Personnel Committee

The personnel committee provides human resources (HR) and organisational support for people doing work for the Foundation for most of their time over the year (long term contractors and employees).

Charter

Created by Mikel Maron and Tobias Knerr and adopted by the board in October 2020.

Who we are

Maurizio Napolitano - On the OSMF board
Craig Allan - On the OSMF board (Chairperson)
Daniela Waltersdorfer - On the OSMF board (Secretary)
Mikel Maron
Adam Hoyle
Sarah Hoffmann
Hctor Ochoa Ortiz - On the OSMF board (Deputy Secretary). Chairperson of the Personnel Committee, elected in September 2025.

You can contact us at pc@osmfoundation.org.

About the committee's composition

During the December 2020 board meeting it was decided that:

While the personnel committee charter mentions that members can only be "board members"(under the old Articles of Association (AoA)), it is up to the personnel committee chairperson, if they want the personnel committee to have members outside of the board.
The committee chairpersons can staff the committees, so no approval from the board is needed.
The board can pre-empt the addition of particular members to the committee, if it sees fit.

It has also been suggested to appoint two board members (for continuity reasons) as individual points of contact for contracted/hired people.

Reports

Related board discussions

For discussions related to hiring/contracting for specific positions, please see the Board minutes.

2022 Dec Elect officers (election of Sarah Hoffmann as personnel committee chairperson)
2020 Dec Elect officers (election of Jean-Marc Liotier as personnel committee chairperson and discussion about the committee)
2020 Oct
- Personnel committee (Public board meeting - adoption of personnel committee charter)
- Managing staff - what questions need to be resolved (board screen-to-screen meeting)
2020 Sep Personnel committee
2020 Mar Personnel committee (board screen-to-screen meeting)