Bring bylaws in line with the new Decision Making Transparency

[lexnederbragt]

See https://carpentries.org/blog/2021/07/carpentries-governance.

For example:

• creation of committees and task forces no longer require EC approval
• hiring of staff is the ED responsibility

[lexnederbragt]

Additional point: recent discussions between ED and EC Chair resulted in a proposal to change the 'Committee Policy' and '[Task Force Policy)(https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/governance/task-force-policy.html)' to 'Committee Guidelines' and 'Task Force Guidelines', and adjust the bylaws accordingly at https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/governance/bylaws.html#committees-and-task-forces. This section would also benefit from a thorough review.

[anenadic]

The point "creation of committees and task forces no longer require EC approval" is being addressed in a separate thread that will become a separate PR on the Handbook repo as well this one: https://github.com/carpentries/docs.carpentries.org/tree/committees-task-forces-policies

Wording “By-laws: modifying and approving official policy changes biannually” in the decision making rubric of the Handbook does not require the word “biannually” any more and should read “By-laws: modifying and approving official policy changes”.

The point "hiring of staff is the ED responsibility" should be added to the Bylaws in the Core Team/ED section to the list of responsibilities of the ED. It can be worded as "The ED is responsible for decisions relating to the Core Team changes and hiring new staff."

[anenadic]

We should check the "General powers of the EC" section of the Bylaws to see if the wording is too strong and in line with the new transparency making rubric:

• determining the mission, vision and purposes of the organisation (in collaboration with the ED?)
• write, maintain and update the bylaws (OK to stay as is)
• selecting the Executive Director and evaluating their performance (OK to stay as is)
• strategic and organisational planning (in collaboration with the ED?)
• ensuring strong fiduciary oversight and financial management (OK to stay as is)
• identifying revenue streams and resource development (in collaboration with the ED?)
• approving and monitoring The Carpentries programs and services (in collaboration with the Core Team?)
• enhancing The Carpentries public image (OK to stay as is or clarify?)
• assessing its own performance as the governing body of The Carpentries (OK to stay as is)