# Formalizing a governance structure for JuMP

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formalizing-a-governance-structure-for-jump/49017>\
**Category:** Optimization (Mathematical)\
**Created:** [October 26, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formalizing-a-governance-structure-for-jump/49017 "2020-10-26T00:28:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![odow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/odow/32/28685_2.png) [@odow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/odow)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formalizing-a-governance-structure-for-jump/49017/1 "2020-10-26T00:28:01Z")

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Dear all,

Recently, JuMP turned eight years old. (The [first commit](https://github.com/jump-dev/JuMP.jl/commit/688b732c13abf7182e438ca22b0b00890a08be63) for “Julp” was made on 10 October 2012!) It has come a long way since it’s creation as a side-project of two graduate students at MIT, and as we approach a 1.0 release, we thought it was time to formalize our governance structure.

You can find the resulting document under the [Governance tab](https://jump.dev/pages/governance/) at [jump.dev](https://jump.dev).

The highlights include:

- Appointing Miles Lubin as our [BDFL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life).

- Defining entities such as the core contributors, emeritus core contributors, repository maintainers, and the Steering Committee, along with their roles, and how membership is determined for each entity.

- Clarifying our decision-making process, by describing who gets to decide what, when.

- Listing what Github permissions different entities have to the repositories in the [jump-dev](https://github.com/jump-dev) Github organization.

- Outlining channels of community involvement, including the poorly publicized fact that we hold a monthly developer call.

- Formalizing a process for transferring repositories to the [jump-dev](https://github.com/jump-dev) Github organization.

We believe this document strengthens the foundation of JuMP, and sets it up for a sustainable, long-term future.

Stay tuned for more progress!

Oscar

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formalizing-a-governance-structure-for-jump/49017/2 "2020-10-26T09:38:28Z")

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> [@odow](#):
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> the [Governance tab](https://discourse.julialang.org/pages/governance)

I think this link is broken (it’s a relative URL). Perhaps you meant

> **[Governance Structure](https://jump.dev/pages/governance/)**
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> JuMP is a modeling language and supporting packages for mathematical optimization in Julia.

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**Author:** ![odow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/odow/32/28685_2.png) [@odow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/odow)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formalizing-a-governance-structure-for-jump/49017/3 "2020-10-26T18:53:23Z")

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Thanks! I copy-pasted from our [blog](https://jump.dev/pages/news/) and forgot to fix the link.