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Appointment of SC Chair and Vice Chairs;
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Allocation of human and financial resources provided by Organizational Partners;
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Allocation of voluntary human and financial resources provided by Public Safety Partners and Individual Members;
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Management of the MESA Secretariat;
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Handling of appeals from Individual Members on procedural matters referred to them from
the TSG; handling of appeals from Individual Members on technical matters referred to them;
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Recommendation of modifications to the
Partnership Project Agreement, Partnership Project Technical Working
Procedures and Partnership Project Description, for Organizational
Partner approval;
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Determination of the overall time frame and management of the overall work progress including technical coordination;
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Final adoption of new and stopped work items proposed by the TSG within the agreed MESA scope and objectives;
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Confirmation of appointment or dismissal of TSG Chair and Vice Chair, as proposed by
the TSG. (The proposed candidate shall be appointed unless there are extraordinary reasons that prevent such an appointment, e.g. severe company or geographical imbalance within Project MESA. In such cases the TSG shall be requested to elect an alternative candidate. The decision not to appoint a candidate shall be made by consensus.);
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Maintenance of the Register of Individual Members eligible to participate in MESA based on input received from Organizational Partners;
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Maintenance of the register of IPR declarations relevant to MESA, received by the Organizational Partners;
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Final adoption of Technical Specifications and Technical Reports prepared and approved by the TSG;
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Making decisions on the creation or cessation of Technical Specification Groups (TSGs) and the Service Specification Group (SSG), and approving their scope and terms of reference.
