The Astropy project is made possible through the efforts of community members that perform numerous important roles. This encompasses a broad scope of responsibilities ranging from direct package development to communication, distribution, and managerial activities. In this section we list the identified project roles and responsible parties, to provide members with a point-of-contact for individual tasks and to give the project an overview of the current state of the team. Different roles on this page have very different scope and effort needed to perform them. Listing on this page is also not mean to be any particular assignment of credit beyond that implict in having the responsibilities of the role. See the Astropy project role responsibilities section below for a full description of each role.
We are always looking for interested community members to fill empty roles and to join existing teams. Community members may volunteer or nominate someone else for any role by emailing coordinators@astropy.org or by getting in touch with the current team.
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The Astropy project is made possible through the efforts of community members that perform numerous important roles. This encompasses a broad scope of responsibilities ranging from direct package development to communication, distribution, and managerial activities. In this section we list the responsibilities for each of the identified project roles. The list of people fulfilling these roles is found in the Roles section. Committee/Team specific policies and communication methods are outlined in the Astropy Policies readme document.
The Voting Members are the group of trusted individuals who operate the Astropy Project on behalf of the community. Their role and responsibilites are defined in The Astropy Project Governance Charter (APE 0).
Astropy project packages are under continuous development by professional astronomers and software developers from around the world. The Project is community-driven, with decisions generally made by consensus, but with oversight and organization provided by the coordinating committee.
If you have contributed to the Astropy project and your name is missing, please send an email to the coordinators, or open a pull request for the credits document in the astropy repository.