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+# RFC-[number]: [Title]
+
+## Proposers
+
+- @<proposer1 github username>
+- @<proposer2 github username>
+
+## Approvers
+- @<approver1 github username>
+- @<approver2 github username>
+
+## Status
+
+GH Feature Request: <link to umbrella JIRA>
+
+> Please keep the status updated in `rfc/README.md`.
+
+## Abstract
+
+Describe the problem you are trying to solve and a brief description of why it’s needed.
+
+## Background
+Introduce any background context which is relevant or necessary to understand the feature and design choices.
+
+## Implementation
+Describe the new thing you want to do in appropriate detail, how it fits into the project architecture.<br>
+Provide a detailed description of how you intend to implement this feature, this may be fairly extensive and have large subsections of its own or it may be a few sentences.<br>
+Use judgement to decide on how detailed the description needs to be based on the scope of the change. If unclear, you can ask questions in dev@xtable.apache.org.
+
+## Rollout/Adoption Plan
+
+- Are there any breaking changes as part of this new feature/functionality?
+- What impact (if any) will there be on existing users?
+- If we are changing behavior how will we phase out the older behavior? When will we remove the existing behavior? 
+- If we need special migration tools, describe them here.
+
+## Test Plan
+
+Describe in few sentences how the RFC will be tested. How will we know that the implementation works as expected? How will we know nothing breaks?
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