This document defines the Coalevo Project Management Policies, which may be changed from time to time by a majority vote of the Board of Directors of the Verein zur Förderung der Internetkommunikation (VFI).

Project Management Committee Bylaws

Committee

The Board of Directors of the VFI, by resolution, establishes the Project Management Committee ("PMC") which consists of at least one member of the VFI, who shall be designated chairman of the comittee, and may include one or more other members of the VFI.
Every member by definition, has to be a Committer to the Coalevo Project.

The PMC shall be responsible for the active management of the project as identified by resolution of the Board of Directors which may include, without limitation, the creation or maintenance of "open-source" software for a scientific community communication platform based on Internet technologies, and distribution to the public at no charge. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the chairman of the PMC shall be primarily responsible for the managed project, and he or she shall establish rules and procedures for the day to day management of the project for which the committee is responsible.

Election and Term

The chair and and any members of the PMC shall be appointed upon election by the Board of Directors or appointed by a member of the VFI empowered by the Board to make such appointment. Such appointment by the Board of Directors may be made at any regular or special meeting of the VFI Board. The chair and each member of the PMC shall serve for a period of one year or until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

Removal of Chair or Members

The chair or any member of the PMC elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the organization will be served thereby.

Vacancy

Any vacancy, however occurring, in the PMC may be filled by the Board of Directors.

Compensation

The compensation, if any, of members of the PMC shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and may be changed from time to time by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.

Roles

Committee

The PMC is responsible for the strategic direction and success of the Coalevo Project. This governing body is expected to ensure the project's welfare and guide its overall direction. The PMC may not necessarily participate in the day-to-day coding but is involved in the overall development plans, the alleviation of any bottlenecks, the resolution of conflicts, and the overall technical success of the project.

The strategic direction is determined by the main objective of the Coalevo Project, which is the creation of a scientific community communication platform based on Internet technologies, and distribution to the public at no charge (in accordance with the Austrian Bundesabgabenverordnung).

The PMC is answerable to the VFI Board with its Chairman serving as primary liaison.

Chair

The chair of the PMC is appointed by the Board and is a member of the VFI. The chair has primary responsibility to the Board, and has the power to establish rules and procedures for the day to day management of the community for which the PMC is responsible, including the composition of the PMC itself.

Members

A PMC member is a Committer that was elected due to merit for the evolution of the project and demonstration of commitment. They have write access to the code repository, a coalevo.net mail address, the right to vote for the community-related decisions and the right to propose an active user for committership.

Membership

The Chairman may resign as Chairman at any time without resigning membership to the PMC. The Chairman or any member may be removed from the PMC by a 3/4 vote of the PMC. Committers are nominated for the PMC by an existing PMC member and a vote then follows.

Voting

Binary PMC voting is a majority-approval variant, with a minimum of 2 +1s required and at least 3/4 of the votes being +1. This voting style is used for anything with a yes/no, two-option choice; such as PMC member voting or changes to this document.

Non-binary voting currently relies on community agreement; such as voting on the recommendation of a chairman to the board.

A week is deemed a fair length for a vote.

The project and its subproject may use other voting variants, principally as described in the Project Guidelines.

Creation of Subprojects

Creation of subprojects will be binary voted and guided by the PMC. Subprojects are equally answereable to the PMC with its chairman serving as primary liaison.