Governance document 19 October 2022, Version: 1
The governance model describes the decision-making process and the role of various members of the Community, Metadata group, and Project group. It also outlines the strategic goals and procedures within the project, and provides an understanding of how Edubadges is governed.
The shared goals of the governance model are:
- Sustainability: ensure the sustainability and health of the project and the Community.
- Structure: provide structure to the organization so that the decision-making process is clear.
- Transparency: provide transparency to the Community about the participation in and decision-making within the project;
- Growth: provide a structure that can develop according to the needs of new adopters and developers, and that can support the Community.
- Development: support effective development and maintenance of Edubadges.
The Community consists of members (representatives) of education institutions and suppliers that work closely with SURF to further define and develop Edubadges.
The Working group is a subgroup of the Community and consists of a number of members that meet on a regular basis.
The Edubadges Project group consists of SURF employees or SURF contracts.
For issues that affect the GitHub environment (https://github.com/edubadges), the following applies:
- The issue should be submitted to the master committer.
- The master committer then has 5 days to reach a decision.
- The decision is recorded within the GitHub environment.
- The voting procedure is started within these 5 days so that the decision can be voted on.
- The outcome of the vote is recorded.
- Any follow-up action is taken depending on the outcome of the vote.
In addition to this governance document, there are also the Bylaws and a Code of conduct