# Cross Project Council (CPC) Chair Experience

## TL;DR

- Time committment: 5-20hrs/week (typically around 10hrs/week)
- CPC meeting happens weekly: always a full agenda filling the hour
- Occasionally attend other meetings (most are bi-weekly) such as: standards, code of conduct, collab summit, ad-hoc
- Work closely with project leads and foundation staff to make progress in foundation's/project's best interests.

## Weekly CPC Meeting
It is best practice to be on top of the agenda items as best as one can. There isn't an expectation that you will know every detail and status of each, but having some insight on each helps to move the conversation along, defer to the people who are actively involved in the issue/pullrequest, and know when to step in to clarify or to move the conversation into actionable items or resolutions of open concerns.

This takes a lot of effort at first but you find your rhythym and become familiar with the ongoing work at hand and are able to be aware of new things as they arise. Keeping an eye on the github feed in the OpenJS Slack helps to remain aware of progress as well.

## The Greater Role
I consider myself one of the caretakers of the Foundation and the Cross Project Council and by extension, all of the projects. I try to be tuned into what is happening by keeping my eyes/ears in a few different places (github, slack, twitter) and keeping lines of communication very open. This part of the role is not easy to simply set aside time to do -- it is an ongoing effort weaved into the work I do every day.

To succeed in this role, it is best to have an employer who is supportive of your involvement. "Work time" will need to be dedicated to fulfill the commitments of the CPC chairperson role. It is also helpful if you have people around you with experience in open source, open governance, and open communities to help you work through any difficult situations, which will arise.

## Additional Context
In an effort to further the progress of the work that we do in the CPC, I often find myself trying to identify potential volunteers to pick up particular tasks. In absence of a volunteer, I sometimes pick up the work myself. I try to avoid doing it myself -- as that does not scale -- but at the end of the day, the work needs to be done.

## Future
I keep thinking we will get to the point where we can meet every other week instead of weekly, but there is always so much to do. And in service of our projects and the community overall, I know there is so much more that we can be doing.

Even as we make great progress in the work that we do, as the Foundation grows, I expect that the amount of work that is on our plates today will likely not decrease.

But it is good work to be doing.