doc: minimal documentation for Emeritus status

Trott · MylesBorins · commit aea953abc2bb · 2017-07-17T14:16:06.000-04:00
Include a high-level explanation of how Collaborators are identified for Emeritus status. This is intended to supply the minimum amount of information to being assigning Emeritus status to inactive Collaborators. The documentation may be expanded subsequently. PR-URL: #13421 Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>
diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ Typical activities of a Collaborator include:
 * participation in working groups
 * merging pull requests
 
-While the above are typical things done by Collaborators, there are no required
-activities to retain Collaborator status. There is currently no process by which
-inactive Collaborators are removed from the project.
+The CTC periodically reviews the Collaborator list to identify inactive
+Collaborators. Past Collaborators are typically given _Emeritus_ status. Emeriti
+may request that the CTC restore them to active status.
 
 ## CTC Membership
 
