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On Nov 14, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Jay Pipes <jaypipes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/14/2014 05:13 PM, Everett Toews wrote:
>> The liaison should be a core reviewer for the project, but does not
>> need to be the PTL. By default, the liaison will be the PTL.
> 
> ]Anyway, the outcome of the email exchange with Eoghan was that I recommended he submit a core for the API liaison to start, and that I would raise the issue on the ML to see if those conditions may be loosened to include non-cores. And... here is that issue being raised :)

I’m totally fine with that. Ideally it’s the person who is the most passionate about the API from the team, regardless of core status.

The current wording on the Cross-Project Liaisons page is 

"The liaison should be a core reviewer for the project, but does not need to be the PTL.”

I think the key word there is _should_. Naturally, it’s preferable to want a core reviewer in this role because they have more say about what gets into the code base but it’s not an absolute must. 

We can loosen the wording further but I think it’s okay to proceed with a non-core reviewer, especially if that person is passionate about APIs.

Everett