Similar to many projects in their early days, Istio’s committees started as small groups that stemmed from the founding companies. But Istio has grown and matured (last year Istio was <a href=https://octoverse.github.com/#fastest-growing-oss-projects-by-contributors>#4 on GitHub&rsquo;s list of fastest growing open source projects!</a>), and it is time for the next evolution of Istio’s governance.</p><p>Recently, <a href=https://aspenmesh.io/helping-istio-sail/>we were proud to appoint Neeraj Poddar, Co