An ebpf.io maintainer is a participant in the project with the ability to commit code directly to the master repository. Commit access grants the ability to affect the shape the architecture and content of ebpf.io. Anyone wanting to become a maintainer should show sustained and relevant contributions to the project.
In the end the decision to grant or revoke committer privileges is a judgment call made by the existing set of committers. People can become maintainers through nomination by an exisiting maintainer or self nomination.
Maintainers should work to review contributions to the website as quickly as possible so PRs don't rot. All contributions should be in the interest of the eBPF community and reflect the community's interests.
PRs can be merged after approval by any of the maintainers.