Just thinking of governance: I participate in the Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF). They do not have membership, but operate by consensus
and a well-defined procedure for maintaining their steering body, the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). The IESG has a lot of power,
but members' terms are two years, renewable. The different members have
different subject areas, but all final results are achieved by
consensus. This process of consensus extends to the operation of the
different working groups that tackle specific problems. I can give more
details if there is interest.
In any event, on the matter of consensus, a document has recently been
published by one of the IESG members. I haven't read it myself yet, but
it has garnered praise from other people. It is generally applicable,
though slanted toward the IETF. It is at
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-resnick-on-consensus
Hope this is helpful.
Tom Taylor
TomT5454
On 12/02/2013 9:32 AM, Mikel Maron wrote:
Thanks, that was a productive kick off.
Notes compiled here (thanks Heather!)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z54XlB1Yszk1HrtrDJD724l6-ZIZtfso_8v5lRiEdDA/edit?disco=AAAAAFkkndw#
The IRC log is posted
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Bylaws/Brainstorm_20130211
The Bylaws themselves weren't visible on HOT's website. I've updated
permissions, should be accessible now.
http://hot.openstreetmap.org/our_board/incorporation
We had some emerging next steps, especially documenting the various roles in
HOT, particularly (in my view) a membership and contributor guide to HOT.
Please step up if you are ready to push ahead!
Perhaps next meeting we can have some draft documents to discuss.
Cheers
-Mikel
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
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