Merge pull request #1141 from rust-lang/pa-infra-leads

Add post on infra leadership change

Author: pietroalbini

posts/inside-rust/2023-09-08-infra-team-leadership-change.md

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+layout: post
+title: "Leadership change in the Rust Infrastructure Team"
+author: Pietro Albini
+team: the infrastructure team <https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/infra>
+---
+
+After almost four years leading the Rust Infrastructure Team, in late July I
+[expressed my intent to step down as lead of the team][resign] to focus back on
+technical work. On one side, I need to rest and recharge after doing
+organizational and governance work for so long. On the other side, it's healthy
+for the team to rotate its leadership role to bring fresh ideas to the table!
+
+Like the other Rust teams, the lead in the infra team is not who makes the
+final decision, and their vote doesn't have more weight. We make all decisions
+together, and the lead is mostly responsible for running meetings, making sure
+important tasks are not dropped on the floor, and representing the team with
+third parties.
+
+The whole team met this week to discuss our future. We decided that we want to
+take inspiration from [the compiler team's rolling leads][compiler]: we will
+have two leads at the same time, with the expectation that after a number of
+years (still to be defined) the one who served the most time as lead will step
+down, making space for a new lead. We will also document our process in the
+coming months.
+
+We also have consensus on the two new leads of the team! I'm happy to announce
+that for the next few years, the new team leads for infra will be:
+
+* Jake Goulding ([@shepmaster]), long time member of the infra team. He
+  maintains the [Rust Playground][play], and has been instrumental in the
+  support for Apple Silicon in our CI.
+
+* Jan David Nose ([@jdno]), who joined the Rust Foundation last year to work
+  full-time inside the infrastructure team, bringing a lot of experience and
+  time.
+
+On behalf of the team I want to thank them for stepping up, and we all wish
+them best of luck in their new role!
+
+As for myself, I'm proud of the work the whole team has been doing over the
+past four years and all the challenges we overcame. It's been an honor serving
+as the lead and I look forward to going back to technical work in the coming
+months.
+
+Pietro.
+
+[resign]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/team.20leadership/near/380328076
+[compiler]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/3262-compiler-team-rolling-leads.html
+[play]: https://play.rust-lang.org
+[@shepmaster]: https://github.com/shepmaster
+[@jdno]: https://github.com/jdno