Initial Draft of the Delivery WG Charter

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+# Delivery Working Group Charter
+
+This document outlines the mission, scope, and objectives of the Common Cloud Controls (CCC) Delivery [WG].
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+1. [Mission](#mission)
+2. [Approach & Responsibilities](#approach--responsibilities)
+   - [Output / Deliverables](#output--deliverables)
+3. [Out of Scope](#out-of-scope)
+4. [Meeting Cadence](#meeting-cadence)
+5. [Governance](#governance)
+   - [Membership](#membership)
+   - [Changes](#changes)
+   - [Meeting Cadence](#meeting-cadence)
+   - [Changes](#changes)
+
+## Mission
+
+This [WG] defines and maintains the delivery process for the Common Cloud Controls project deliverables.
+
+The mission of the Delivery [WG] is to establish and maintain robust communication channels, ensuring openness and clarity in all activities and decisions related to outputs and deliverables. We aim to curate a comprehensive repository of community outputs slated for release, diligently managing version control and devising optimal strategies for content dissemination.
+
+By coordinating with fellow [WG]'s, we endeavor to synchronize release efforts, while meticulously defining and adhering to a structured release schedule, fostering efficiency and coherence in our endeavors.
+
+## Approach & Responsibilities
+
+This group will:
+
+- Maintain open and transparent communication channels for all WG activities and decisions in regard to outputs/deliverables
+- Define and document standards related to how content is organized in the repository
+- Document standards for how all project artifacts reference eachother, such as control identifiers
+- Create and maintain automation related to acceptance of content proposed to the project repository
+- Maintain a list of all community outputs that need to be released
+- Determine and document project best practices for versioning and releasing content
+- Maintain a version controlled process for releasing content
+- Collaborate with other [WG]s to coordinate releases
+- Define and maintain a release strategy and schedule (whether it be biweekly, monthly, etc.)
+- Coordinate with the [Communications WG] regarding upcoming releases
+
+### Output / Deliverables
+
+The following artifacts will be created and stored in the project GitHub repo:
+
+- Documentation of the project's comprehensive release strategy
+- Documentation of the project's content format and hygiene standards
+- Automation related to the acceptance and management of content proposed to the project repository
+- Automation related to release of version-controlled project artifacts
+- Release artifacts corresponding to any version-controlled outputs from the project
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+The following activities will not be performed by this group:
+
+- Technicial work that does not pertain to a release or repo content format
+- Public-facing communications
+
+## Governance
+
+This [WG] will remain compliant with all applicable community [policies]. At the guidance of the WG Lead, this group will seek to implement [recommendations] set forth by the [Community Structure WG].
+
+### Membership
+
+The membership structure of this working group:
+
+- WG Lead: Damien Burks
+- SC Sponsor: Eddie Knight
+- This group is not authorized to create independent sub-groups.
+
+### Meeting Cadence
+
+* This working group will use the mail group <ccc-delivery@lists.finos.org> for regular communications.
+* A group member should represent this [WG] on any calls scheduled by the [SC] for participation by the full CCC project community.
+
+### Changes
+
+Any functional changes to this charter must be approved through a majority vote by the [SC]. Minor changes such as formatting may be merged upon approval from any [SC] member.
+
+[WG]: <../../community-groups.md#working-groups>
+[SC]: <../../community-groups.md#steering-committee>
+[policies]: <../../community-policies/README.md>
+[recommendations]: <../../community-recommendations/README.md>
+[Communications WG]: <../communications/charter.md>
+[Community Structure WG]: <../communications/charter.md>