Lifecycle of an idea

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  • Ideas start come from individual’s, Github Discussions, or subgroups
  • Anyone can enter these in GitHub as issues and pull requests (PRs)
    • Chairs resolve editorial and close ‘out of scope’ issues and PRs
    • Chairs move all other items into the Please Review queue
  • When ready, chairs will move them to the Upcoming Agendas queue
  • Issues and PRs move to the Agenda
  • Chairs send out the Agenda
    • Members have at least 5 days to review the issues and PRs
      • Please subscribe to issues that you will be reviewing
    • Members should add thumbs-up to approve, thumbs-down to disapprove
    • Add comments to suggest changes or concerns
      • If the comment should not stop forward movement, add "OK to Publish" or "OK to move forward" and then the suggestion or concern
      • If the comment must be addressed before the item moves forward, thumbs down the issue
  • At the AG teleconference:
    • If consensus is reached, a PR is approved to merge or an issue response is approved
    • If consensus is not reached, the PR or issue goes back to an individual, github discussion, or subgroup for re-drafting.
  • Once approved, members have 5-10 days to comment on an issue or PR in Github before it is merged.
  • General consensus may be reached but concerns may still exist.
    • Remaining concerns will be documented as new issues, PRs or Discussions for continued work