns, and work to
+build services that aid in maintainer, contributor, and community experience.
+
+## Deliverables
+
+- Document existing tools and their purpose, along with documentation and build
+  instructions.
+- Interview and collect feedback on cross-functional tooling needs (e.g., bots
+  for GitHub issue management, IaC for organization management.)
+- Institute best practices for tooling development and maintenance.
+- Develop new tools as needed.
+- Establish 'tooling-as-a-service' for SIGs.
+
+The overall goal of this SIG is to remove the burden on the TC or organization
+owners from administrative and tooling concerns, and to provide consistent,
+well-documented, and useful tools for maintainers and contributors.
+
+## Staffing
+
+GC/TC sponsors:
+
+- @austinlparker
+- @trask
+
+Maintainers, approvers, and contributors:
+
+- @svrnm
+- @jaronoff97
+
+## Meeting Times
+
+Mostly async, with a bi-weekly meeting to coordinate and discuss progress.
+
+This time will be determined based on the availability of interested parties.
+
+## Project Board
+
+- [Project Tooling SIG](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/91/views/1)