From fac09f5d9fe6c7900f587452f9d42167f603b555 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Silvester Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:39:24 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Relax the requirement that all Standing Committees Have an SSC Representative --- standing_committees_and_working_groups.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md index 0a2fcd8d..6e60a02a 100644 --- a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md +++ b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Standing Committees have the following unique properties: - Standing Committees focus on areas critical to the governance of the project and thus are established and dissolved by joint decisions of the SSC and EB. - Changes to the charters of Standing Committees are approved by joint decisions of the SSC and EB. -- Standing Committees always have a representative on the SSC, elected by the Standing Committee Council. +- Optionally, the EB may nominate certain Standing Committees to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, Standing Committees elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. - The EB is responsible for ensuring the Standing Committees are appropriately resourced at all times. ## Working Groups From 60a0e104e7ddc31f029d4b760a161004425af2d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Silvester Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:53:30 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Update standing_committees_and_working_groups.md Co-authored-by: Jason Grout --- standing_committees_and_working_groups.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md index 6e60a02a..4428b876 100644 --- a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md +++ b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Standing Committees have the following unique properties: - Standing Committees focus on areas critical to the governance of the project and thus are established and dissolved by joint decisions of the SSC and EB. - Changes to the charters of Standing Committees are approved by joint decisions of the SSC and EB. -- Optionally, the EB may nominate certain Standing Committees to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, Standing Committees elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. +- Optionally, the EB may nominate certain Standing Committees to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, Standing Committee Councils elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. - The EB is responsible for ensuring the Standing Committees are appropriately resourced at all times. ## Working Groups From 1c4503f3385e152d261023630163f3cc5a7ec4bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Silvester Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:56:01 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Update standing_committees_and_working_groups.md --- standing_committees_and_working_groups.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md index 4428b876..5209dc9f 100644 --- a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md +++ b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Standing Committees and Working Groups both: - Have charters that define their scope and purpose. Within those charters, they are free to make decisions autonomously. - Carry out their functions in a manner that is as open and transparent as possible given the unique dimensions of their charter. - Maintain a public GitHub repository with basic information (council members, charter, public meetings, SSC representative, etc.) for purposes of transparency and consistency. +- Optionally, the EB may nominate certain Working Groups or Standing Committees to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, the Working Group or Standing Committee will elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. ## Standing Committees @@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ Standing Committees have the following unique properties: - Standing Committees focus on areas critical to the governance of the project and thus are established and dissolved by joint decisions of the SSC and EB. - Changes to the charters of Standing Committees are approved by joint decisions of the SSC and EB. -- Optionally, the EB may nominate certain Standing Committees to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, Standing Committee Councils elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. - The EB is responsible for ensuring the Standing Committees are appropriately resourced at all times. ## Working Groups @@ -35,4 +35,3 @@ Working Groups have the following unique properties: - Working Groups are established and dissolved by decisions of EB. - Changes to the charters of Working Groups are approved by the EB. - Working Groups, by default, do not have representatives on the SSC. -- Optionally, the EB may nominate certain Working Groups to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, Working Group councils elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. From bed9f98d9e12af3217bd27203f3a90841d5fe4e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Silvester Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:57:36 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] EB -> EC --- standing_committees_and_working_groups.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md index 5209dc9f..dd192e0c 100644 --- a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md +++ b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ In addition to the software work on Jupyter that is coordinated through the [Software Steering Council](software_steering_council.md) (SSC), much of the project’s work expands beyond software. Examples include code of conduct incident response, diversity and inclusion, operations, legal, fundraising, events, community, and marketing. Standing Committees and Working Groups carry out this non-software related work of the project by delegation from the [Executive Council](executive_council). -The primary difference between Standing Committees and Working Groups is that Standing Committees are intended to be permanent; they are only created and dissolved by a joint vote of the EB and SSC. In contrast, Working Groups can be created and dissolved by the EB acting alone. +The primary difference between Standing Committees and Working Groups is that Standing Committees are intended to be permanent; they are only created and dissolved by a joint vote of the EC and SSC. In contrast, Working Groups can be created and dissolved by the EC acting alone. A list of Standing Committees and Working Groups can be [found here](list_of_standing_committees_and_working_groups.md). @@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ Standing Committees and Working Groups both: - Have charters that define their scope and purpose. Within those charters, they are free to make decisions autonomously. - Carry out their functions in a manner that is as open and transparent as possible given the unique dimensions of their charter. - Maintain a public GitHub repository with basic information (council members, charter, public meetings, SSC representative, etc.) for purposes of transparency and consistency. -- Optionally, the EB may nominate certain Working Groups or Standing Committees to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, the Working Group or Standing Committee will elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. +- Optionally, the EC may nominate certain Working Groups or Standing Committees to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, the Working Group or Standing Committee will elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. ## Standing Committees Standing Committees have the following unique properties: -- Standing Committees focus on areas critical to the governance of the project and thus are established and dissolved by joint decisions of the SSC and EB. -- Changes to the charters of Standing Committees are approved by joint decisions of the SSC and EB. +- Standing Committees focus on areas critical to the governance of the project and thus are established and dissolved by joint decisions of the SSC and EC. +- Changes to the charters of Standing Committees are approved by joint decisions of the SSC and EC. - The EB is responsible for ensuring the Standing Committees are appropriately resourced at all times. ## Working Groups Working Groups have the following unique properties: -- Working Groups are established and dissolved by decisions of EB. -- Changes to the charters of Working Groups are approved by the EB. +- Working Groups are established and dissolved by decisions of EC. +- Changes to the charters of Working Groups are approved by the EC. - Working Groups, by default, do not have representatives on the SSC. From dc5826bd9fd0b2a97c32d8e0b3f9cecc12f9a632 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Silvester Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:58:58 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Update standing_committees_and_working_groups.md --- standing_committees_and_working_groups.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md index dd192e0c..83603a82 100644 --- a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md +++ b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Standing Committees and Working Groups both: - Have charters that define their scope and purpose. Within those charters, they are free to make decisions autonomously. - Carry out their functions in a manner that is as open and transparent as possible given the unique dimensions of their charter. - Maintain a public GitHub repository with basic information (council members, charter, public meetings, SSC representative, etc.) for purposes of transparency and consistency. -- Optionally, the EC may nominate certain Working Groups or Standing Committees to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, the Working Group or Standing Committee will elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. +- Optionally, the EC may nominate certain Working Groups or Standing Committee councils to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, the Working Group or Standing Committee Council will elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. ## Standing Committees From 6480f7c9b5a644d53a7a994708ef658b71cad31e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Silvester Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:59:15 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Update standing_committees_and_working_groups.md --- standing_committees_and_working_groups.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md index 83603a82..92046672 100644 --- a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md +++ b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Standing Committees and Working Groups both: - Have charters that define their scope and purpose. Within those charters, they are free to make decisions autonomously. - Carry out their functions in a manner that is as open and transparent as possible given the unique dimensions of their charter. - Maintain a public GitHub repository with basic information (council members, charter, public meetings, SSC representative, etc.) for purposes of transparency and consistency. -- Optionally, the EC may nominate certain Working Groups or Standing Committee councils to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, the Working Group or Standing Committee Council will elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. +- Optionally, the EC may nominate certain Working Groups or Standing Committee councils to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, the Working Group or Standing Committee council will elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. ## Standing Committees From 585ede91b02faea3f361b4a15f6024cd2635f6d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brian E. Granger" Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:56:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Update standing_committees_and_working_groups.md More iteration on the language about SSC reps. --- standing_committees_and_working_groups.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md index 92046672..1b2d017a 100644 --- a/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md +++ b/standing_committees_and_working_groups.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Standing Committees and Working Groups both: - Have charters that define their scope and purpose. Within those charters, they are free to make decisions autonomously. - Carry out their functions in a manner that is as open and transparent as possible given the unique dimensions of their charter. - Maintain a public GitHub repository with basic information (council members, charter, public meetings, SSC representative, etc.) for purposes of transparency and consistency. -- Optionally, the EC may nominate certain Working Groups or Standing Committee councils to have a representative on the SSC. Once approved by the SSC to have a representative on the SSC, the Working Group or Standing Committee council will elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. +- When a new Working Group or Standing Committee is being established the EC and SSC will decide whether that group needs an SSC representative due to the nature of its work. That group will then elect and maintain their representative to the SSC using the Decision-Making Guide. ## Standing Committees