First release candidate drafted by GWG/OGO chairs, incorporating all discussion and feedback thus far. The draft will then be reviewed by the maintainers before tagging RC 1. The goal is to pass this RC 1 to the principles committee for async feedback. We also intend to solicit feedback from people listed in the interested-parties document: https://github.com/gitops-working-group/gitops-working-group/blob/main/interested-parties.md.

This should draft addressing previously planned milestones (now closed):

• Simplify principles titles
• Clarify language to emphasize main point of each principle
• Incorporate all community feedback with broad consensus
• Resolve notes and glossary items
• Ensure consistency of language
• Ensure accessibility of all language

Milestone date pending maintainer availability in the coming weeks.