This is the organizational charter for the Fairlearn Organization (the "Organization"). All SC members, AB members and Project Maintainers agree to the following.
Provide a set of open source resources to assess and improve fairness of AI systems.
The Organization is composed of:
2.1 Projects. Projects consist of one or more repositories. The Projects are represented and activities in each Project are organized by its Maintainers as set forth in the Project Governance Policy.
2.2 Steering Committee. The Steering Committee (the "SC") is responsible for Project selection, Project oversight, policy oversight, and trademark management for the Organization.
2.3 Advisory Board. The Advisory Board (the "AB") consists of experts that advise Projects and the SC. The members of the Advisory Board can be added or removed by the SC.
3.1 Composition. The SC voting members are listed in the MEMBERS.md file in the repository. Voting members may be added or removed by 3/4 affirmative vote of all the members of the SC, excluding the member considered for a removal.
3.2 Decision Making. The SC will strive for all decisions to be made by consensus. If consensus cannot be reached, the Steering Committee will make the decision by a vote.
3.3 Voting. Any member of the SC can call a vote with reasonable notice to the SC, setting out a discussion period and a separate voting period. Any discussion may be conducted in person or electronically by text, voice, or video. The discussion will be open to the public. In any vote, each voting representative will have one vote. Except as specifically noted elsewhere in this Charter, decisions by vote require a simple majority vote of all voting members.
3.4 Termination of Membership. The membership of a SC member will terminate if any of the following occur:
3.4.1 Resignation. Written notice of resignation to the SC.
3.4.2 Unreachable Member. If a member is unresponsive at their listed handle for more than one month the SC may vote to remove the member by 3/4 affirmative vote of all the members of the SC, excluding the member considered for a removal.
3.4.3 Violation of Policies or Duties of Membership. If the SC by 3/4 affirmative vote of all the members of the SC, excluding the member considered for a removal, finds that member—after member has had notice and opportunity to be heard on the issue—has violated any material provision of this Charter or other Organization policies or procedures.
Any names, trademarks, logos, or goodwill developed by and associated with the Organization or any of Organization's Projects, however owned, may be only used in accordance with the Organization's Trademark Policy. Member's obligations under this section survive termination of Membership.
The SC and all of the Organization's Project participants are bound by the Organization's Antitrust Policy.
Information disclosed in connection with any of the Organization's activities, including but not limited to meetings, Contributions, and submissions, is not confidential, regardless of any markings or statements to the contrary.
In order to be eligible to be an Organization Project, a Project must:
- Be approved by the SC.
- Be under the MIT license unless otherwise approved.
- Include and adhere to the Organization's policies.