committee.md

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 The Haskell 2011 committee has not been formed yet.
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+# About the committee
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+Each committee is formed for the period of one year, starting after the announcement of one language revision (typically October-November), and lasting until the formation of the next committee.
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+The committee consists of 
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+- a chair (or a pair of co-chairs), who are responsible for editing the final language report, and for guiding the process along.
+- 10-15 members
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+Continuity is expected to be around 50% from year to year, and a particular member should participate in no more than two consecutive committees.
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+## Process for forming the next committee
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+(to be decided)
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+## Responsibilities
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+There are two main responsibilities of committee members:
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+- To participate in the development of proposals, including taking
+  ownership of proposals, and contributing to the development
+  of other proposals.  While in principle proposal ownership and
+  contribution are not limited to committee members, in practice
+  it is expected that the driving force behind most proposals
+  will be provided by committee members.
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+- To participate in the decision process where the set of
+  complete proposals are considered for inclusion in the
+  next language revision.
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+It is hard to put a figure on the amount of time that a committee member is expected to spend on these activities, but a rough estimate would be 2-3 hours per week.  During the decision process, which lasts about 2 weeks (but may take a bit longer for certain proposals), committee members should participate actively in the discussion, spending some time every day on this.