GSF assemblies are consensus decision-making processes that bring multiple parties together through structured sessions to discover, surface, and deliver the collective wisdom of the group. Rather than traditional top-down decision-making or adversarial negotiations, assemblies create structured environments where diverse stakeholders can collaborate intensively to find common ground and shared solutions on complex sustainability challenges, at a dynamic pace.
The process recognizes that the best decisions emerge when you get the right people in the room, give them proper facilitation, and create space for genuine dialogue and consensus-building. Assemblies serve as concentrated moments where collective intelligence can emerge and be captured into actionable outcomes that have broad buy-in and legitimacy.
Member Assemblies are formal collaborative processes limited to GSF member organizations, focusing on technical standards development like domain-specific SCI specifications or hardware standards.
Assemblies use similar governance to GSF Working Groups.
As a participant, alongside others, you bring the expertise and ideas that shape the specification. These diverse perspectives are synthesized to identify areas of alignment and divergence, which is then brought to consensus through the following process:
If consensus fails: We move to a vote (one vote per organization, simple majority decides).
Decision approvers: SCI for Web Project Lead, Software Standards Working Group Chairs, Assembly Facilitators and GSF Executive Director.
GSF Governance Details | Consensus Process