| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
Utilize Governance Committee communication platforms to maintain transparency for meeting agendas, notes, and voting results;Maintain shared Inquiries communication platform for Trusted Partners to maintain transparency in business development opportunities.
Business Development
Identify potential new funding opportunities for core and implementation projects;
Coordinate responses to implementation inquiries;
Maintain a list of Trusted Partners with access to Inquiries communications platform;
Develop and maintain business plans for the long-term sustainability of GovStack Initiative;
Review and approve appropriate legal structures needed to further GovStack Initiative needs;
Identify resources to provide guidance on proposals for GovStack implementations;
Approve new relationships and partnerships with other organizations (both open source and commercial);
Approve requirements for and requests from new organizations (open source and commercial) to join the GovStack Community as a Trusted Partner.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
GovStack Governance Committee meetings are open to the public and notes from the calls are publicly available on the GovStack wiki. If a new organization or participant wishes to become a voting member of the committee, they must make a request in writing or in person during a Committee call, at which time Committee members may determine eligibility through a voting process in which the majority of votes determines acceptance.
An organization or participant may be removed as a voting member of the committee if they are determined to no longer be an active or integral member of the GovStack Initiative. This decision will be determined by the Governance Committee when necessary, and the organization or participant will be informed of their removal from the voting structure in writing by the Secretary.
A list of current GovStack Governance Committee members may be found on the GovStack Governance page.
...
The Governance Committee elects a rotating chair on a quarterly basis. The chair will facilitate Governance Committee meetings during that time period. The Committee will follow modified Robert’s Rules of Order (12th edition) in the conduct of meetings, motions, discussions, and voting.
...
The Governance Committee meets on a weekly basis. Agendas and notes from past meetings can be found here.
In order to cover all the above-mentioned topics within the framework of the governance committee meetings, one of the weekly meetings per month shall take place in a smaller group (voting members) and will be dedicated to strategic questions, specifically in the following areas:
...