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+# CNI Governance
+
+This document defines project governance for the project.
+
+## Voting
+
+The CNI project employs "organization voting" to ensure no single organization can dominate the project.
+
+Individuals not associated with or employed by a company or organization are allowed one organization vote.
+Each company or organization (regardless of the number of maintainers associated with or employed by that company/organization) receives one organization vote.
+
+In other words, if two maintainers are employed by Company X, two by Company Y, two by Company Z, and one maintainer is an un-affiliated individual, a total of four "organization votes" are possible; one for X, one for Y, one for Z, and one for the un-affiliated individual.
+
+Any maintainer from an organization may cast the vote for that organization.
+
+## Changes in Maintainership
+
+New maintainers are proposed by an existing maintainer and are elected by a 2/3 majority organization vote.
+
+Maintainers can be removed by a 2/3 majority organization vote.
+
+## Approving PRs
+
+Non-specification-related PRs may be merged after receiving at least two organization votes.
+
+Changes to the CNI Specification also follow the normal PR approval process (eg, 2 organization votes), but any maintainer can request that the approval require a 2/3 majority organization vote.
+
+## Github Project Administration
+
+Maintainers will be added to the containernetworking GitHub organization and added to the GitHub cni-maintainers team, and made a GitHub maintainer of that team.
+
+After 6 months a maintainer will be made an "owner" of the GitHub organization.
+
+## Changes in Governance
+
+All changes in Governance require a 2/3 majority organization vote.
+
+## Other Changes
+
+Unless specified above, all other changes to the project require a 2/3 majority organization vote.
+Additionally, any maintainer may request that any change require a 2/3 majority organization vote.