This is the organizational charter for Typelevel (the "Organization"). By adding their name to the Steering Committee.md file, Steering Committee members agree as follows.
Typelevel is an association of projects and individuals united to foster an inclusive, welcoming, and safe environment around functional programming in Scala.
2.1 Purpose. The Steering Committee will be responsible for all technical oversight, project approval and oversight, policy oversight, and trademark management for the Organization.
2.2 Composition. The Steering Committee voting members are listed in the steering-committee.md file in the repository. Voting members may be added or removed by no less than 3/4 affirmative vote of the Steering Committee.
2.2.1 Secretary. The Steering Committee will appoint a Secretary responsible for calling votes, organizing meetings, and facilitating progress on Steering Committee projects. The Secretary's term will be 12 months long. At the end of the term the Steering Committee will vote to appoint a new Secretary or extend the current term. If the Secretary must resign before their 12-month term finishes, a month's notice is requested, if possible, to allow a smooth transition to a new Secretary.
2.2.2 Treasurer. The Steering Committee will appoint a Treasurer responsible for tracking the Organization's assets, income, and expenditures, and administer the processes and workflows for approving expenses and disbursing funds held by the Organization.
2.3 Advisors. The Steering Committee may appoint advisors to lend guidance and assist in decision-making. Advisors do not vote and are not Steering Committee members.
3.1. Decision Making. The Steering Committee will strive for all decisions to be made by consensus. While explicit agreement of the entire Steering Committee is preferred, it is not required for consensus. Rather, the Steering Committee will determine consensus based on their good faith consideration of a number of factors, including the dominant view of the Steering Committee and nature of support and objections. The Steering Committee will document evidence of consensus in accordance with these requirements. If consensus cannot be reached, the Steering Committee will make the decision by a vote.
3.2. Voting. The Steering Committee Secretary will call a vote with reasonable notice to the Steering Committee, setting out a discussion period and a separate voting period. Any discussion may be conducted in person or electronically by text, voice, or video. The discussion will be open to the public. In any vote, each voting representative will have one vote.
3.2.1 Quorum. A quorum is a simple majority (greater than one-half) of the entire membership of the Steering Committee.
3.2.1 Majority. Except as specifically noted elsewhere in this Charter, decisions by vote require a simple majority (greater than one-half) vote of all voting members. Abstentions and absences are excluded from the calculation, provided the quorum is reached.
3.2.2 Supermajority. References to "no less than X/Y affirmative vote" or "at least X/Y affirmative vote" require a supermajority greater than or equal to X/Y of all voting members. Abstentions and absences are excluded from the calculation, provided the quorum is reached.
In addition to the method set out in section 2.2, the membership of a Steering Committee member will terminate if any of the following occur:
4.1 Resignation. Written notice of resignation to the Steering Committee.
4.2 Unreachable Member. If a member is unresponsive at its listed handle for more than three months the Steering Committee may vote to remove the member.
Any names, trademarks, service marks, logos, mascots, or similar indicators of source or origin and the goodwill associated with them arising out of the Organization's activities or Organization projects' activities (the "Marks"), are controlled by the Organization. Steering Committee members may only use the Marks in accordance with the Organization's trademark policy. If a Steering Committee member is terminated or removed from the Steering Committee, any rights the Steering Committee member may have in the Marks revert to the Organization.
The Steering Committee is bound by the Organization's antitrust policy.
Information disclosed in connection with any of the Organization's activities, including but not limited to meetings, Contributions, and submissions, is not confidential, regardless of any markings or statements to the contrary.
In order to be eligible to be a Organization project, a project must:
- Agree to follow the guidance and direction of the Steering Committee.
- Agree to be hosted by the Organization.
- Use only the following outbound licenses or agreements unless otherwise approved:
- For code, a license on the Open Source Initiative's list of Popular Licenses.
- For data, a license on the Open Knowledge Foundation's list of Recommended Conformant Licenses.
- For specifications, a community developed and maintained specification agreement, such the Open Web Foundation Agreements or Community Specification Agreement.
- Include and adhere to the Organization's policies, including the trademark policy, the antitrust-policy, and the code of conduct.
8.1 Admission. Projects may apply for admission with written notice to the Steering Committee on behalf of a consensus of the project's stakeholders. The application is approved with at least a 3/4 affirmative vote of the Steering Committee.
8.2 Removal. An Organization project may be removed from the Organization with a decision of the Steering Committee. Removed Organization projects may be archived or transferred to another organization or individual. Removed Organization projects may remain affiliated by decision of the Steering Committee.
8.3 Initial projects. Projects already hosted under the Typelevel GitHub organization when this charter is ratified are considered Organization projects unless they are later removed.
In order to be eligible to be an Affiliate project, a project must:
- Use only the following outbound licenses or agreements unless otherwise approved:
- For code, a license on the Open Source Initiative's list of Popular Licenses.
- For data, a license on the Open Knowledge Foundation's list of Recommended Conformant Licenses.
- For specifications, a community developed and maintained specification agreement, such the Open Web Foundation Agreements or Community Specification Agreement.
- Adhere to the Organization's policies, including the trademark policy, the antitrust-policy, and the code of conduct.
9.1 Affiliation. Projects may apply for affiliation with written notice to the Steering Committee on behalf of a consensus of the project's stakeholders. The application is approved with a decision of the Steering Committee.
9.2 Disaffiliation. A project may be removed at the request of a consensus of the project's stakeholders or with the a decision of the Steering Committee. A disputed request from the project's stakeholders will be resolved by a decision of the Steering Committee.
9.3 Initial affiliates. Projects that have previously been approved for Typelevel membership as "full members" or "incubator" but are not hosted under the Typelevel GitHub organization are considered Affiliate projects unless they later become unaffiliated.
Amendments to this charter, the antitrust policy, the trademark policy, or the code of conduct may only be made with at least a 2/3 affirmative vote of the Steering Committee.
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