--- charter.txt 2006/02/08 02:46:37 1.2 +++ charter.txt 2006/02/08 09:46:27 @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ January 2004 as amended, October 2004 + as amended, February 2006 @@ -48,8 +49,10 @@ * Standard Editors The creation of Scheme standards documents shall be governed by a - committee of seven Editors, including Editor-in-Chief. The - Editor-in-Chief is responsible for producing standardization + committee of five Editors, including a Chair and a Project Editor. The + Chair is responsible for organizing meetings and other activities and + ensuring that the process makes progress in an orderly fashion. The + Project Editor is responsible for producing standardization documents. None of the Editors may be a member of the Steering Committee. @@ -66,23 +69,21 @@ Committee must announce the replacement to the Scheme community at large. - - If an editor resigns, the Editor-in-Chief should notify the - Steering Committee so that he may be replaced. The Editor-in-Chief + If an editor resigns, the Chair should notify the + Steering Committee so that he may be replaced. The Chair may of course try to convince the editor to withdraw his resignation. - The Editor-in-Chief can request that an editor submit a letter of + The Chair can request that an editor submit a letter of resignation, so long as such requests are made in good faith and for good cause. - If the Editor-in-Chief requests a letter of resignation from an + If the Chair requests a letter of resignation from an editor, and the editor declines to resign, then the matter should be resolved by the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee may investigate and take whatever actions they deem necessary to resolve the matter up to, and including, the involuntary removal of - one or more editors, possibly including the Editor-in-Chief. - + one or more editors, possibly including the Chair. * Scheme Request for Implementation (SRFI) Editors @@ -158,10 +159,8 @@ Current Editors =============== - Marc Feeley (Editor in Chief) William D. Clinger R. Kent Dybvig Matthew Flatt - Richard Kelsey - Manuel Serrano Michael Sperber + Anton van Straaten