[Project Submission] gov4git

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+## Project Name
+
+Gov4Git
+
+## Category 
+
+- developer tooling
+- community management
+
+## Project Description
+
+Gov4Git is an independent, decentralized protocol for managing open source collaboration. It addresses a slew of common frictions and inefficiencies in collaborative open-source projects, by enabling communities to:
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+- __prioritize issues__ in a transparent and fair community-driven manner,
+- __relieve maintainers__ from being a bottleneck in triage,
+- objectively __quantify individual contributions__ based on peer review mechanisms, and
+- conduct __decision-making__ on contentious issues in an efficient, inclusive, open, and democratic way.
+
+Gov4Git is an independent system that can be deployed on any git provider.
+It is also deeply integrated with GitHub, and provides a seamless user experience — suitable for non-technical users — via a desktop app.
+
+## Project Status
+
+Launched first release publically. Deployed by a few trial users.
+
+## Previews
+
+![Gov4Git integration with GitHub](./images/gov4git-github.png)
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+![Gov4Git integration with GitHub](./images/gov4git-app.png)
+
+## Target Audience
+
+Gov4Git is aimed at:
+- community managers
+- maintainers and contributors of open-source projects
+- managers of decentralized teams
+
+## Rough estimated user base (if applicable)
+
+- 4 deployments
+- 100 end users
+
+## Github repo
+
+- https://github.com/gov4git/gov4git
+
+## Website
+
+- https://gov4git.org
+
+## Docs
+
+- [Overview of Gov4Git and how it integrates into a GitHub project](https://www.gov4git.org/s/DEPLOY-MANAGE-COLLABORATE-OVERVIEW.pdf)
+- [Step-by-step user's guide](https://github.com/gov4git/gov4git/blob/v2/doc/DEPLOY-MANAGE-COLLABORATE-DETAILED.pdf)
+- [Detailed explanation of our governance mechanism for open-source communities](https://medium.com/@gov4git/waimea-collective-management-and-compensation-for-open-source-communities-affa9b9093e9)
+
+## Team Info
+
+Gov4Git is developed by the Gov4Git Foundation. Our team includes members of the Gov4Git Foundation, collaborators from partner organizations, as well as independent volunteers.
+
+### Team Size  
+
+14
+
+### Team members  
+
+- [Petar Maymounkov](https://x.com/maymounkov), Founder, Gov4Git Foundation
+- Kasia Sitkiewicz, Business Development, GitHub
+- Derek Worthen, UI Engineering, Microsoft Research
+- Glen Weyl, Partner, Research, Microsoft Research
+- Shivani Thakur, Volunteer, UX Design, independent contributor
+- Theresa Merchant, Volunteer, UX Design, independent contributor
+- Jason Entenmann, Partner, Management, Microsoft Research
+- Shrey Jain, Partner, Research, Microsoft Research
+- Tobin South, Partner, Research, MIT
+- Abigail Cabunoc Mayes, Volunteer, Business and Community Relations, GitHub
+- Nathan Evans, Partner, Management, Microsoft Research
+- Aaron Wolf, Volunteer, Customer Research, independent contributor
+- Tyler Flajole, Volunteer, Community Outreach and Sales, GitHub
+- Julia Metcalf, Volunteer, Advisor, Funding, independent
+
+## How the community can engage
+
+- GitHub Discussion: https://github.com/filecoin-project/community/discussions/687
+- Email:[email protected]
+- Twitter: [@gov4git](https://x.com/gov4git)
+- Discord: https://discord.gg/aheKQude
+
+## How to Contribute
+
+Please, start by [creating an issue in our repo](https://github.com/gov4git/gov4git/issues).