Committee Glossary of Terms

Term	Definition
Committee Maturity Framework	This is the framework used to assess the maturity of the Committees. More information can be found here​
Committee Working Group (different to Technical Working Group)	Aligned to a Committee (or possibly a function). Informal, short term working groups which have a defined purpose and agreed output. Anyone can request to be part of a Committee Working Group.More information on our Committee Working Groups can be found here​
Subject Interest Groups	Aligned to a Committee (or possibly a function). Set up to provide space to allow group think relating to a particular subject of interested and a mechanism to feed this into Intersect and engage with the wider membership. The term of these groups will be agreed between the group lead and associated committee / function.
Technical Working Group (different to Committee Working Group)	Technical Working Groups which are aligned to Cardano Infrastructure development, they were previously also known as Product Working Groups. Depending on with scope and requirements the time duration, team size and other resources will be defined when the working group is established.More information on Technical Working Groups can be found here​
Committee Chair	The Chair of the committee, the responsibilities of this role can be found within the committee spaces
Committee Contributor.	A person that has been invited or given permission to attend a committee meeting to provide a contribution (SME advice, report update, group think input, working group update etc)
Committee Observer	An Intersect member who has been invited or given permission to observe a committee meeting, this individual does not have committee voting rights
Committee Seated Member	Intersect Members which have been voted onto a specific committee, details on how to apply to a committee can be found within the committee spaces or by emailing the committee. This individual will have committee voting rights
Committee Secretary	The Secretary of the committee, the responsibilities of this role can be found within the committee spaces