From a6fdec798666eaa49d11825ebcf8a9ec6bb7398e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cecile Robert-Michon <cecilerobertm@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 23:58:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add release team owners

---
 CHANGELOG/OWNERS |  8 +++++++-
 OWNERS_ALIASES   | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG/OWNERS b/CHANGELOG/OWNERS
index 4b3bccb932c5..774819574f69 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG/OWNERS
+++ b/CHANGELOG/OWNERS
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-# TODO: create alias for release team and decide who is approver and reviewer for release notes
\ No newline at end of file
+# See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
+
+approvers:
+  - cluster-api-release-lead
+
+reviewers:
+  - cluster-api-release-team
diff --git a/OWNERS_ALIASES b/OWNERS_ALIASES
index 83049dab11e9..4ed0af4e1552 100644
--- a/OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -119,3 +119,29 @@ aliases:
   - oscr
   cluster-api-docs-reviewers:
   - elmiko
+
+  # -----------------------------------------------------------
+  # OWNER_ALIASES for v1.6 release-team
+  # -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+  cluster-api-release-lead:
+  - furkatgofurov7
+  
+  cluster-api-release-team:
+  # members added in commented lines have a pending membership
+  # and will be added back once it is acquired.
+  # - adilGhaffarDev
+  - cahillsf
+  - chiukapoor
+  - furkatgofurov7 # release lead
+  - g-gaston # release comms manager
+  - hackeramitkumar
+  # - kranurag7
+  - mjlshen
+  - nawazkh # release ci manager
+  - nprokopic
+  - Prajyot-Parab
+  # - razashahid107
+  # - Sunnatillo
+  - vincepri
+  - willie-yao