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@@ -21,14 +21,56 @@ Bodies
 Ceph Executive Council
 ======================
 
-Responsibilities
-----------------
+.. _exec-council-responsibilities:
+
+Ceph Executive Council Responsibilities
+---------------------------------------
+
+- Spokesperson
+
+   - welcome/keynote for cephalocon
+     
+   - maintaining slides and presenting about the project
+
+   - Community focal point (user interaction, conference talks, mailing list,
+     etc)
+   
+- Community
+
+    - managing community manager
+
+    - LF Program Manager person, Social Media person
+
+    - liase with the ambassadors
+
+    - make sure ceph events happen, successfully: cephalocon, ceph days, cds, user/dev, cdm
+
+    - coordinating with LF
+
+    - creating program committee
+
+    - recordings on youtube
+
+    - getting sponsors for events
+
+    - communications, schedule, venue decisions
+
+    - coordinate blog posts
+
+
+- Ceph Foundation
+
+    - ensure foundation is healthy: financials, operations
+
+    - represent the CLT on the Board
+
+    - present project status regularly (yearly)
+
+    - collect member ideas / feedback
+
+    - ensure members feel valued
 
- * Arbiter in cases where decisions cannot be reached by consensus
- * Distribute key responsibilities amongst themselves or others
- * Point of contact for the project
- * Representatives for Ceph foundation board meetings
- * Ensure things get done
+    - guide the members how to support the project (events, testing, marketing, hardware, ...)
 
 Membership
 ----------