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The Technical Charter was amended in July 2026. Add the new PDF and repoint the organization, TSC and working group pages at it, keeping the 2018 charter listed as superseded.

Update the TSC rules where the amended charter contradicts them:

  • voting members are three elected members plus the Infrastructure Lead
  • members employed by related companies share a single vote, replacing the previous limit of two members per organization
  • TSC meetings are open to the public
  • add the TSC Chair role, along with the two-thirds thresholds for replacing the Chair and for amending the charter
  • unresolved votes may be referred to the LF Projects Series Manager

Promote the Infra WG section to the Infrastructure Committee as defined in section 3 of the charter, covering its responsibilities, the six month inactivity rule and the two year term of the Infrastructure Lead.

The current TSC roster is left unchanged, as the reduced composition only takes effect at the next election.

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ respective email address and IRC nicknames:
With the exception of the Infra Committee representative the term of the current
members lasts for an year, finishing at October 31th, 2026.

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small nitpick. 31th -> 31st.

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Good spot, fixed!

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Looks good and is faithful to the charter. I added a small nitpick claude noticed.


### Chair

The TSC elects a Chair, who presides over meetings of the TSC and serves for a

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Does the Chair have to already be a TSC member? (e.g. one of the three voting members)
Or can it be an additional person?

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Good spot; yes, they must already be a TSC member. Tightened it up with "The TSC elects a Chair from among its own voting members"

The Technical Charter was amended in July 2026. Add the new PDF and repoint
the organization, TSC and working group pages at it, keeping the 2018 charter
listed as superseded.

Update the TSC rules where the amended charter contradicts them:

* voting members are three elected members plus the Infrastructure Lead
* members employed by related companies share a single vote, replacing the
  previous limit of two members per organization
* TSC meetings are open to the public
* add the TSC Chair role, along with the two-thirds thresholds for replacing
  the Chair and for amending the charter
* unresolved votes may be referred to the LF Projects Series Manager

Promote the Infra WG section to the Infrastructure Committee as defined in
section 3 of the charter, covering its responsibilities, the six month
inactivity rule and the two year term of the Infrastructure Lead.

The current TSC roster is left unchanged, as the reduced composition only
takes effect at the next election.

Signed-off-by: Ben Copeland <ben.copeland@linaro.org>
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