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.
Mailing List & Google Group
To participate in the committee forum, see our google group and select
"Apply to join group"
Questions about OpenLMIS? Want to get involved?
Email the OpenLMIS Community Manager, Tenly Snow at tenly.snow@openlmis.org
Committee Meetings
The governance committee meets on the third Tuesday of the month at:
7AM PST - Seattle
10AM EST - New York, DC
3PM CEST - CEST, Geneva, Copenhagen
5PM EAT - Dar
Conference Details (via Zoom Conferencing)
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Meeting ID: 214 188 477
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Agenda & Notes
Members
OpenLMIS Community Manager: Tenly Snow
| Committee Member | Organization | Contact Information | Voting Member |
|---|---|---|---|
Lindabeth Doby Ramy Guirguis | USAID | X | |
| rguirguis@usaid.gov | |||
| Kaleb Brownlow | BMGF | kaleb_brownlow@gatesfoundation.org | X |
Ashraf Islam Edward Wilson | JSI | ashraf_islam@jsi.com | |
| edward_wilson@jsi.com | X | ||
Alpha Nsaghurwe Naomi Printz | JSI Tanzania | nalpha@jsi.tz.com | |
| naomi_printz@jsi.com | |||
Wendy Nicodemus Chris Opit | JSI Zambia | wendy_nicodemus@jsi.com | |
| chris_opit@zm.jsi.com | |||
| Carl Leitner | PATH / Digital Square | cleitner@path.org | X |
| Satish Choudhury | CHAI | schoudhury@clintonhealthaccess.org | X |
Brandon Bowersox-Johnson Tenly Snow Mary Jo Kochendorfer | VillageReach | X | |
| tenly.snow@openlmis.org | |||
| maryjo.kochendorfer@villagereach.org | |||
| Alfred Mchau | VillageReach Tanzania | alfred.mchau@villagereach.org | |
Kyle Duarte Parambir Gill | GHSC-PSM Chemonics | kduarte@ghsc-psm.org | X |
| pgill@ghsc-psm.org | |||
Matt Berg Craig Appl | Ona | X | |
| cappl@ona.io | |||
| Chris Wright | Gavi | cwright-external-consultant@gavi.org |
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 in writing using Google Forms. The form will be sent via email to the voting members (listed above)
- Vote is open until the last day (Monday) before the next Governance Committee meeting instance
- 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 Google Form 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.