Technical Steering Committee
The Technical Steering Committee (the “TSC”) will be responsible for all
technical oversight of the open source Project.
"Transition Period”: From the effective date of this Charter, up to but no more
than twentyfour (24) months or such other date as determined by the TSC (such
period the “Transition Period”), the TSC voting members would consist of all
founding participants who participate in the development process prior to project
announcement. The list of voting members of the TSC will be maintained o
n the “CONTRIBUTING” file within the Project’s code repository.
"Steady State”: After the Startup period, the size, makeup and procedure for
determining voting members of the TSC will be as determined by the TSC and
documented within a TSC procedures document that is maintained on
“PROCEDURES” file within the Project’s code repository.
Contributors and Committers
TSC projects generally will involve Contributors and Committers. The TSC may
adopt or modify roles so long as the roles are documented in the CONTRIBUTING file. Unless otherwise documented:
- Contributors include anyone in the technical community that contributes
code, documentation, or other technical artifacts to the Project; - Committers are Contributors who have earned the ability to modify
(“commit”) source code, documentation or other technical artifacts in a
project’s repository; and - A Contributor may become a Committer by a majority approval of the
existing Committers. A Committer may be removed by a majority
approval of the other existing Committers.
Participation in the Project through becoming a Contributor and Committer is
open to anyone so long as they abide by the terms of the project Charter and established governance.
f.
The TSC may (1) establish work flow procedures for the submission, approval,
and closure/archiving of projects, (2) set requirements for the promotion of
Contributors to Committer status, as appl
icable, and (3) amend, adjust, refine
and/or eliminate the roles of Contributors, and Committers, and create new roles,
and publicly document any TSC roles, as it sees fit.
g.
The TSC may elect a TSC Chair, who will preside over meetings of the TSC and
will s
erve until their resignation or replacement by the TSC.
h.
Responsibilities: The TSC will be responsible for all aspects of oversight relating
to the Project, which may include:
i.
coordinating the technical direction of the Project;
ii.
approving project or system proposals (including, but not limited to,
incubation, deprecation, and changes to a sub
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project’s scope);
iii.
organizing sub
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projects and removing sub
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projects;
iv.
creating sub
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committees or working groups to focus on cross
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project
tec
hnical issues and requirements;
v.
appointing representatives to work with other open source or open
standards communities;
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vi.
establishing community norms, workflows, issuing releases, and security
issue reporting policies;
vii.
approving and implementing policies a
nd processes for contributing (to be
published in the CONTRIBUTING file) and coordinating with the series
manager of the Project (as provided for in the Series Agreement, the
“Series Manager”) to resolve matters or concerns that may arise as set
forth in S
ection 7 of this Charter;
viii.
discussions, seeking consensus, and where necessary, voting on technical
matters relating to the code base that affect multiple projects; and
ix.
coordinating any marketing, events, or communications regarding the
Project.
3.
TSC Voting
a.
While the Project aims to operate as a consensus
-
based community, if any TSC
decision requires a vote to move the Project forward, the voting members of the
TSC will vote on a one vote per voting member basis.
b.
Quorum for TSC meetings requires at least fift
y percent of all voting members of
the TSC to be present. The TSC may continue to meet if quorum is not met but
will be prevented from making any decisions at the meeting.
c.
Except as provided in Section 7.c. and 8.a, decisions by vote at a meeting require
a
majority vote of those in attendance, provided quorum is met. Decisions made
by electronic vote without a meeting require a majority vote of all voting
members of the TSC.
d.
In the event a vote cannot be resolved by the TSC, any voting member of the TSC
may
refer the matter to the Series Manager for assistance in reaching a resolution