Roles and responsibilities of Workflow Orchestrator officials
- Title
- Roles and responsibilities of Workflow Orchestrator officials
- DRACC
- 0042
- Aliases
- WO-0003
- Category
- Regulatory
- Scope
- Programme
- Authors
- Leenaars, M.A.G.J.; Meijer, J.; Aben, G.; Šuklje, M.
- Date
- May 2020
- Copyright
- The Commons Conservancy and Workflow Orchestrator
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
The Workflow Orchestrator Board MAY assign named roles to qualified individuals associated to the Workflow Orchestrator Programme, to provide advice and assistance on specific issues and task to the Board. The associated requirements and responsibilities are formalised in this document, published as a Regulation of Workflow Orchestrator. Workflow Orchestrator only has non-remunerate positions, including its Board of Directors. Any volunteer MAY resign at any time from their role within Workflow Orchestrator by giving written notice, or notice by email, of his or her resignation to the Workflow Orchestrator Chair or through a email channel established by Workflow Orchestrator for this purpose, and such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if not specified, at the time of its receipt.
Directors
As per its Statutes, Workflow Orchestrator is governed by the Workflow Orchestrator Board of Directors. Each Director has the following tasks:
- to constructively challenge and contribute to the development of strategy within the Programme.
- to scrutinise the performance of the Programme in meeting agreed goals and objectives
- where necessary, remove friction and conflicts beween developers
- to validate that technical and other information relevant to decision within the Programme is accurate and that controls and systems of risk management are robust and defensible.
- to assess the performance of the Board itself
Directors do not receive any salaries for their services, nor can they claim travel expenses or subsistence costs to attend any in-person meetings. In exceptional circumstances the Workflow Orchestrator Board MAY assist in seeking external sponsorship to enable a certain Director to participate in activities within the Programme.
To be eligible for the position of Director, an individual MUST be employed by an organisation that holds a Partner status within the Workflow Orchestrator. The specific criteria and details pertaining to the Partner status are described in the Workflow Orchestrator membership document.
Any vacancy on the Workflow Orchestrator Board caused by death, resignation, removal, departure from a Partner organization, or other cause MAY be filled by a simple majority vote of the remaining Directors (even if less than a quorum). A Director so elected is entitled to hold office until the next Workflow Orchestrator Board Elections, at which time a regular successor SHALL be duly elected and qualified.
Workflow Orchestrator Chair
The Workflow Orchestrator Board elects a Chair from among its members. The duties of the Workflow Orchestrator Chair are:
- Preparing the agenda for Workflow Orchestrator Board meetings
- Ensuring minutes of Board meetings are taken
- Chairing the Workflow Orchestrator Board meetings
- Reviewing and publishing meeting minutes
- Signing official Programme documents
- Delegating signature authority when unavailable to sign official Programme documents
The chair has the casting vote within the Workflow Orchestrator Board in case of a tie.
Technical Lead
From among the Core Developers, the Workflow Orchestrator Board MAY appoint a Technical Lead by simple majority vote. A Technical Lead serves a term of 24 months, and can stand for re-election. The Technical Lead is an ex officio voting member of the Workflow Orchestrator Board.
The duties of the Technical Lead are:
- Overseeing the code review process
- Scheduling votes on appointment of new Core Developers;
- Organising training for new Core Developers
- Organising succession planning for Core Developers and the Technical Lead
- Representing the Core Developers in the Workflow Orchestrator Board
The Technical Lead has the ability, in exceptional circumstances, to overrule a technical decision by other Core Developers; such a decision MAY in turn be appealed with the Workflow Orchestrator Board. During the decision process on such an appeal, the Technical Lead refrains from voting herself or himself.
Core Developers
Core Developers are reliable contributors to Workflow Orchestrator that have earned the priviledge and responsibility to review and commit source code contributions from other developers into the software repositories of Workflow Orchestrator, after scrutinising if that code adheres to the conditions set by the Programme.
Core developers act as the technical gatekeepers to keep the Workflow Orchestrator software safe and maintainable, and provide the sustained effort that keeps the project going over time and do most of the day-to-day work in Workflow Orchestrator.
Technical contributions from any developer (including Core Developers and incoming ad-hoc contributions from casual contributors) SHALL always be vetted by another Core Developer before they are accepted. Core developers SHALL sign a Contributor Agreement or equivalent document.
Core Developers MUST strive to keep the interests of the Programme separate of possible organisational affiliations, and SHALL make it clear when a potential conflict of interest threatens to emerge. In case a Core Developer violates this principle, the Workflow Orchestrator Board MAY revoke their status as Core Developer or temporarily revoke their commit access.
The Technical Lead is responsible for publishing the list of current Core Developers on the website of Workflow Orchestrator. Core Developers MAY be listed pseudonymously.
Evangelist
An evangelist for the Workflow Orchestrator acts as a bridge between the Workflow Orchestrator programme and its community, actively promoting and sharing the benefits and capabilities of the software to a wide audience. This role involves having an in-depth understanding of the functionalities and benefits of the Workflow Orchestrator and conveying this information in an enthusiastic and convincing manner to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. The evangelist also collaborates with development teams to gather feedback and ensure continuous improvement of the platform, while simultaneously serving as a mentor for organizations using the Workflow Orchestrator software.
Other named roles
The Workflow Orchestrator Board MAY create and abandon additional permanent and temporary positions, and appoint individuals to such positions through a simple absolute majority vote.
An example would be a Vice Chair, Secretary or liaison to some other organisation. The Workflow Orchestrator Board MAY delegate the right to handle certain decisions to an individual officer, committee or taskforce, this does not reduce the responsibility of the Workflow Orchestrator Board.
The individuals fulfilling the roles defined in this Regulation act as fiduciaries with regard to the Workflow Orchestrator Programme, and their duties include, but are not limited to, the fiduciary duty of care and the fiduciary duty of loyalty.