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The purpose of a project charter is to define the governance, operations, and scope of a project within the OpenJS Foundation, and to connect the project’s leadership structure with the Foundation’s governance through the Cross Project Council (CPC).

Adapting this template charter to your project’s needs should be as simple as:

• Replace ${PROJECT_NAME} with the name of your project in the title just below.
• Explain what the project is about (see Section 1).
• Clarify whether the project is governed by its maintainers or a Technical Steering Commmittee (see Section 3).
• Provide a link to your GOVERNANCE.md file (see Section 3).
• Remove this note and the various tips on the page.

Please reach out to the CPC for pre-approval prior to modifying any of the other parts of the charter.

To get the charter reviewed:

• Open a pull request with the draft charter in your own repository. Do not merge it!
• Follow the CPC’s process for charter approvalgithub.

${PROJECT_NAME} Charter

Section 1: Mission and Scope of the Project

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Include a 2-3 sentence summary of what the project does, and/or what problems it solves. Imagine trying to explain your work to a colleague who is familiar with related technical concepts but unfamiliar with the project. You may also want to describe the project’s value to community and/or business stakeholders.

Section 2: Relationship with OpenJS Foundation CPC

The OpenJS Cross Project Council (CPC) delegates technical leadership of this project to the governing body defined in Section 3 of this charter.

This project is entitled to representation in the CPC through voting members as described in Section 4github of the CPC Charter.

Section 3: Governing Body of the Project

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Choose whether the project is governed by its maintainers or by a Technical Steering Committee (TSC) and check that the link to GOVERNANCE.md is correct.

This project is governed by its maintainers/Technical Steering Committee (TSC).

Governing body membership and governance of this project are defined in GOVERNANCE.md.

Section 4: Responsibilities of the Governing Body of the Project

The responsibilities of this project’s governing body are described in Section 6github of the CPC Charter.

Section 5: Decision-making

Decision making follows the practice adopted by the CPC and described in Section 9github of the CPC Charter.

Section 6: Voting

Voting follows the practices adopted by the CPC and described in Section 10github of the CPC Charter.

Section 7: Changes to this Document

Changes to this document require approval from the CPCgithub.