Notes from GOSH Governance WG Meeting #10 - 17 Nov 2020

Meeting #10
17 Nov 2020, 14:00 UTC

People in the call

  • Jenny
  • Gunner
  • Marina
  • JP Maestre
  • Gayatri
  1. Discussed and made recommendations on several outstanding matters:
  • Name of governing body will be Community Council
  • Eligibility for Council candidates and for voting in election is 6 months of active participation in GOSH community.
    • TBD: how to most accurately calculate “6 months”
  • Potential timeline for seating inaugural Community Council
    • 16 December - Community Call for feedback on process
    • 31 January - Finalize process, technology, managing and communicating results
    • 15 February - Open nominations
    • 6 March - Close nominations, open consideration of candidates
    • 20 March - Voting starts
    • 27 March - Voting closes, Community Council announced
  • Preliminary consideration of election process details
  • Research is needed on a range of issues, including process, technology and anonymity model.
  1. For next meeting:
  • Resolve how to structure agenda for community call on 16 December 14.00 UTC
  • Identify any unresolved issues which need to be addressed in 1 December meeting
  • Aggregate list of tasks and issues being deferred forward to Community Council.
  1. Actions for working group members in advance of next meeting
  • Prepare to work on above agenda items