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)