Open CSA activities are managed by a Steering Committee that consists of seven members who are nominated and elected by the Open CSA membership in an open process. The current Open CSA Steering Committee includes:

• Mike Kaiser - IBM
• Mark Little - Red Hat
• Jeff Mischkinsky - Oracle (chair)
• Sanjay Patil - SAP

Meetings

The Steering Committee meets by teleconference on the second Friday of each month.  All Open CSA participants are encouraged to raise issues for discussion through the Steering Committee mailing list or by getting in touch with any of the Steering Committee members individually. Open CSA participants are invited to attend Steering Committee meetings as observers.

Minutes of each Steering Committee meeting are posted to the Member Section mailing list; the archives of this list are publicly accessible.

Elections
Each Steering Committee member serves a two-year term. For consistency of management, terms are staggered so that four seats expire one year and the other three expire the following year. The next election will be held May 2010. See the Rules of Procedure for more details.