[This is a template for Go's change proposal process, documented here.]
Author(s): [Author Name (@github-username or email address), Co-Author Name (@github-username or email address)]
Last updated: [Date]
Discussion at: https://github.com/PlanktoScope/PlanktoScope/issues/NNNNN
[A short summary of the proposal.]
[An introduction of the necessary background and the problem being solved by the proposed change.]
[A precise statement of the proposed change.]
[A discussion of alternate approaches and the trade offs, advantages, and disadvantages of the specified approach.]
[A discussion of any impacts of the change on backwards-compatibility.]
[A description of what actions need to be taken in order to implement the proposal, who will do them, and when. This should include a discussion of how the work fits into the PlanktoScope project's release cycle.]
[A discussion of issues relating to this proposal for which the author does not know the solution. This section may be removed if there are no such issues.]