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+* Maintainers are expected to contribute at least four hours per week on average toward the project
+  * This can be employer-sponsored or individual time, with the understanding that all contributions are submitted under the Apache 2.0 license and that your employer may not make claim to any contributions.
+  * Contributions include code work, issue management, and community support
+  * Contributions must be in accordance with our development guidance
+* Maintainers are expected to attend (where feasible) our biweekly ~30-minute sync to review agenda items
+  * This meeting provides opportunity to present and discuss pressing topics
+  * Need to give some more thought to accommodating far spread time zones (e.g. Eastern Europe vs US Pacific time)
+  * Meetings are held as virtual audio/video conferences.
+* Official channels for communication include GitHub issues/PRs, the netbox-discuss mailing list, and #netbox on the NetworkToCode public Slack
+* Maintainers with no substantial recorded activity in 60 days will be removed from the project