diff --git a/STEERING-COMMITTEE.md b/STEERING-COMMITTEE.md index 856f5a4..0eeb324 100644 --- a/STEERING-COMMITTEE.md +++ b/STEERING-COMMITTEE.md @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ committee currently recognizes this delegated authority for: ## Committee Meetings -KSC currently meets weekly, or as-needed. Meetings are open to public and held +KSC currently meets biweekly, or as-needed. Meetings are open to public and held online. Given the private nature of some of these discussions (e.g. privacy, private @@ -94,10 +94,7 @@ for other options. ## Committee members Seats on the Steering Committee are held by an individual, not by their -employer. The current composition of the Steering Committee consists of members -elected to the Steering Committee in 2022 and 2023, and the members of the -Technical Oversight Committee elected in 2022; this is a temporary measure until -elections are held in 2024. +employer. The current membership of the committee is currently (listed alphabetically by first name): @@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ The steering committee desires to always reach consensus. Decisions requiring a vote include: issuing written policy, amending existing written policy, creating, removing, or modifying a working group, all spending, hiring, and contracting, official responses to publicly raised issues, or any -other decisions that at least half the members present decide require a vote +other decisions that at least half the members present decide require a vote. Decisions are made in meetings when a quorum of the members are present and may pass with at least half the members of the committee supporting it. @@ -147,8 +144,8 @@ composed as follows: - Four (4) are elected Contributing Seats, open to any project contributor. Two (2) Contributing Seats are elected every year, and serve a two-year term. - In the event of a vacancy, the Steering Committee may select a replacement to - serve out the remainder of the term. + In the event of a vacancy, [the procedures specified in that section](#vacancies) + are used to select a candidate to fill the remainder of the term. - One (1) is an [End User Seat](#end-user-seat) appointed by the Steering Committee. The End User Seat serves until the next elected Steering Committee @@ -164,6 +161,22 @@ Steering Committee contributing members serve for 2-year terms, staggered in order to preserve continuity. End user and selected members serve for 1-year terms. Every year two contributor seats are elected. +## Removal Of Members + +Steering Committee members are expected to remain active in the community +throughout their term. If a Steering Committee member is inactive (no PR or +issue comments, no Slack communications, and no meeting attendance) for more +than 3 months, they may be removed by a simple majority vote of the remaining +active committee members. Steering Commmittee members may also be removed by +a majority vote of all committee members using the same process as [amendments +to this charter](#changes-to-the-charter). + +Steering Committee members may choose to resign and be removed at any time by +notifying the project via an issue in this repository. + +Replacement of a Steering Committee member is handled in the same way as other +Steering Committee [vacancies](#vacancies). + ### Limitations on Company Representation No more than two contributing seats may be held by employees of the same organization