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- **Committees** are formed by, and report to, the Board. Broadly speaking, Committees handle non-technical matters as needed by the GB, wherein a named set of people are tasked with handling a specific objective. Like the Board meetings, Committee meetings may or may not be open to the public.
- The **Technical Advisory Council** (TAC) is responsible for the general success of all Technical Initiatives (defined below). TAC meetings are generally open to the public, with the exception of special sessions.
- TAC membership is limited to seven (7) seats, with alternating elections every year. Contributors to Technical Initiatves may run, and each contributor may vote once in TAC elections.
- **Technical Initiatives** are projects, working groups (WG), or services governed by their own Charters. Charters are approved by the TAC. Once approved, Changes to a Charter must be reviewed, evaluated, and accepted or rejected according to terms documented in the Charter. If accepted, changes to a Charter are then sent for approval or disapproval by the TAC.
- **Technical Initiatives** are projects, working groups (WG), or services governed by their own Charters. Charters are approved by the TAC. Once approved, changes to a Charter must be reviewed, evaluated, and accepted or rejected according to terms documented in the Charter. If accepted, changes to a Charter are then sent for approval or disapproval by the TAC.
- All Technical Initiatives are persistent open groups focused on a technical objective, with transparent proceedings that are open to the public, and vary in their objectives.
- A **Project** is a Technical Initiative focused on the creation and ongoing support of resulting Technical Deliverables. Projects usually manage one or more GitHub repos of their own, may have separate meetings, etc. **(what is the etc?)**
- A **Technical Deliverable** is an open source licensed software (source code) and its supporting artifacts (technical documentation, etc.) produced from a project.
- A **Working Group** (WG) is a group (or team) based Technical Initiative formed to support the overall mission of the OpenSSF. Working Groups generally do not produce open source software as a primary artifact. WGs often include some open source code, or use licensed software, in fulfilment of their Charter. WGs can be formed to perfrom tasks Temporary or Ongoing in scope.
- A **Working Group** (WG) is a group (or team) based Technical Initiative formed to support the overall mission of the OpenSSF. WGs generally do not produce open source software as a primary artifact. WGs often include some open source code, or use licensed software, in fulfillment of their Charter. WGs can be formed to perform tasks Temporary or Ongoing in scope.
- **Temporary** scope -- The WGs charter may specify that the WG will wrap up after a specific event, such as a publication.
- **Ongoing** scope -- The WGs charter may specify that an effort is expected to be ongoing in support of open source security indefinitely.
- A **Service** is a Technical Initiative in which software is either built or acquired to support or automate OSSF transactions
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