# Background This epic is a sub-epic of the [Maintainership Working Group Epic](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-com/-/epics/1808). This is the sub epic related to the **Develop and implement a communication plan for Maintainership changes** exit criteria. Completing this epic will close out the related exit criteria. **Exit Criteria DRI:** @sabrams # Purpose The purpose of this Epic is to do the following: 1. Develop a communications plan sharing all of the updates being made as a result of [Maintainership Working Group Epic](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-com/-/epics/1808) 2. Implement the communications plan # Is there any guidance about how to create issues? To ensure Transparency, all issues that are related to this epic should include: 1. An Assigned to value 1. The ~"WorkingGroup::Maintainership" label 1. A [workflow status](https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/structure/working-groups/maintainership/#tracking-progress) label # Where can I find out more about the efforts of the Working Group? To learn more about the latest topics being discussed by the Maintainership Working Group, please refer to any of the items below: - [Agenda](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RuWhO2q7rsgSKrnSCf2xsOrp56SXBHe_z5XKDls5px8/edit#heading=h.ygkpxqdb3hij) - [Working Group Handbook Page](https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/structure/working-groups/maintainership/) - [Slack Channel](https://gitlab.slack.com/archives/C03CGL9DDL4) - [Board](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-com/-/boards/4208478?label_name[]=WorkingGroup%3A%3AMaintainership)