added section on github permissions

community/github/permissions.md

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+# pyOpenSci GitHub Permissions
+
+## GitHub teams
+pyOpenSci uses [GitHub Teams](https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/organizing-members-into-teams/about-teams) to allocate permissions to contributors on GitHub. pyOpenSci currently has [four active teams](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams):
+
+* [the Editorial Board](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/editorial-board)
+* [the Packaging Council](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/packaging-council)
+* [pyOpenSci Repo Maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/pyos-repo-maintainers)
+* [the Translation Council](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/translation-council)
+
+## Team repository access
+
+Each of the teams has access to the following pyOpenSci repositories:
+
+### Editorial Board
+
+These are individuals who serve on the pyOpenSci [Editorial Board](https://www.pyopensci.org/our-community/#pyopensci-community-contributors).
+
+* [software-peer-review repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-peer-review)
+* [software-submission](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-submission)
+* [pyopensci.github.io repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyopensci.github.io)
+
+### Packaging Council
+
+These are members who are actively working on our packaging projects and translation in the organization.
+
+* [python-package-guide repository](https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/)
+* [pyosPackage repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyosPackage)
+* [pyos-package-template](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyos-package-template)
+
+### pyOpenSci Repo Maintainers
+
+This is a team with folks who have access to manage issues and such across our repositories.
+
+* [software-peer-review repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-peer-review)
+* [python-package-guide repository](https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/)
+* [pyosMeta repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyosMeta)
+* [pyopensci.github.io repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyopensci.github.io)
+* [pyos-sphinx-theme](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyos-sphinx-theme)
+
+### Translation Council
+
+These are people working on translations across our repos. There are currently no repos assigned to the translations team.
+
+## How permissions are granted
+
+We liberally grant access to our GitHub repos to pyOpenSci community members. When we see a contributor actively engaging, we add them to the appropriate teams.
+
+To learn more about how pyOpenSci uses GitHub, please refer to our [GitHub processes page](https://www.pyopensci.org/handbook/community/github/intro.html), in particular the [GitHub Issue Guidelines](https://www.pyopensci.org/handbook/community/github/issues.html) and [Pull Requests](https://www.pyopensci.org/handbook/community/github/pull-requests.html) sections.

community/index.md

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 GitHub Issue Guidelines <github/issues>
 Pull Requests <github/pull-requests>
 Continuous Integration (CI) <github/continuous-integration>
+GitHub permissions <github/permissions>
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