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 ## Governance 
 
-[FATE-Community](https://github.com/FederatedAI/FATE-Community) contains all the documents about how the community members coopearte with each other. 
+[FATE-Community](https://github.com/FederatedAI/FATE-Community) contains all the documents about how the community members cooperate with each other. 
 
 - [GOVERNANCE.md](https://github.com/FederatedAI/FATE-Community/blob/master/GOVERNANCE.md) documents the governance model of the project. 
 - [Minutes](https://github.com/FederatedAI/FATE-Community/blob/master/meeting-minutes) of working meetings