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Add SCS-0005-v2 project governance standard
Add version 2 of the project governance standard. Compared to v1, this version adds the "Conflict of Interest and Organizational Diversity" section which ensures: - No more than one board seat may be held by individuals from the same organization - Rules for handling multiple top-ranked candidates from the same organization in elections - Process for resolving conflicts when board members change their organizational affiliation during their term Co-authored-by: Kurt Garloff <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Christian Berendt <[email protected]>
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Standards/scs-0005-v2-project-governance.md

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title: Governance of the SCS community
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type: Procedural
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status: Stable
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stabilized_at: 2025-01-16
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status: Draft
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replaces: scs-0005-v1-project-governance.md
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track: Global
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SCS-0005 outlines the structure and governance of the SCS community by the SCS Project Board and how this is elected.
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The _SCS Project Board_ contains five seats. One of these seats is filled by
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the delegate of the _Forum SCS-Standards_. The other four seats are voted upon.
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#### Conflict of Interest and Organizational Diversity
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To ensure balanced representation and avoid conflicts of interest, no more than one seat on the SCS Project
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Board elected by the community may be held by individuals affiliated with the same organization, company,
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or employer at any given time. This limitation applies only to the elected seats, not to the seat filled by
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the delegate of the Forum SCS-Standards.
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If two or more candidates from the same organization are among the top-ranked choices in an election:
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- Only the highest-ranked candidate from that organization will be elected.
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- The remaining seat(s) will be filled by the next highest-ranked candidate(s) from different organizations.
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If an existing board member changes their organizational affiliation during their term, resulting in multiple board
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members from the same organization, one of the affected members must resign their seat. The affected members may mutually
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agree on who will resign. If no agreement can be reached within 30 days of the affiliation change, the SCS Project Board
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will decide by majority vote which member shall retain their seat. A replacement will be determined according to the most
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recent election results, selecting the next eligible candidate from a different organization.
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#### Resignation
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Resignation can happen for several reasons:
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- Elected member may sustainably no longer be willing or able to serve on the project board.
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- Elected member needs to resign due to conflict of interest (see above for organizational diversity rules).
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When a board member resigns, the next eligible candidate from the last election will automatically join the board,
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if (s)he accepts it and does not conflict with the organizational diversity rules. In case no more candidates exist,
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the board will continue to exist with one person less. As soon as the board loses another member that can not be backfilled,
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an extraordinary election will be scheduled for the rest of the term. Resigned members are encouraged to suggest
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new candidates. The search for candidates should at least allow for two weeks and the election announced at least
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three weeks in advance of happening and run for a week.
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### Nominations
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