WG Annual Charter Template
- Ali González
Status | Draft |
Version | 0.0.2 |
Current notice | Working on crafting a document out of these references: |
Drafters | @Ali González |
Reviewers |
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(Name) Working Group Charter [year]
Description: The [year] mission of the [name] (Working) Group is to [do something cool and specific on the WG Topic].
Charter Status | Active OPEN CALL INACTIVE OBSOLETE |
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Specifications under observance | [Link to specification] [Link to specification] |
Start date | [dd monthname yyyy] (date of the "Call for Participation", when the charter is approved) |
End date | [dd monthname yyyy] (Start date + 1 year) |
Facilitators | [person name] (affiliation) [person name] (affiliation) [person name] (affiliation) [person name] (affiliation) |
Join the Group | [Link to public page] [Link to slack channel] |
Meeting Schedule | (Regular meetup schedule in the following format) [Tuesdays at 14:00 GMT at (Link)] [Link to calendar feed] |
Past charters | [Link to past charter] [Link to past charter] [Link to past charter] |
1. Motivation and Background
Background of landscape, technologies, policies, and relationship to the ecosystem of GovTech, its users, developers, implementers, and industry.
2. Scope for [year]
What goals are you hoping to achieve for this year? Please use section 4.2 of the Meta-Specification for reference of the types of activities your working group is trying to achieve.
2.1 Out of scope
The following features are out of scope, and will not be addressed by this (Working|Interest) group.
3. Deliverables
3.1 Activities and Deliverables
All items within the scope should be associated to activities and deliverables. e.g. if sharing real-world experiences regarding the implementation of specifications, please specify what activities are you planing and how can it be documented.
For Charters where the publication of specifications is expected, please use the following format:
Name of the Specification, version number
Link to proposal document
Link to Draft, if existing
Short description for the specification
Expected completion: YYYY-MM-DD or QX-YYYY
3.2 Timeline
[Rough timeline that details per quarter your activities]
4. Success Criteria
Detail here how you expect to measure the success of your charter.
5. Coordination
Detail here, if applicable, other GovStack Working Groups as well as external organizations you expect to coordinate with to achieve the work describe in this charter.
6. Participation
To be successful, this (Working|Interest) Group is expected to have 6 or more active participants for its duration, [_optional_ including representatives from the key implementors of this specification], [_optional in case of specification work_ and active Editors and Test Leads for each specification].
Facilitators are expected to contribute [validate: _half of a working day per week towards the (Working|Interest) Group]. There is no minimum requirement for other Participants.
The group encourages questions, comments and issues on its public mailing lists and document repositories, as described in Communication.
[_pending adaptation_ The group also welcomes non-Members to contribute technical submissions for consideration upon their agreement to the terms of the W3C Patent Policy.]
Participants in the group are required (by the GovStack Meta Specification) to follow the GovStack’s Code of Conduct.
7. Communication
Technical discussions for this (Working|Interest) Group are conducted in public: the meeting minutes from teleconference and face-to-face meetings will be archived for public review, and technical discussions and issue tracking will be conducted in a manner that can be both read and written to by the general public. Working Drafts and Editor's Drafts of specifications will be developed in public repositories and may permit direct public contribution requests. The meetings themselves are not open to public participation, however.
Information about the group (including details about deliverables, issues, actions, status, participants, and meetings) will be available from the [name] (Working|Interest) Group home page.
Most [name] (Working|Interest) Group teleconferences will focus on discussion of particular specifications, and will be conducted on an as-needed basis.
This group primarily conducts its technical work on the [Slack Channel] for the Group, their [Jira space] and [their Confluence Space]. The public is invited to review, discuss and contribute to this work.
8. Decision Policy
[TBD]
9. Patent Policy
[TBD]
10. Patent Disclosures
[TBD]
11. Licensing
[TBD]
12. About this Charter
12.1 Charter history
12.12 Change Log