[Osmf-talk] Special Committee | Re: AoA changes in Dec?

[Rory McCann (OSMF Board)]

On 11.10.20 16:15, Simon Poole wrote:
> Am 11.10.2020 um 15:53 schrieb Rory McCann (OSMF Board):
>>
>>  * that any OSMF member, not just board members, may serve on committees;
> 
> Isn't that just a very roundabout way of saying that you want to rename 
> working group to committees and potentially give them some more legal 
> standing

No. Committees aren't really used much by OSMF. No one wants to replace 
working groups.

When the Board wanted to look at "Diversity", we formed a Special 
Committee. There was a suggestion to create a full Working Group, but 
that would be seen as a permanent group, which would always need to be 
working, and some people wre not comfortable with that. So we created a 
"Special Committee". Since we wanted non-Board members on it, we 
couldn't create a committee.

The AoA amendment idea is just a way to address that issue.