Onboarding

This document covers steps needed to onboard new Steering Committee members and off-board emeritus members.

• All new members must complete the Inclusive Leadership Training within 30 days from the date of their appointment:
  • @elmiko: LF-an9178wlbu
  • @janetkuo: LF-yj93n1c67m
  • @Priyankasaggu11929: LF-c79rytncfh
• Update the following files in the respective repos:
  • kubernetes/steering: OWNERS_ALIASES and README.md - Updates for Steering Committe elections 2026 #316
  • kubernetes/community:
    • sigs.yaml (SC members and liaisons) and auto-generated content Update Steering members following annual election cycle - liaisons community#9213
    • slack usergroup - communication/slack-config/usergroups.yaml, communication/slack-config/users.yaml - updates for Steering Committe elections 2026 community#9206
  • kubernetes/org: OWNERS_ALIASES and the steering-committee GitHub team - updates for Steering Committe elections 2026 org#6704
  • kubernetes/website: OWNERS_ALIASES - Updates for Steering Committe elections 2026 website#57955
  • kubernetes/k8s.io - Update steering@kubernetes.io, steering-private@kubernetes.io, and steering-emeritus@kubernetes.io in groups/groups.yaml, OWNERS_ALIASES - updates for Steering Committe elections 2026 k8s.io#10037
• Add new members to the steering-private, steering-gb-rep-private and steering-cncf-rep-private slack channels.
• Remove emeritus members from steering-private, steering-gb-rep-private, steering-cncf-rep-private and steering-cncf-rep-private slack channels.
• Add new members to the CNCF Service Desk and remove emeritus members. (email sent)
• Add new members to the cncf-kubernetes-maintainers mailing list. Use make MAINTAINERS_LIST=true generator to get updated list. Update Kubernetes Steering Committe members for 2026 election cncf/foundation#1561
• Add new members to the Public CNCF Maintainer List and remove emeritus members. Use make MAINTAINERS_LIST=true generator to get updated list. (email sent)
• Transfer Community Group liaison assignments from emeritus members to new members. Update Steering members following annual election cycle - liaisons community#9213
• If a Google Workspace top-level account is owned by an emeritus member, transfer it to an existing member.
  • SC2 - Antonio Ojea: Priyanka Saggu
  • Update top-level account document, if necessary: Update top-level google workspace owner (sc2) #317
• Reach out to SIG-ContribEx to add new members to 1password and remove emeritus members.
• Update CNCF project-maintainers.csv: Update Kubernetes Steering Committe members for 2026 election cncf/foundation#1561
• Set up a private meeting to go over backlog.
• Update onboarding docs, if necessary.