[1] The FreeBSD Core Team exists to provide direction and is responsible for setting goals for the FreeBSD Project and to provide mediation in the event of disputes, and also takes the final decision in case of disagreement between individuals and teams involved in the project.
In the event of a breach of internal rules of conduct, it falls to the core team to decide on sanctions.
The old, informal structure was no longer considered viable, and in early 2000 discussions were had regarding the future of the organisation.
[2] A set of bylaws were formulated by Jonathan Lemon, Warner Losh and Wes Peters.
Committers are entitled to vote in Core elections if they have made at least one change to one of the Project's repositories in the past 12 months.
[6] Elections may be held early if the membership of the Core Team fall below seven,[6] or if petitioned for by 1/3 of active developers.
The Core Team Secretary is also responsible for writing and distributing monthly status reports to the FreeBSD developer community.