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Name of the governance organization #11

Closed tracykteal closed 6 years ago

tracykteal commented 6 years ago

There has been some confusion about the name of the governing organization for the Carpentries. As a fiscally sponsored project, the name of this governance organization cannot be "board" or "board of directors" because in the United States, where we are a fiscally sponsored project, those terms confer legal fiscal responsibility. Our governing body does not have those legal obligations.

We have been calling our governance for both Software and Data Carpentry "Steering Committee". We are using that term now for the election, but the name can be changed once the new governance body is in place.

This issue is to answer any questions about this, and get suggestions for other potential names.

tracykteal commented 6 years ago

@ethanwhite suggested "Executive Council"

ChristinaLK commented 6 years ago

I like Council Something or Something Council after re-reading the chapter on governance in Jono Bacon's book. :)

kcranston commented 6 years ago

According to @tracykteal , the lawyers are happy with Executive Council and not happy with anything involving 'board'. Sound good to everyone?

ethanwhite commented 6 years ago

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ethanwhite commented 6 years ago

We are now the Executive Council.

ethanwhite commented 6 years ago

This should be closed (I apparently don't have permissions).