# Promote trusted contributors to maintainers in collections

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/promote-trusted-contributors-to-maintainers-in-collections/39015>\
**Category:** Collection Development\
**Tags:** news-for-maintainers, collections\
**Created:** [December 10, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/promote-trusted-contributors-to-maintainers-in-collections/39015 "2024-12-10T06:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/promote-trusted-contributors-to-maintainers-in-collections/39015/1 "2024-12-10T06:35:45Z")

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Hi there,

In our collections, as in any open-source project, contributors and maintainers come and go.  
When the last active maintainer steps away, a project risks stagnation and abandonment.  
Even if contributors continue submitting fixes and improvements, no one may be available to review and merge their efforts, leading to a decline in activity and contributors’ exodus.

To prevent this, there are proactive steps you can take to keep your collections healthy and thriving.

#### What you can do as a maintainer

If you are a community collection maintainer and there are other regularly-active, trusted contributors in the collection consider promoting them to maintainers:

- Reach out to them and discuss the possibility of promotion.

- Share the [Guidelines for collection maintainers](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/maintainers.html) so they understand the maintainer responsibilities, including:

- If they’re interested, update their permissions to `write`.

- If your collection is hosted under the `ansible-collections` GitHub org and you lack `admin` access to adjust the permissions, please reach out to the [Ansible community engineering team](https://forum.ansible.com/g/CommunityEngTeam) on the forum for assistance.

Enchance communication and awareness:

- Check your README and update it by adding the communication, contributing and maintenance sections if missed; use the [collection\_template/README.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/collection_template/blob/main/README.md) as a basis.
- Create a pinned issue in the collection stating explicitly that new contributors and maintainers are welcome.

#### What you can do as a contributor

If you contribute to a collection within the `ansible-collections` GitHub org but there are no active maintainers to review and merge your pull request, or you’re interested in becoming a maintainer, reach out the [Ansible community engineering team](https://forum.ansible.com/g/CommunityEngTeam) on the forum for assistance.

Let’s ensure our collections remained vibrant and well-maintained!

If you have any feedback or suggestions, please share them in the comments.

Thanks for reading:)