Technical Committees are the technical working groups of CalConnect. A Technical Committee is established with a specific charter (scope of work), time frame, deliverables and expected schedule, and will disband when its scope of work is completed.

Provisional Committees may be established at a CalConnect Conference to explore a possible new work area of work and recommend whether CalConnect should move forward in that area, generally by forming a new Technical Committee. Provisional Committees are usually very short-lived, reporting out at the next Conference.

The work of Technical Committees and Provisional Committees is guided and coordinated by the Technical Coordination Committee (TCC).

Technical Committees generally produce CalConnect Work Products: Reports, Recommendations, specifications, code artifacts, etc. Technical Committees also produce draft specifications which may be published by CalConnect as a CalConnect Standard, and/or submitted to an external SDO for progression within that organization. Finally Technical Committees may also collaborate externally towards the development of material which will not become a CalConnect Work Product but may be part of some other joint effort. See CalConnect Resources for more information.

Representatives of CalConnect members may participate upon any Technical Committee by contacting the Chair of the TC. Members may propose new Technical Committees to address areas of work not currently under consideration, and may offer a Chair for a new TC (or PC).

For Closed Technical Committees please see Closed Technical Committees.

Details: Technical Coordination Committee (TCC)

The TCC consists of the Chairs of the active Technical Committees and Provisional Committees, and functions as an ongoing status and coordination group for the Technical Committees under the guidance of the Board of Directors or its representative. The Chair of the TCC is appointed by the Board upon recommendation by the Chairs of the Technical Committees and after a periodic call to the membership for volunteers. The TCC meets by conference call and electronically on a regular basis as determined by the committee, generally weekly, to ensure that TC activities are monitored and guided as necessary. The TCC is also responsible for final approval for publication of Technical Committee documents which have passed Last Call status, and with planning for upcoming CalConnect events.