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The board can create Special Committees to take on time delimited scoped tasks. Unlike [[Working Groups]], which have an ongoing scope and remit, they are not standing institutions, but deal with a delimited set of tasks. The work of a Special Committees is initiated by a board member, but other members of the Foundation and community may be invited to participate, and the chair may be anyone sitting on the Special Committee.▼
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= Committees =
==[[Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee]]==▼
''Committees as defined in the [[Articles_of_Association#PROCEEDINGS_OF_THE_BOARD|Articles of Association]] $91-94. Any such committee is chaired by a board member.''
== [[Fundraising_Committee|Fundraising Committee]] ==
* Develops the strategy for raising funds for OSM Foundation operations, coordinates implementation, and maintains donor relationships.
== [[Personnel Committee|Personnel Committee]] ==▼
* Provides human resources (HR) and organisational support for people doing work for the Foundation for most of their time over the year.▼
= Special Committees =
▲The board can create Special Committees to take on time delimited scoped tasks. Unlike [[Working Groups]], which have an ongoing scope and remit, they are not standing institutions, but deal with a delimited set of tasks. The work of a Special Committees is initiated by a board member, but other members of the Foundation and community may be invited to participate, and the chair may be anyone sitting on the Special Committee.
▲== [[Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee]] ==
* Gather past research, determine indicators of current diversity, and identify root causes that contribute to any identified shortfalls.
* Recommending actions for the Foundation, Working Groups or any other OSM actors to resolve these issues and improve diversity and inclusion.
== [[FOSS Policy Special Committee]] ==
* Implement the [[FOSS Policy]]
* Document where closed or hosted software is used by the foundation, and why
* Identify practical open alternatives
== [[Special_Committee_on_Takeover_Protection|Special Committee on Takeover Protection]] ==
==[[Software Dispute Resolution Panel]]==▼
* The committee's remit is to recruit additional members and investigate, then recommend to the Board, possible remedies to any potential threat of a hostile takeover of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The remit includes but is not limited to specific attention to paid voting [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_4:_Instruct_the_Board_to_investigate_paid_votes|as mandated]] by the Foundation membership at the 2020 [[Annual_General_Meetings|annual general meeting]].
* Adjudicate software disputes that were not amicably resolved via community discussion▼
* Establish internal procedures for that purpose▼
= Other Groups =
== [[Microgrants/Committee| Microgrants committee]]==▼
▲== [[Microgrants/Committee| Microgrants committee]] ==
* Running the call for microgrants projects.
* Making a selection of about ten projects.
* Following up with the selected projects.
''The Microgrants committee, while having the word "committee" in its name, was not created as a committee defined in the [[Articles_of_Association#PROCEEDINGS_OF_THE_BOARD|Articles of Association]] $91-94.''
▲== [[Personnel Committee|Personnel Committee]] ==
▲* Provides human resources (HR) and organisational support for people doing work for the Foundation for most of their time over the year.
▲== [[Software Dispute Resolution Panel]] ==
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