Humanitarian OSM Team/Working groups/Governance

The HOT Governance Working Group (GWG) is charged with governance aspects of HOT, such as bylaw reviews. It produces rules, guidelines, processes and practical guidance on/to governance related matters for proposal to the HOT Board or Voting Members. The goal of the GWG is to ensure that HOT is well governed and maintains an open, inclusive and productive environment for the members of HOT and the greater HOT Community.

The GWG lead is Heather Leson.

To Join

Anyone can join the working group, either by participating during meetings (see below) and/or by participating in the email group - the following link will take you to the group forum/page where you should either be able to add yourself or request membership in the group. Note: Non-members will not be eligible for voting on items.

Terms of Reference

The GWG Terms of Reference document is here.

The GWG has suggested changes to the GWG Terms of Reference and a draft version is available here.

Meetings

The group meets once a month in two time slots to connect the global community. Meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 0700 and 1700 UTC. See the HOT WG Calendar for the dates and time. The meeting agenda will be shared during the meeting.