Governance

An independent jury for the most consequential decisions.

JIL doesn't get to decide alone who gets blacklisted, who appeals, or how cross-jurisdictional transfers happen. That power sits with a nine-seat advisory council with a seat for each of our five operating countries, two at-large seats, and a tie-break by JIL's CEO who otherwise doesn't vote.

In plain English

What is this?

The board that oversees the platform's most sensitive decisions: who goes on the blacklist, who comes off, and how the cross-country grant capital moves. Nine voting seats, five-of-seven supermajority required for material decisions, three-year staggered terms so it can't be packed.

How does it affect me?

If your foundation gets restricted in a future incident, the council is who you appeal to - not JIL employees. If a grantee disputes a registry inclusion, the council hears the case. The structure exists so no single party (us included) can weaponize the platform.

Does it help me?

Most platforms claim 'governance' and mean a comment box. We mean a real council with named seats, voting records, and CourtChain-anchored decisions you can audit. The cost of being slow here is much smaller than the cost of being unfair.

Composition

Seat type	Count	Voting
Per-jurisdiction (US, CH, AE, SG, BR)	5	Voting
At-large global	2	Voting
Platform technical (JIL CTO or designate)	1	Voting
Ex-officio (JIL CEO)	1	Non-voting (tie-break only)

Authority

The council has authority over

Platform governance standards (verification framework changes, registry inclusion criteria)
Bad-actor registry decisions (inclusions, appeals, removals)
Cross-foundation data sharing protocols
Cross-jurisdictional vault transfer approvals
Variance requests (foundation deviations from default rules)
Member appointments (nominate replacements; final appointment by JIL board)
Annual report review and ratification
Crisis response coordination

The council does not have authority over

Individual grant approval decisions (these belong to fiduciaries and foundations)
JIL Sovereign Technologies corporate operations
Tier 2 commercial pricing structure (JIL business decision)
L1 protocol parameters (technical body governs)

Voting thresholds

Decision type	Threshold
Quorum	6 of 9 seated members
Standard vote	Simple majority of those voting
Material decisions (registry inclusion, framework changes, variance approvals)	Two-thirds majority
Constitutional decisions (council authority changes, term changes)	Unanimous

Member compensation and constraints

Compensation

Annual stipend (jurisdictionally calibrated, drawn from operations budgets pro rata). Reimbursement of meeting-related travel. No equity. No contingent compensation. No compensation tied to platform metrics.

Term limits

Three-year terms, staggered such that approximately one-third of seats turn over each year. Members may serve up to two consecutive terms (six years total) before a one-term cooling-off period.

Meeting cadence

Regular meetings: quarterly. Special meetings: by call of any three members or the JIL CEO. Emergency meetings: 48 hours notice. All meetings are recorded and minutes are CourtChain-anchored.

Current members

The advisory council seating process is in progress.The council convenes for its first regular meeting following formation of the second jurisdictional vehicle. Member announcements will appear on this page and in the quarterly transparency report.