title: Governance
author: The GNU Assembly
---

# Governance

The GNU Assembly is moving toward a governance model founded on
adherence to the [GNU Social Contract](/en/documents/social-contract)
and our [code of conduct](/en/documents/code-of-conduct).

Governance comes up when specific decisions have to be made about the
GNU Assembly as a whole, such as defining the level of coherence of GNU
packages and handling possible funding and legal matters.

We are in the early stages of formulating a governance model.  At this
time we look at examples such as the GNOME Foundation and Debian.  Our
goals are to allow for transparent decision-making, to achieve broad
involvement of Assembly participants in decision-making, and a healthy
turnover of [responsibilities](/en/documents/roles).