Working Group Chairs Committee

Responsibilities

Together, Working Group Chairs:

• Address and resolve any issues concerning the needs of the Green Software Foundation technical community, including establishing common standards and practices.
• Serve as ambassadors, actively promoting and nurturing the organization's growth through social media engagement, forum participation, assisting new community members, and delivering talks at conferences related to Green Software Foundation topics.
• Review project proposals and lifecycle change requests within one week of notification by email.
• Coordinate the technical direction of the Green Software Foundation.
• Review projects (including, but not limited to, incubation, archived and changes to a project’s charter or scope) in accordance with the Project Lifecycle documents.
• Establish community norms, workflows, or policies where not covered by working groups.
• Discuss, seek consensus, and where necessary, vote on matters that affect multiple projects.
• Make budget allocation recommendations to the Steering Committee.
• Make recommendations for changes to the Foundations charter.

Individual Working Group Chairs are expected to:

• Subscribe to the WGC mailing list and the Green Software Foundation GitHub organization to stay aware of WGC-related updates and issues.
• Regularly participate in WGC meetings, if and when they are convened.
• Bring up and help resolve any issues related to the needs of the Green Software Foundation technical community
• Act as stewards for Green Software Foundation promoting and helping grow the organization and its activities by engaging of their own accord in activities such as posting on social media, responding to questions raised in forums, helping new community members find their way around, and giving talks at conferences on Green Software Foundation related topics.
• Review project proposals.
• Be active in the WGC Discussions forum.

Mutual accountability and support are essential among committee members. Committees are collaborative environments where everyone is responsible for their commitments and supports one another's contributions.

Decision-making

Committees make all decisions by Consensus . When a committee cannot reach consensus, it proceeds to make a decision by a supermajority vote.