Board Committee Standards

Every committee should

• Have a chair and secretary, appointed or elected each year
• Have transparent processes for replacing members and selecting new members, with a regular call for participation
• Have measures of success and timeliness for their work, and minimum standards for member activity
• Have a public way to communicate with the committee (e.g., on-wiki or a public list)
• Maintain a public calendar of their work, including minutes of formal meetings
• Publish minutes within a month of the relevant meeting
• Publish a report on their work each year