Working Group Overview
The Steering Committee establishes Working Groups (WGs) to manage one or more projects. WGs are typically centred around a particular functional area, such as the Open Source Group, the Standards Group, the Policy Group, or the Community Group. Any output created by a WG intended for publication as a GSF deliverable must be ratified by the Steering Committee.
GSF Elections
The elected chairs are responsible for leading our Chartered WGs, which includes maintaining governance, defining strategy, and upholding our Code of Conduct. They also oversee the development of projects and mentor team members. Working Groups can have up to three co-chair appointments. Both Steering and General members are eligible to become a WG chair.
Term
Foundation member Chairs are appointed for a term of two years, subject to their organization's continued membership. If a Chair resigns before completing their term, an election process will be triggered to find a suitable replacement to nominate a new Chair.
Chair Role & Responsibilities
- The Chair has overall responsibility for the management of a WG.
- Chairs shall:
- Maintain strict impartiality and act in the foundation's interest in performing their tasks.
- Ensure the technical activities of the Group are progressed promptly following the processes and procedures of GSF.
- Organize and run the meetings following the processes and practices of the GSF.
- Ensure the work and progress of the WG are appropriately communicated to the SC.
- Facilitate discussion during the meeting, encouraging all members to participate in decision-making.
Chair Role Considerations:
- The role requires approximately 2-3 hours per week, including chairing meetings, preparation time, and offline communications.
- Chair(s) of the WG are responsible for leading with empathy and creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all members of the GSF.
- WG Chair(s) represent the GSF, so they must ensure benefits are shared among all.
Chair Support
The elected chairs will receive comprehensive support from their appointed PM and GSF Ops team to carry out their responsibilities effectively.
WG Call for Chair Nominations
- Forward an email to WG & cc: GSF-All, inviting members to submit their names for chair consideration.
- Existing chairs are eligible to submit their names for consideration to run for a second term.
- Details are additionally circulated in the GSF Newsletter
- Member nominations are submitted to the GSF WG PM in reply to the circulated email.
- GSF members can self-nominate.
- Include the following information.
- The candidate's name and company
- identify if it is a self-nomination or the nomination of somebody else
- NOTE: The use of GSF email lists shall not be permitted for any campaign purposes by a candidate.
Results
- If ≤ 3 names are submitted, they are elected unopposed, after the Election Officers have reviewed the nominations. No voting occurs.
- If ≥ 4 names are submitted, it will trigger a *vote.
- Recommended tool OpaVote
Voting (Only required IF there are ≥ 4 Nomination)
Each member organization is entitled to one vote at the Green Software Foundation. The official primary representative, or alternate if the primary is unavailable, will vote on their organisation's behalf. However, before the vote is cast, a popular vote will be conducted to determine the majority choice of the WG. The member organization will then be informed of the popular vote and can either cast their ballot in favour or vote independently.
Voting instructions
- Any individual from a Steering or General level is entitled to vote.
- Members are entitled to change their vote as often as they wish until the ballot closes.
- Recommended tool OpaVote
Create an election timeline.
Task | Date | Action | Comment |
Nomination Opens | Open date - MM-DD-YY - 16:00 PT | Email GSF-All & WG | • Nomination period 2 weeks
• Details circulated in Newsletter |
Nomination Closes | Closing date - MM-DD-YY - 16:00 PT | Email GSF-All & WG | |
a. ≤ 3 three names nominations - Nominations ratified by Election Officers, prior to publishing Results.
b. 4 nominations or more, trigger an evote | |||
Ballot Opens | Open date, MM-DD-YY 16:00 PT | Email GSF-All & WG with evote link | Only required if there are more than 3 nominations. |
Ballot Closes | Closing date - MM-DD-YY - 16:00 PT | Email GSF-All & WG | Ballot results published in the GSF Newsletter and GSF-All |
Evote results ratified by Election Officers, prior to publishing Results | |||
Results Published | Add to Newsletter
FYI OC & SC |
Election Officers
The election officers for the WG election are GSF ED and GSF OD.
Current Incumbent Working Group Chairs
The following members are in post until December 2025;
Working Group | Chairs | In post Date | Election Date |
Standards | Abhishek Gupta, (BCG) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Standards | Henry Richardson (WattTime) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Standards | Naveen Balani (Accenture) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Open Source | Ruby Dickinson (Avanade) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Open Source | Tammy McClellan (Microsoft) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Open Source | Srinivasan Rakhunathan (Microsoft) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Policy | Chris Adams (GSF) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Policy | Lisa Mcnally (Thoughtworks) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Policy | Michael Mueller (Re-cinq) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Community | Anne Currie (Re-cinq) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Community | Gadhu Sundaram (NTT Data) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |
Community | Pindy Bhullar (UBS) | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 |