HIC student society chapter governance
- Ravi singh
- Ankur Singh
Overview
The Hyperledger India Chapter (HIC) Student Chapter Society is the latest step towards bringing together the next generation of developers and users (college students) of decentralized technology and Hyperledger Projects as part of the Hyperledger India Chapter community.
The HIC student society is not a legal entity, but an initiative supported by Hyperledger Foundation.
On this page, you can find information about roles and responsibilities and other governing layers of the HIC student society.
The HIC student society is dedicated to operating in a transparent and participatory manner that mirrors our commitment to open source. If you have any questions, please contact hic4students@gmail.com or hypeledger.india.chapter@gmail.com
Roles and Responsibilities
Governance Board
The HIC student society is governed by a board that functions as a decision-making and oversight body for the HIC student society. The board consists of HIC leadership and student society member organizations, who demonstrated a strong commitment to supporting the HIC student society mission and mandate.
HIC Student society board members
(as of June 1st, 2023)
- Hyperledger India chapter co-chairs
- Hyperledger India chapter event and engagement leads
- Hyperledger India chapter developer advocate leads
- Hyperledger India chapter student society Leads
- Hyperledger India chapter student society chapter - faculty ambassadors
Roadmap & Participation
The HIC student society uses the HIC student society quarterly Roadmap as a formal coordination, alignment, engagement, and communication planning tool for the open source ecosystem.
For an educational organization to be invited to join the roadmap they:
- Must advance HIC student society goals;
- Support alignment around the open-source community, blockchain, and Hyplerdger Foundation activities.
Educational Organizations who participate in the HIC student society roadmap may be invited to formalize their participation and relationship with the HIC student society by becoming a HIC student society chapter, which entails:
- Fulfilling all the criteria for establishing the HIC student society chapter;
- Linking the HIC student society websites from the educational organization website;
- Actively seek to coordinate and align the Hyperledger Foundation, Hyperledger India chapter, and HIC student society activities in the educational institute campus in line with the policies of Hyperledger Foundation.
- Participating in the Meeting by HIC student society chapter representative (faculty ambassador).
- All student society chapter meetings are run to be covered by the following Antitrust Policy and comply with Hyperledger's Code of Conduct.
Establishing a HIC student society chapter on the education institute campus is not a legal commitment but rather a way to publicly represent an organization's commitment to advancing a shared vision, transparent monitoring, and sharing their activities as part of HIC student society to support open source in the blockchain.
Meetings:
- The HIC student society conducts regular meetings to engage all members and discuss important matters.
- These meetings provide a platform for sharing updates, gathering feedback, and making decisions collectively. Meetings may be held monthly, bi-monthly, or as determined by the chapter's needs.
- Participation in the Meeting by the HIC student society chapter representative is compulsory.
HIC student society chapter
Each student society chapter is to be administered with the help of faculty ambassadors and student ambassadors.
Faculty ambassador
The faculty ambassador will be responsible for the following:
- Contribution to the student chapter roadmap document.
- Participation in the student society meetings.
- Ensure that the use of the Hyperledger Foundation logo and trademark are as per Hyperledger Foundation trademark policy and guidelines.
- Ensure that the activity on the campus are following the Hyperledger Foundation Anti-trust policy & code of conduct.
- Ensure that there is no misuse of the Hyperledger Foundation name for bare financial gains.
Student Ambassador
- Ensure the smooth organization of the activities with the advice of the faculty ambassador.
- Ensure effective advocacy of the open source and HIC activities on campus.
- Ensure the use of effective means to communicate with the student society chapter member on campus.