From 1a612d1e74083c774a2bdc6bf71996ae298a056f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Toby Hodges Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:44:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Create committee_charter.md --- committee_charter.md | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+) create mode 100644 committee_charter.md diff --git a/committee_charter.md b/committee_charter.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98b53b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/committee_charter.md @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +# Committee Charter: Library Carpentry Governance Committee +Approval date: pending
+Status: active
+ + +## Description/Problem Statement + +The committee is established to provide community leadership for the Library Carpentry lesson program. +Committee members represent the interests of the lesson program community, +overseeing project strategy and informing the actions of the Core Team and Executive Council as they relate to the lesson program. + + +## Objectives/Purpose + +Activities of the committee will fall into three categories: + +* Strategy: + * Monitoring the health of the lesson program and designing strategies to maintain and improve it + * Identifying priorities for growing the community and reach of the lesson program + * Working with Core Team and other community members to act on the strategic priorities identified +* Advocacy: + * Representing the lesson program in their local and professional networks + * Working with the Executive Council and Core Team to promote the interests of the lesson program within The Carpentries +* Communication: + * Reporting on the activities, objectives, and needs of the lesson program to the Executive Council and Core Team + * Engaging the community on topics and projects relevant to the development of the lesson program + * Working with the Core Team to maintain up-to-date information about the lesson program on The Carpentries websites + + +## Roles and Responsibilities + +- Chair, responsible for: + - overall leadership of the committee and advancing its aims and objectives + - preparing meeting agendas, sharing agendas with the committee in advance, + setting meeting roles, and approving meeting minutes for publication + - serving as the main point of contact for the committee + - keeping the committee documentation up to date + - producing periodic reports to The Carpentries Executive Council +- Secretary, responsible for: + - scheduling meetings and sharing calendar invitations + - providing a location for online meetings + - preparing meeting minutes and publishing them following approval +- Member, responsible for: + - notifying Chair of potential agenda items as they arise + - reading agenda and other relevant documents sent by Chair prior to meeting + - attending and actively participating in regular meetings + - participating in asynchronous voting through GitHub as needed. + - working with Core Team and community members to implement committee recommendations as needed + + +## Operational Procedures + +Processes for recruiting/selecting new members for the committee, onboarding and offboarding of members, +and succession planning for officer roles, are detailed in [the Lesson Program Governor handbook][lpgc-handbook]. + +### Decision making process + +**LPGCs please discuss how you want to make decisions, +and add details in this section before the charter is submitted to the Executive Council for approval.** + +### Meetings + +Meetings of the Governance Committee are private to members of the committee. +To raise something for discussion with the committee, send a message to [the TopicBox list][topicbox]. + +Minutes of past meetings are available in [the `minutes` directory][minutes] of this repository. + + +## Core Team Liasion + +Toby Hodges, Director of Curriculum + + +## Members + +### Current Members + +- Yared Abera +- Mary Filsell +- Ekaterina Grguric (Chair) +- Elizabeth McAulay (Secretary) +- Belinda Weaver + + +[lpgc-handbook]: FIXME +[minutes]: ./minutes/ +[topicbox]: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/swc-governors/ From a9b51348f31af08a97221bdd001775a4088e2730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Toby Hodges Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:31:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] correct typo --- committee_charter.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/committee_charter.md b/committee_charter.md index 98b53b4..f27858f 100644 --- a/committee_charter.md +++ b/committee_charter.md @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Toby Hodges, Director of Curriculum - Yared Abera - Mary Filsell -- Ekaterina Grguric (Chair) +- Ekatarina Grguric (Chair) - Elizabeth McAulay (Secretary) - Belinda Weaver From c2c966bff57ce520099a696c1ab41111755588e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Toby Hodges Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:37:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] correct TopicBox URL --- committee_charter.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/committee_charter.md b/committee_charter.md index f27858f..df207d8 100644 --- a/committee_charter.md +++ b/committee_charter.md @@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ Toby Hodges, Director of Curriculum [lpgc-handbook]: FIXME [minutes]: ./minutes/ -[topicbox]: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/swc-governors/ +[topicbox]: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/lc-governors/