Core Working Committee

This page explains the role and constitution of Core Working Committees(CWCs), defined in this Open Constitution.

Foundation's community shall appoint and constitute several Core Working Committees(CWCs), as member bodies within the Foundation's Open Constitution.

These CWCs shall be linked to the different organs of the Foundation, namely different Councils of this global cooperative.

CWCs generally comprise subject matter researchers, such as members affiliated with STEM(Science Technology Engineering Mathematics).

CWC members may also come from diverse fields of industry, academia, art and music.

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CWCs are classified into two types:

1. Project CWCs:

Each project has a self-governing and autonomous Core Working Group.

"Project CWC" members are generally the core work group for a specific project of the Foundation.

Primary Role: CWC appointed to a "Project" also maintains the project's lifecycle within the Foundation's community.

Self Governance: Steering Council members, (appointed to a "Project") along with members from the Project CWC, independently decide on the workings and functioning of their Project CWC. These members collectively decide maintain, and observe the protocols of their Project CWC's governance on their own, well within the Foundation's guiding principles and this Open Constitution.

The CWC chair is the member who leads each Project CWC. All the members of the Steering Council(appointed to all projects) ratify the proposed constitution of a project's CWC.

2. Independent CWCs:

For these Open Council Committees - Media, Regulations, Legal, Observation, Executive, Treasury, "Independent CWCs" shall be constituted.

Media CWC

Regulations CWC

Legal CWC

Executive CWC(call announced for active Fiscal Hosts)

Observation CWC(call not announced)

Treasury CWC(call announced for active Fiscal Hosts) Primary Role: Members appointed to the Independent CWC, contribute to the core functioning of a specific Open Council Committee. Independent CWCs are a self-governing, autonomous constitutional body. The fundamental roles of these Independent CWCs are listed on the pages further describing each of them.

Independent CWCs appointed to a specific Open Council Committee also maintain the specific Council Committee's lifecycle.

Self Governance: Members of an Independent CWC independently decide the workings and functioning of their group. These members collectively decide, maintain, and observe the protocols of their Independent CWC's constitution on their own, well within the Foundation's guiding principles and this Open Constitution.

The CWC chair is the member who leads each Independent CWC. All the members of a specific Open Council Committee ratify the proposed constitution of an Independent CWC, affiliated with them.

Read Community Guidelines on CWC Nominations.

Custodian: Election Council