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- All seats on the TSC are open to any qualified candidates irrespective of company name, size, type of business, industry vertical or LFN membership status
- There shall be no provisions allowing a company to appoint members to the TSC
- Companies should refrain from selecting "a candidate" to run while preventing other Active Community Member employees from also running.
- There shall be no more than one person from the same or same or group of related companies as currently described in Section 4.4.1.4 of the Community Document on the TSC
- “Related Company” shall mean any entity (Company-A) which controls or is controlled by another entity (Company-B) or which, together, is under the common control of a third party (Company-C), in each case where such control results from ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent of the voting securities or membership interests of the entity in question; and “Related Companies” are entities that are each a Related Company as described above.
- Exceptions to the "one person" rule:
- A sitting TSC member impacted by Merger & Acquisition activity may retain their seat until the next annual TSC election cycle
- A sitting TSC member that may change their place of employment. In this situation a special election is to be held and the incumbent TSC member can run for the seat. If elected they may retain their seat until the next annual TSC election cycle.
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