# How decisions are made

The Jupyter Foundations and Standards Council follows the ["Decision Making"
Guidelines](https://jupyter.org/governance/decision_making.html#required-aspects-of-decision-making)
described in the main Jupyter
governance documents.

In short, we'll first seek an informal consensus. If a clear consensus cannot be
reached, an active council member can call for a vote. The voting process then
follows the guidelines laid out by the [Jupyter Governance
model]((https://jupyter.org/governance/decision_making.html#required-aspects-of-decision-making)).

## Jupyter Foundations and Standards Council size

There is no limit to the size of the Jupyter Foundations and Standards Council.
We follow the [guidelines laid
out](https://jupyter.org/governance/bootstrapping_decision_making.html#bootstrapping-decision-making-bodies)
by the broader Jupyter governance model which encourages a large, highly
participatory decision body:

> The new governance model and decision-making guide is designed to support
> large, highly participatory decision-making bodies. As such, even Subprojects
> that have a clear decision-making body today may wish to increase the size of
> that body to include more contributors.