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+## Governance of the Kompute
+
+Kompute is an Open Source project within the [LF AI & Data Foundation](https://lfaidata.foundation/).
+
+### Technical Steering Committee
+
+Kompute development is governed by the Kompute Technical Steering Committee (TSC). The TSC consists of voting and
+non-voting members, in addition to a chairman responsible for running TSC meetings, setting the meeting agenda, and
+calling votes on proposals.
+
+Current chairperson of the Kompute TSC:
+* [Alejandro Saucedo](https://github.com/axsaucedo/) - The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning
+
+Current voting members of the Kompute TSC:
+* [Alejandro Saucedo](https://github.com/axsaucedo/) - The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning
+* [Donald Whyte](https://github.com/DonaldWhyte) - Donsoft Limited
+
+Non-voting members of the TSC ("maintainers") take part in the standing TSC meetings and mailing lists.