The persons who oversee the operation of the process described in the GOLD-Process document, relying on input from the Advisory Board as needed.
Currently the GOLD Community Coordinators are Baden Hughes (Melbourne), Will Lewis (CSU-Fresno) and Gary Simons (SIL)
A panel of individuals (numbering from seven to nine) who make decisions for the community as described below in the GOLD Community Process. Members of the Council must have experiential knowledge of the GOLD Community gained through being involved in the implementation or operation of an GOLD Community repository or service, and must be willing and able to commit time and energy to the functions of the Council. Geographic and domain distribution of members is relevant, but will not override the other criteria. Council members serve a term of two years, renewable. Council members are nominated by the Coordinators and ratified by consensus of the Advisory Board.
The members of the advisory board are persons who are recognized by their peers as being leaders within a subcommunity (whether defined by discipline or by geography) of the wider language resources and digital archiving community. They serve at the invitation of the GOLD Community Coordinators. The term of service is two years and is renewable. The role of an advisory board member is two-fold: to advise the Coordinators about how to respond to particular concerns of their subcommunities, and to promote the GOLD Community outputs within their subcommunities.
Groups of individuals who participate in the GOLD Community Process by drafting documents that are eventually submitted to the community as proposed standards, recommendations, or notes. A working group may also be formed for the purpose of cooperating in the implementation of standards, recommendations, or notes. For each working group, there is a chairperson who serves as the designated contact person.
Members of the wider user community who are interested in participating in the GOLD Community process. They become individual members by subscribing to the general mailing list on the GOLD Community web site. As subscribers they receive all community-wide announcements, which include invitations to participate in newly formed working groups and to give comments on all proposed GOLD Community documents when they are put to the community for review.
The GOLD Community offers several open mailing lists: