- [Overview](#overview)
- [Current Admins](#current-admins)
- [Admin Responsibilities](#admin-responsibilities)
  - [Prioritize Security](#prioritize-security)
  - [Enforce Code of Conduct](#enforce-code-of-conduct)
  - [Adopt Organizational Best Practices](#adopt-organizational-best-practices)

## Overview

This document explains who the admins are (see below), what they do in this repo, and how they should be doing it. If you're interested in becoming a maintainer, see [MAINTAINERS](MAINTAINERS.md). If you're interested in contributing, see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Current Admins

| Admin | GitHub ID | Affiliation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charlotte | [CEHENKLE](https://github.com/CEHENKLE) | Amazon |
| Henri Yandell | [hyandell](https://github.com/hyandell) | Amazon |
| Jack Mazanec | [jmazanec15](https://github.com/jmazanec15) | Amazon |
| Vamshi Vijay Nakkirtha | [vamshin](https://github.com/vamshin) | Amazon |
| Vijayan Balasubramanian | [VijayanB](https://github.com/VijayanB) | Amazon |

## Admin Responsibilities

As an admin you own stewartship of the repository and its settings. Admins have [admin-level permissions on a repository](https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/managing-access-to-your-organizations-repositories/repository-permission-levels-for-an-organization). Use those privileges to serve the community and protect the repository as follows.

### Prioritize Security

Security is your number one priority. Manage security keys and safeguard access to the repository.

Note that this repository is monitored and supported 24/7 by Amazon Security, see [Reporting a Vulnerability](SECURITY.md) for details.

### Enforce Code of Conduct

Act on [CODE_OF_CONDUCT](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) violations by revoking access, and blocking malicious actors.

### Adopt Organizational Best Practices

Adopt organizational best practices, work in the open, and collaborate with other admins by opening issues before making process changes. Prefer consistency, and avoid diverging from practices in the opensearch-project organization.
