Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)

What is the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)?

“The Technical Oversight Committee (“TOC”) is formed to help serve the purpose of the

Open edX project by governing the overall technical direction and stewardship of the

project.” (Charter)

The TOC is responsible for the overall direction of the project, and a place to take critical decisions for the project, both on technical and non-technical matters.

The TOC is not meant to be involved in all day-to-day technical decisions: those closest to the work will make the best decisions. Instead it focuses on situations where it can facilitate progress: decisions that are hard to reverse, or when the community is having difficulty reaching consensus.

Charters

• Charter of the TOC

• Charter of the TOC Community Elections

Details

News

• 2023-01: Town Hall with the TOC at the Conference https://openedx.org/blog/open-edx-conference-friday-preview/

• 2022-09/11: First Election

  • https://openedx.org/blog/announcement-2023-open-edx-elections/

  • https://openedx.org/blog/last-chance-to-register-to-vote/

  • https://openedx.org/blog/toc-elections-candidates-announced-voting-starts/

  • https://openedx.org/blog/2023-toc-elections-the-results-are-in/

• 2021-12/2022-03: Creation of the TOC

  • https://openedx.org/blog/open-edx-governance-changes/

  • https://openedx.org/blog/introducing-the-initial-open-edx-technical-oversight-committee-members/

  • https://openedx.org/blog/introducing-the-open-edx-technical-oversight-committee-community-members/

Membership

The TOC has 9 members, distributed as follows:

• 3 members appointed by Axim’s Board of Trustees

  • Dustin Tingley (Harvard)

  • Edward Zarecor (Axim)

  • Ferdi Alimadhi (MIT)

• 3 members appointed by 2U/edX

  • Anant Agarwal (2U)

  • George Babey (2U)

  • Virginia Mace Fletcher (2U)

• 3 representatives elected by the Open edX community

  • Learners representative: Xavier Antoviaque (OpenCraft)

  • Instructor representative: Ignacio Despujol (Universitat Politècnica de València)

  • Core community representative: Regís Behmo (Edly)

Past Members

• 2022 - Catherine Mongenet (FUN)

• 2022 - Nacho Despujol (Universitat Politècnica de València)

• 2022 - Sanjay Sarma (MIT)

• 2022 - Luyen Chou (2U)

• 2022-2023 - Ashley Bradford (2U)

• 2022-2023 - Stefania Trabucchi (Abstract Technology)

• 2022-2023 - Samuel Paccoud (FUN)

Archive

• 2023 Elections:

  • Candidates presentation

  • Registered voters

  • Plan & organization (checklist)