Bootstrap Release 1.21 directory

releases/release-1.21/OWNERS

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+# See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
+
+approvers:
+  - onlydole              # Emeritus Adviser
+  - palnabarun            # Release Team Lead
+  - bai                   # Release Team Lead Shadow
+  - kikisdeliveryservice  # Release Team Lead Shadow
+  - savitharaghunathan    # Release Team Lead Shadow
+
+reviewers:
+  - annajung              # Enhancements
+  - divya-mohan0209       # Communications
+  - erismaster            # Bug Triage
+  - reylejano             # Docs
+  - thejoycekung          # CI Signal
+  - wilsonehusin          # Release Notes

releases/release-1.21/README.md

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+---
+title: "Kubernetes 1.21 Release Information"
+weight: 98
+slug: "release"
+aliases: [ "/release" ]
+description: |
+  Information regarding the current release cycle including important dates,
+  Release Team contact information, tracking spreadsheets and more!
+---
+
+# Kubernetes 1.21
+
+#### Links
+
+* [This document](https://git.k8s.io/sig-release/releases/release-1.21/README.md)
+* [Release Team](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release-1.21/release-team.md)
+* [Meeting Minutes](http://bit.ly/k8s121-releasemtg) (join [kubernetes-sig-release@] to receive meeting invites)
+* [v1.21 Release Calendar][k8s121-calendar]
+* Contact: [#sig-release] on slack, [kubernetes-release-team@] on e-mail
+* [Internal Contact Info][Internal Contact Info] (accessible only to members of [kubernetes-release-team@])
+
+#### Tracking docs
+
+* Enhancements Tracking Sheet: TODO
+* Bug Triage Tracking Sheet: TODO
+* CI Signal Report: TODO
+* [Retrospective Document][Retrospective Document]
+* [kubernetes/sig-release v1.21 milestone](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/milestone/49)
+
+#### Guides
+
+* [Targeting Issues and PRs to This Milestone](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/release.md)
+* [Triaging and Escalating Test Failures](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-testing/testing.md#troubleshooting-a-failure)
+
+## TL;DR
+
+The 1.21 release cycle is proposed as follows:
+
+- **Monday, January 11th**: Week 1 - Release cycle begins
+- **Tuesday, February 9th**: Week 5 - [Enhancements Freeze](../release_phases.md#enhancements-freeze)
+- **Tuesday, March 9th**: Week 9 - [Code Freeze](../release_phases.md#code-freeze)
+- **TBC**: TBC - [Test Freeze](../release_phases.md#test-freeze)
+- **TBC**: TBC - Docs must be completed and reviewed
+- **Thursday, April 8th**: Week 13 - Kubernetes v1.21.0 released
+- **TBC**: TBC - Release Retrospective
+
+## Timeline
+
+> The below schedule is tentative and would be finalized by Thursday, January 14.
+
+| **What** | **Who** | **When** | **WEEK** | **CI SIGNAL** |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Start of Release Cycle | Lead | Mon January 11 | week 1 | [master-blocking] |
+| Start Enhancements Tracking | Enhancements Lead | Tue January 12 | | |
+| Schedule finalized | Lead | Thurs January 14 | | |
+| Team finalized | Lead | Friday January 15 |  | |
+| 1.21.0-alpha.1 released | Branch Manager | TBC | TBC | |
+| Start Release Notes Draft | Release Notes Lead | TBC | TBC | |
+| **Begin [Enhancements Freeze]** (EOD PST) | Enhancements Lead | Tue February 9th | week 5 | [master-blocking], [master-informing] |
+| 1.21.0-alpha.2 released | Branch Manager | TBC | TBC | |
+| 1.21.0-alpha.3 released | Branch Manager | TBC | TBC | |
+| 1.21.0-beta.0 released | Branch Manager | TBC | TBC | |
+| **Begin [Burndown]** (MWF meetings) | Lead | Mon March 1 | week 8 | [1.21-blocking], [master-blocking], [master-informing] |
+| **Call for [Exceptions][Exception]** | Lead | Mon March 1 | | |
+| Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is Coming | Comms / Bug Triage | Mon March 1 | | |
+| 1.21.0-beta.1 released | Branch Manager | TBC | | |
+| Docs deadline - Open placeholder PRs | Docs Lead | TBC | | |
+| **Begin [Code Freeze]** (EOD PST) | Branch Manager | Tue March 9 | week 9 | |
+| Burndown Meetings daily| Lead | Mon March 15 | week 10 | |
+| 1.21.0-beta.2 released | Branch Manager | TBC | | |
+| Docs deadline - PRs ready for review | Docs Lead | TBC | TBC | |
+| **[Test Freeze]** (EOD PST) | Branch Manager | TBC | |
+| Docs complete - All PRs reviewed and ready to merge | Docs Lead | TBC | TBC | |
+| release-1.21 branch created | Branch Manager | TBC | | |
+| release-1.21 jobs created | Branch Manager | TBC | | |
+| 1.21.0-rc.0 released | Branch Manager | TBC | | |
+| **v1.21.0 released** | Branch Manager | Thurs April 8 | week 13 | |
+| **[Thaw]** | Branch Manager | Thurs April 8 | | |
+| Release retrospective | Community | TBC | TBC | |
+
+## Phases
+
+Please refer to the [release phases document](../release_phases.md).
+
+[k8s121-calendar]: https://bit.ly/k8s-release-cal
+[Internal Contact Info]: http://bit.ly/k8s121-contacts
+[Retrospective Document]: http://bit.ly/k8s121-retro
+
+[Enhancements Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#enhancements-freeze
+[Burndown]: ../release_phases.md#burndown
+[Code Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#code-freeze
+[Exception]: ../release_phases.md#exceptions
+[Thaw]: ../release_phases.md#thaw
+[Test Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#test-freeze
+
+[kubernetes-release-team@]: https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/release-team
+[kubernetes-sig-release@]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-sig-release
+[#sig-release]: https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/sig-release/
+[kubernetes-release-calendar]: https://bit.ly/k8s-release-cal
+[kubernetes/kubernetes]: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
+
+[master-blocking]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-master-blocking#Summary
+[master-informing]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-master-informing#Summary
+[1.21-blocking]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-1.21-blocking#Summary
+
+[exception requests]: ../EXCEPTIONS.md
+[release phases document]: ../release_phases.md

releases/release-1.21/release_team.md

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+# Kubernetes 1.21 Release Team
+
+| **Role** | **Name** (**GitHub / Slack ID**) | **Shadow Name(s) (GitHub / Slack ID)** |
+|----------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
+| Lead | Nabarun Pal ([@palnabarun](https://github.com/palnabarun) / Slack: `@palnabarun`) | Kirsten Garrison ( [@kikisdeliveryservice](https://github.com/kikisdeliveryservice) / Slack: `@oikiki`), Savitha Raghunathan ([@savitharaghunathan](https://github.com/savitharaghunathan) / Slack: `@sraghunathan`), Vlad Gorodetsky ([@bai](https://github.com/bai) / Slack: `@bai`) |
+| Enhancements | Anna Jung ([@annajung](https://github.com/annajung) / Slack: `@annajung`) | |
+| CI Signal | Joyce Kung ([@thejoycekung](https://github.com/thejoycekung) / Slack: `@jk`) | |
+| Bug Triage | Derrik Campau ([@erismaster](https://github.com/erismaster) / Slack: `@dcampau`) | |
+| Docs | Rey Lejano ([@reylejano](https://github.com/reylejano) / Slack: `@rlejano`) | |
+| Release Notes | Wilson Husin ([@wilsonehusin](https://github.com/wilsonehusin) / Slack: `@wilsonehusin`) | |
+| Communications | Divya Mohan ([@divya-mohan0209](https://github.com/divya-mohan0209) / Slack: `@divya`) | |
+| Emeritus Adviser | Taylor Dolezal ([@onlydole](https://github.com/onlydole) / Slack: `@onlydole`) | |
+
+Review the [Release Managers page](/release-managers.md) for up-to-date contact information on Release Engineering personnel.
+
+The schedule for all patch releases can be found at [Patch Releases page](/releases/patch-releases.md). It will be updated to include 1.21, once the 1.21 release cycle concludes.