Governance Transition Calculators

Section 1: Strategy & Planning

Yes

Does your leadership, feel energized to personally lead a transition/E2C?

Is the community involved in the decision to transition/E2C and supports the process?

Have you decided on the organizational and governance structure that will result from the transition/E2C?

Have the motivations and expected outcomes of various decision makers been discussed so that everyone is aware of each other's needs and expectations?

Have you identified everyone legally required to make the decision to transition/E2C?

Have you identified who the future owners/ stewards of the organization/ project will be?

Do you feel like your project is facing difficulties and a governance transition is the only way to resolve the issue?

Do you know how the control and flow of resources will change after your transition?

1/6 progress

Section 2: Governance

Does your project document how contributors can earn more rights such as commit access or decision power, and applies these principles consistently?

Is decision making power in your project distributed in a transparent way?

Do you and your community have a clear shared understanding about what it is that you are governing?

2/6 progress

Section 3: Internal Systems

Can anyone using standard, widely-available tools, build the code in a reproducible way?

Is the full history of the project's code available via a source code control system, in a way that allows anyone to recreate any released version?

Does your project document a repeatable release process so that someone new to the project can independently generate the complete set of artifacts required for a release?

Is your project open and honest about the quality of its code?

Does your project have a proven track record of putting a very high priority on producing secure software?

3/6 progress

Section 4: Leadership

Is your (transition) leadership team ready and able to commit significant time - probably more than you anticipate - towards the transition/E2C process?

Do members of your (transition) leadership team have previous experience in transitioning organizations into community ownership/ stewardship?

Have you established a transition leadership team or task force that includes current and future owners of the organization?

Do you have more than one active developer who knows how to build secure software, is familiar with your project and planning to remain with the project beyond its transition?

4/6 progress

Section 5: Participatory Culture

Does your organization already rely significantly on value contributed by community members who are not officially employed by the organization?

Do you have access to advisors with expert knowledge on structuring and operating community owned organizations/ community governed OSS?

Does your community feel a strong connection to the organization or product?

Have you established training and education formats to help the community transition into its new role post-E2C?

Are discussions in your community held in a public and transparent manner?

Is your community serious about the willingness and capacity to transition?

5/6 progress

Section 6: Legal and Regulatory Requirements

Does the project clearly define and document the copyright ownership of everything that the project produces?

Are you confident that everyone guiding the transition is aware of the legal, financial and material constraints in which they're operating?

6/6 progress

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