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- The structure of the Anuket community
- Sub-project and workstream management including Roles & Responsibilities, and Decision-making process
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- The Technical Steering Committee (the “TSC”) will be responsible for the technical oversight of the open source Anuket Project.
- Responsibilities: The TSC will be responsible for all aspects of oversight relating to the Anuket Project which include but are not limited to:
- coordinating the technical direction of the Anuket Project including the approval the technical scope of the Anuket Assured program
- approving the creation, re-organization and closure of sub-projects and workstreams
- approving system proposals (e.g: lab equipment)
- creating sub-committees or working groups to focus on cross-project technical issues and requirements
- establishing community norms, workflows, issuing releases, and security issue reporting policies
- approving and implementing policies and processes for contributing, outcomes publications and coordinating with the series manager of the Anuket Project (as provided for in the Series Agreement, the “Series Manager”) to resolve matters or concerns that may arise as set forth in Section 7 of this Charter
- seeking consensus, and where necessary, voting on technical matters relating to an artifact that affects multiple sub-projects
- coordinating any marketing, events, or communications regarding the Anuket Project
- approving license exceptions under Section 7, and
- amending the Anuket Project Operations and Procedures document and other policies and documents of the TSC as per the procedures defined in these documents.
- coordinating with other communities
- coordinating the technical direction of the Anuket Project including the approval the technical scope of the Anuket Assured program
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- The Anuket Project aims to operate as a consensus-based community, but if a TSC decision requires a vote, the members of the TSC will vote on a one vote per individual member basis.
- The TSC shall follow the decision-making process specified in Section 3.2.3
- Quorum for TSC meetings requires at least half (1/2) of all members of the TSC to be present.
- The TSC may continue to meet if quorum is not met but the TSC may not make any decisions at the meeting.
- The TSC may continue to meet after quorum stops to be met but the TSC may not make any further decisions at the meeting.
- TSC members can appoint proxies to participate on TSC meeting instead of them as per the procedures defined in Section 3.3.2.2
- In the event that a vote by the TSC cannot resolve an issue, any member of the TSC may refer the matter to the Series Manager for assistance in reaching a resolution.
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- The TSC may meet as needed to discuss emerging issues. Issues may be raised for TSC consideration by:
- any TSC member
- any sub-project or workstream lead
- any member of a sub-project or workstream
- others with the prior permission of either of the TSC Co-Chairs
- Transparency. The TSC meetings and all decision making shall be open
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- The intent is for the TSC to find a path to consensus within the TSC and community.
- TSC meetings shall require a quorum (defined in the Anuket Project Charter) to make any decision. If a TSC meeting fails to meet the quorum requirement, discussions may proceed, however there shall be no voting or decisions made.
- Decisions by the TSC are made after a review of the opinions, virtual discussions/debate, options identified, consensus sought, and, if necessaryand discussion by the members. Consensus is sought, however, if it cannot be reached by discussion, a vote of the TSC members can be taken. Simple TSC issues may be resolved by a short discussion and simple majority vote of the TSC members in attendance.
- TSC discussions associated with simple issues may be over email or at a meeting of the TSC.
- TSC decisions at meetings satisfying the quorum requirements shall pass with a majority vote of the TSC members present, except if the decision affects the Anuket Charter or Anuket Project Operations and Procedures clauses that have a different voting criterion specified within the respective documents.
- TSC decisions may be made by an electronic vote without a meeting and require a majority vote of all members of the TSC.
- During an electronic vote, if any two (2) TSC members request a meeting to discuss the decision, the electronic vote in process shall end without effect, and a new vote may be initiated after the meeting to discuss the decision has completed.
- Major TSC issues may only be resolved at a TSC meeting except that the voting shall be taken electronically.
- Major issues are of a fundamental nature of the mission and goals of the Anuket Project or those with wide ranging impact on the community or operation operations of the Anuket Project and sub-projects, or operation operations of the TSC.
- Any two (2) TSC members may ask that an issue be classified as a major issue.
- The TSC may form a sub-committee to recommend options that may or may not be accepted by the TSC.
- Decisions can only be made by a two-thirds (2/3rd) vote of the entire TSC members conducted electronically ten (10) business days after the TSC makes a recommendation.
- Changes to the Charter are subject to the Charter clauses 7.c and 8.
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Community Member: Any person, regardless of LFN membership, that has joined Anuket or one of the sub-projects or workstreams or teamsteams. Anyone can join the Anuket community by subscribing to one of the Anuket lists https://lists.anuket.io.
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Measurable contributions are Gerrit changes, GitHub pr-s, edits to the Anuket Confluence and other contributions that benefit to the success of the project, like whitepapers and blog posts. Other contributions must be are approved by the TSC and recorded in here: <add_link>
Participants affiliated with a Company that is a fully- or partially owned by another Company or a group of Related Companies are considered to be affiliated with the same organization (company)The Anuket Project will abide by the LF Networking guidance on how company membership and voting right is determined.
3.3.2 TSC Membership
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- If a TSC member is no longer able to perform the TSC duties, the TSC member may inform the TSC via an email to the TSC email list.
- If a TSC member moves companies, that member must notify the TSC via an email to the TSC email list. That TSC member may remain a member unless:
- the move places the member in conflict with the TSC composition rules, orthe TSC member (at his/her determination) will no longer be able to perform their TSC duties.
Replacement of a TSC member
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- Any changes to the membership shall maintain the 7 to 15 ratio of the minimum number of Telco Operator members to the total number of TSC members.
- Only one (1) member per company/organisation
- If there is a conflict between more than two one (21) TSC members would be from the same group of Related Companiesand the LF Networking guidance on company membership and voting rights , either at the time of election or from a later job change or changes to company ownership, they will jointly decide on the one (1) individual to be remain as the Anuket TSC member
3.3.4. TSC Co-Chair
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The TSC shall hold elections to elect the TSC Co-Chairs annually, 4 weeks after the TSC elections or whenever a vacancy occurs. There are no limits on the number of terms a TSC Co-Chair may serve.
3.3.4.1 TSC Co-Chair Responsibilities
A TSC Co-Chair is responsible for:
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- Only TSC Members are eligible to vote for TSC Co-Chairs.
- The nominations period shall be open for two (2) weeks
- The newly elected or the current TSC members are the "TSC Co-chair Electors" for annual or vacancy elections respectively
- The TSC Co-chair elections shall be conducted electronically by LFN staff among the TSC Chair ElectorsAt least two-thirds of the TSC Chair Electors are required to have voted for a valid election
- The elections are held by using electronic voting tool based on the Condorcet method
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