The purpose of the governance committee is to provide leadership to the OpenLMIS community including defining community processes, leading fundraising and advocacy efforts, and building a sustainable community. The governance committee meets monthly, and is made up of key donor and implementation partner members.
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Mailing List & Google GroupOnline ForumTo participate in the committee forum, see ourgoogle group and select"Apply for Membership" Discourse Category |
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Questions about OpenLMIS? Want to get involved?Email the OpenLMIS Community Manager,Tenly Snow at tenly.snow@openlmisRebecca Alban at info@openlmis.org |
Committee Meetings
The governance committee meets on the third Thursday second Tuesday of the month at:
7AM PST - Seattle
10AM EST - New York, DC
5PM 3PM CEST - CEST, Geneva, Copenhagen
6PM EAT - Dar
The WebEx link for the meeting is: WebExCopenhagen (4PM during daylight saving time of the year)
5PM EAT - Dar (6PM during daylight saving time of the year)
Conference Details (via Zoom Conferencing)
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Meeting ID: 377 281 719
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International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=wRxqI2_rSgQgMuyGfkJqWpM151Lwg6Bd
Agenda & Notes
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Members
OpenLMIS Community Manager: Tenly Snow Rebecca Alban (Unlicensed)
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Lindabeth Doby Ramy Guirguis | USAID | X |
Mattias Wiklund
Marasi Mwencha
Chris Wright
Wendy Nicodemus
Chris Opit
Geoffrey Weber
Gaurav Bhattacharya
Lakshmi Balachandran
rguirguis@usaid.gov | ||||
Kelly Hamblin | BMGF | Kelly.Hamblin@gatesfoundation.org | X | |
Ashraf Islam Edward Wilson | JSI | ashraf_islam@jsi.com | ||
edward_wilson@jsi.com | X | |||
Carl Leitner (Chair) | PATH / Digital Square | cleitner@path.org | X | |
Satish Choudhury | CHAI | schoudhury@clintonhealthaccess.org | X | |
Brandon Bowersox-Johnson Rebecca Alban | VillageReach | X | ||
Rebecca.alban@villagereach.org | ||||
Jean Miller | GHSC-PSM Chemonics |
jmiller@ghsc-psm.org | X | |||
Matt Berg Craig Appl | Ona | X | ||
cappl@ona.io | ||||
Chris Wright | Gavi | cwright-external-consultant@gavi.org | X | |
Mahmud Islam | Softworks | mahmud@softworksbd.com |
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Jakub Slawinski | SolDevelo | jslawinski@soldevelo.com | X | |
Brian Taliesin | PATH | btaliesin@path.org | X | |
Dan Cocos | BAO Systems | dcocos@baosystems.com | X | |
Paul Lalvani Sachin Jagtap | Empower School of Health | X |
Charter
The OpenLMIS Governance Committee Charter may be viewed here: OpenLMIS Governance Committee Charter.
A guidance document outlining the definition and role of OpenLMIS Trusted Partners may be viewed here: OpenLMIS Trusted Partners
Meeting Agenda
Prior to each instance of a Governance Committee meeting, the elected chair will facilitate development of an agenda using items submitted by OpenLMIS Governance Committee members. The Secretary will then update the existing OpenLMIS Wiki page with the planned agenda items. The agenda should roughly follow the below structure:
- Introductory Items such as:
- Introductions (if any)
- Agenda review
- Minutes and actions from last meeting
- Any potential issues that may require a vote.
- Main agenda items proposed by Committee members
- Current and potential implementation opportunities
- Summary of OpenLMIS inquiries in the last month
- Review and approval of feature requests (with budget) from PC (quarterly basis?)
- Review progress reports from PC ?and TC?
- Review membership
- AOB
- Review and summarize new actions from this meeting
Voting Process
How to vote
- Voting will be carried out via email, or using Google Forms. The email or google form will be sent via email to the voting members (listed above)
- If the primary voting member is unavailable, they must designate an alternate will vote in their place, noting that the primary was unavailable
- If an organization misses a vote due to lack of participation in the voting process, or votes after the period has closed, their vote will not be considered
Required Support for a Vote
- Votes on legal matters or relating to the OpenLMIS business plan(s) require support by at least 2/3 of members
- Votes regarding basic actions and feature approvals that don't adversely affect current implementations will require a simple majority
- The chair gets a vote and is responsible for adjudicating should there be a voting dispute
Proposals or issues requiring a vote must be made publicly available for discussion on the Governance Committee Google Group forum prior to the next Governance Committee meeting instance.
It is the submitter's responsibility to start a vote after this discussion during the next instance of a Governance Committee meeting.