# Governance
*tobac* is a **community** project, and is such governed by community committees made up of developers and users. 

# *tobac* Lead Developers
The maintenance of *tobac*, including approving and merging pull requests, releasing new versions, and ensuring the package is widely available through e.g., conda-forge and pypi. The lead developers are responsible for running the monthly developer meetings, which are open to the broader *tobac* community.

The Current Lead Developers are:

* Kelcy Brunner (Texas Tech University)
* Sean Freeman (The University of Alabama in Huntsville)
* Julia Kukulies (NSF NCAR)
* Will Jones (Oxford University)
* Fabian Senf (TROPOS)

# *tobac* Steering Committee
While the *tobac* lead developers are responsible for the day-to-day development and maintenance of *tobac*, the broader *tobac* steering committee is responsible for governing the longer-term roadmap for the package. 

The current Steering Committee is:

* Eric Bruning (Texas Tech University)
* Kelcy Brunner (Texas Tech University)
* Sean Freeman (The University of Alabama in Huntsville)
* Julia Kukulies (NSF NCAR)
* Will Jones (Oxford University)
* Philip Stier (Oxford University)
* Fabian Senf (TROPOS)
* Sue van den Heever (Colorado State University)