Difference between revisions of "Committee Procedures"
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+ | ==Organizational Structure== | ||
+ | * '''Steering Committee''' is established by the secretariat | ||
+ | ** Responsible for overall oversight, infrastructure and strategic direction for QIBA | ||
+ | * '''Modality Committees''' are established by the Steering Committee to address new modality areas of QIBA | ||
+ | * '''Technical Committees''' are established by the Modality Committee | ||
+ | * '''Groundwork Committees''' are established by a Modality Committee as needed to focus on carrying out specific groundwork projects | ||
+ | * '''Authoring Groups''' are established by a Modality Committee as needed to focus on developing Profiles | ||
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==Committee Membership== | ==Committee Membership== | ||
− | * '''Modality committees''' are open to anyone with a relevant interest. | + | * '''Steering committee''' members are appointed by the secretariat |
− | * '''Secretary or Cochair''' can add your name to the roster | + | * '''Modality?, Technical, Groundwork and Authoring Committees''' are "open" committees |
+ | ** '''"Open" committees''' are open to anyone with a relevant interest. | ||
+ | ** '''The Committee Secretary or Cochair''' can add your name to the roster | ||
+ | ** '''Groundwork groups''' and '''Authoring committees are typically volunteer subsets of their parent Technical committee | ||
* '''Rosters''' for each committee are posted on the Wiki | * '''Rosters''' for each committee are posted on the Wiki | ||
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==Decision Making== | ==Decision Making== | ||
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** Meeting Attendees names recorded in minutes, vote outcome recorded | ** Meeting Attendees names recorded in minutes, vote outcome recorded | ||
+ | ''Note: Committees that do not formally vote on anything (e.g. most groundwork and authoring groups) may not need to expend effort on quorum tracking'' | ||
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==Quorum== | ==Quorum== | ||
* All members on the Roster who have attended one or more of the last three meetings count toward quorum | * All members on the Roster who have attended one or more of the last three meetings count toward quorum | ||
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Revision as of 20:39, 28 January 2011
Organizational Structure
- Steering Committee is established by the secretariat
- Responsible for overall oversight, infrastructure and strategic direction for QIBA
- Modality Committees are established by the Steering Committee to address new modality areas of QIBA
- Technical Committees are established by the Modality Committee
- Groundwork Committees are established by a Modality Committee as needed to focus on carrying out specific groundwork projects
- Authoring Groups are established by a Modality Committee as needed to focus on developing Profiles
Committee Membership
- Steering committee members are appointed by the secretariat
- Modality?, Technical, Groundwork and Authoring Committees are "open" committees
- "Open" committees are open to anyone with a relevant interest.
- The Committee Secretary or Cochair can add your name to the roster
- Groundwork groups and Authoring committees are typically volunteer subsets of their parent Technical committee
- Rosters for each committee are posted on the Wiki
Decision Making
- Goal: group consensus
- Recorded vote required for procedural votes (e.g. approve for
- negative votes must be discussed
- ultimately 2/3 majority passes
- Recorded vote required for resolution of log-jams
- simple majority passes
- For recorded votes:
- Meeting Attendees names recorded in minutes, vote outcome recorded
Note: Committees that do not formally vote on anything (e.g. most groundwork and authoring groups) may not need to expend effort on quorum tracking
Quorum
- All members on the Roster who have attended one or more of the last three meetings count toward quorum