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Add a new category for chairs in the GOVERNANCE (#3636)
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* Add a new category for chairs in the GOVERNANCE

Include a category called chairs (after discussing with the existing maintainers), that are still associated with the project in terms of shepherding the direction/governance of the project.
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Maintainers have admin access to the GitHub organization.

### Chairs

OpenEBS Chairs comprises of key current maintainers, maintainers that have stepped
down from active contributions but are providing support to the existing maintainers
in the form of:
* Open Source Governance of the project
* Coaching on leadership and prioritization for the existing maintainers
* Facilitate reviews/audits on the project, resolve conflicts between maintainers.

Chairs will meet quarterly along with the maintainers to review the health of the
project and publicly document the outcomes.

An active user or maintainer of the OpenEBS project can be nominated by the existing
maintainers and/or chairs into a Chair role, if they are helping with any of the above
activities.

A Chair can be removed from an active role if:
* They are no longer able to contribute to the above responsibilities.
* They are not alinged with the [CODE_OF_CONDUCT](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) guidelines set forth by CNCF.

## Adding a reviewer or maintainer

Periodically, the existing maintainers curate a list of contributors that have
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