Merge pull request #328 from tensorflow/theadactyl-patch-8-1

Create SIG Models charter

Author: theadactyl

sigs/models/CHARTER.md

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+# SIG Models
+
+## Objective
+
+This group is for discussions and collaborations on enabling community
+contributions to [TensorFlow Model Garden](https://github.com/tensorflow/models)
+and [Tensorflow Hub](https://github.com/tensorflow/hub).
+
+## Scope
+
+See accepted TensorFlow RFC #[314](https://github.com/tensorflow/community/pull/314/)
+
+SIG Models will focus on empowering the community to contribute state-of-the-art
+model implementation in TensorFlow 2. It will benefit the whole community by
+providing recommended implementations and models with reproducible results.
+
+SIG Models will have several subgroups (e.g., SIG Models Vision and SIG Models
+NLP) covering different machine learning areas. There are several SIG leads for
+each group to coordinate the contributions, run community events like contests,
+and maintain the code quality through the review process. Each group has the
+flexibility to operate differently.
+
+SIG Models is also a place for community discussions and sharing best practices of
+using TensorFlow 2 for state-of-the-art research. Furthermore, SIG Models provides
+product feedback to help TensorFlow to be improved.
+
+## Membership
+
+SIG Models is open, membership will be entirely public, and anybody interested
+in model contributions or participating in the discussion can join the SIG.
+
+There are multiple ways to participate:
+
+* Everyone in the community can pick GitHub model tasks and contribute models.
+* They can also join the regular SIG meetings or email groups to participate in
+  the discussions. To participate, request an invitation to join the SIG mailing
+  list. Archives of the mailing list are publicly accessible.
+
+### Leads
+
+We will identify SIG leads from the community to run the SIG Models groups.
+Initially, we plan to set up the SIG Models Vision group:
+
+* SIG Models Vision leads
+  * George Thiruvathukal, [email protected] (Loyola University Chicago)
+  * Yung-Hsiang Lu, [email protected] (Purdue University)
+* Co-leads and sponsors from TensorFlow
+  * Jaeyoun Kim, [email protected] (TensorFlow Model Garden)
+  * Jing Li, [email protected] (TensorFlow Model Garden)
+  * Mike Liang, [email protected] (TensorFlow Hub)
+  * Shuangfeng Li, [email protected] (TensorFlow Lite)
+
+## Resources 
+
+- SIG Models mailing list (to be created); archive will be public 
+- Monthly video meeting hosted by rotating SIG leads (to be created); meeting minutes will be published 
+- Gitter chat channel (to be created) for discussions
+
+As we have multiple SIG subgroups, each subgroup may run meetings and events
+using different modes of communication, which will be updated here as they are created.
+
+## Contacts
+
+* For SIG questions, contact jaeyounkim at google
+* For administrative questions, contact tf-community-team at google
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+As with all forums and spaces related to TensorFlow, SIG Models is subject to
+the [TensorFlow Code of
+Conduct](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).