Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of CharterAndBylaws


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11/09/15 13:32:26 (9 years ago)
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  • CharterAndBylaws

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    77== Members ==
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    9 The UCUM Organization is a volunteer organizations that recognizes members based on their contribution to the mission of the Organization. The following roles are recognized.
     9The UCUM Organization is a volunteer organizations that recognizes contributors based on their contribution to the mission of the Organization. The following roles are recognized.
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    1111 1. '''The Public:''' is everyone interested in UCUM, observers, users, etc. The public are not yet members but are eligible to become members of the UCUM Organization.
    12  2. '''Member of the Web Site:''' the UCUM work is centered around its web site unitsofmeasure.org. The published material is open for the public to view and download, etc. but in order to engage with proposals and discussions one must register as a member. To register go to the web site and search the word Register on the top menu or directly go to the URL http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac/register. Registered members may view and submit tickets. The chief process of interacting with the UCUM organization is through tickets.
    13  3. '''Verified Member:''' someone who has contributed meaningfully with a proposal or thoughtful question (usually by submitting a relevant ticket) should be promoted to become a verified member. Promotion to verified member ''should'' be performed manually by a member with administrator privilege, and in the future automatically, whenever a reviewer of the user input determines the input as relevant, such as by accepting a ticket into consideration.
     12 2. '''User of the Web Site:''' the UCUM work is centered around its web site unitsofmeasure.org. The published material is open for the public to view and download, etc. but in order to engage with proposals and discussions one must register as a member. To register go to the web site and search the word Register on the top menu or directly go to the URL http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac/register. Registered members may view and submit tickets. The chief process of interacting with the UCUM organization is through tickets.
     13 3. '''Verified Contributor:''' someone who has contributed meaningfully with a proposal or thoughtful question (usually by submitting a relevant ticket) should be promoted to become a verified member. Promotion to verified member ''should'' be performed manually by a member with administrator privilege, and in the future automatically, whenever a reviewer of the user input determines the input as relevant, such as by accepting a ticket into consideration.
    1414 4. '''Board of Advisor:''' the decision making body of the UCUM Organization is the Board of Advisors (or in short "the board"). The Board of Advisors may elect other members to the board by a simple majority. The duties of a member of the Board of Advisors are to engage in the decision making process of the UCUM Organization. Decisions may be technical or organizational in nature. To be eligible to become a member of the Board of Advisor, an individual must
    1515  * have expertise in a relevant subject matter of units of measures
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    2020    * must promote and not undermine UCUM when being involved of competing activity
    2121  A member of the Board of Advisors should be actively contributing commensurable to the actual activity of the UCUM Organization.
    22  5. '''Administrator:''' a member may have administrator privileges which allow them to manage the web site content and assign privileges to other members.
     22 5. '''Administrator:''' a user may have administrator privileges which allow them to manage the web site content or assign privileges to other members.
    2323 6. '''Chairman of the Board:''' the Board of Advisers elects a Chairman of the Board.
    24  7. '''Ex Officio and Honorary Member:''' the Board has
     24 7. '''Ex Officio and Honorary Board Member:''' the Board has
    2525   * one ex-officio member who is a member of the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. being the Copyright holder of UCUM along with the UCUM Organization.
    2626   * the Founders, Gunther Schadow and Clem McDonald, are members of the board until their resignation.
    27  8. '''Secretary:''' volunteers or employees of organizational volunteers who offer clerical and organizational management services to the UCUM organization are recognized as secretaries. A secretary may be given administrator privileges on the web site. Secretary is a title recognized and granted by the Board of Advisors, who may elect and remove secretaries. A secretary is not automatically an ex-officio member of the Board of Advisors and has no voting privileges.
     27 8. '''Secretary:''' volunteers or employees of organizational volunteers who offer clerical and organizational management services to the UCUM organization are recognized as secretaries. A secretary may be given administrator privileges on the web site. Secretary is a title recognized and granted by the Board of Advisors, who may elect and remove secretaries. A secretary is not automatically an ex-officio member of the Board of Advisors and the role of Secretary confers no voting privileges.
    2828 9. '''Editor:''' are members with write access to the UCUM specification repository and the ability to apply changes to the UCUM specification and the publishing of updated versions. Editors are added or removed by the Board of Advisors and must be board members or secretaries.
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    4242'''Technical Decisions''' are made on tickets by at least 2 board members documenting assent to the proposal. When only one board member engages in the adjudication and no other board member weighs in in opposition, the decision of the single member may be implemented. However, decisions by a single member cannot bind the UCUM Organization to implement this decision if the single member so deciding does not himself implement the decision.
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    44 All technical decisions are made on a ticket which may be submitted by any Member of the UCUM organization (even non-verified new members). A ticket must be accepted by a board members to be turned into action. Any verified member can comment on tickets by commenting on the ticket. Board members can decide on the ticket status.
     44All technical decisions are made on a ticket which may be submitted by any user of the UCUM web site (even non-verified new users). A ticket must be accepted by a board member to be turned into action. Any verified member can comment on tickets by commenting on the ticket. Board members can decide on the ticket status.
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    4646The process of action on a technical ticket is as follows: