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| ==Membership==
| | There was a spectrum of suggestions for how to handle membership and determine membership eligibility: |
| As an outgrowth of the Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), the Alliance is open to government agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations and business with commitments and activities in the areas of collecting, preserving, or ensuring long-term access to digital content.<br/><br/>
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| The term of membership is for 3 years.<br/><br/>
| | * membership fully open to all interested parties |
| | | * membership based on shared values -- interested parties promise to share the values of the NDSA and promote the mission |
| ''Recommendations for membership:''
| | * partially restricted membership --all potential members to be vetted by the Coordinating Committee and/or the Secretariat |
| * Membership will be at the institutional level, but participation on Working Groups is open to one or more individuals at the institution.
| | * restricted membership -- technology vendors are not eligible for membership |
| * Membership should be open and the process by which new members can join is though:
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| ** Application process; then sponsorship by an organization w/in the NDSA
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| ** Review and approval by consensus of the membership subcommittee | |
| * Membership may be revoked by a majority vote of member institutions<br/><br/>
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| ==Eligibility and Requirements==
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| The only responsibility of membership is participation. Members participate in one or more working group by making a sustained contribution to the work of the group for the benefit of the Alliance.<br/><br/>
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| ''Recommendations for eligibility and requirements:''
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| * Members should have demonstrated a commitment to digital preservation.
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| * Members should share the stated values of the Alliance.<br/><br/>
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| ==Rights and Privileges==
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| ''Recommendations for rights and privileges:''
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| * Voting power for the Alliance will be distributed:
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| ** Institutions will have one vote on organizational and governance matters affecting the Alliance. | |
| ** Individual participants will have effective decision-making power at the Working Group level.
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| * Working Groups (and Action Teams) can produce official work products and decide on work plans and work products autonomously, within their scope and provided that they do so in a manner transparent to the membership:
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| ** All work products must be announced to the general membership and distributed in draft form well in advance of finalization
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| ** Written discussion related to work product or plans should be conducted on mailing lists that are archived and open to review by the general membership.
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| ** Where discussion is conducted through conference calls, the conference call minutes/notes should be circulated on the mailing list. | |
| * Working groups and their members will have the authority to create Action Teams
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| ** The work of the Action Teams will be fairly autonomous; however, a process of transparency—a “lightweight charter”—should be created to inform the Working Group members of what work is going on.
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| ** Action Teams should report back to the Working Group on a semi-regular basis about the work they are doing.
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| ** Action Teams could be voted on by the main working group to become more formal if the work was something that was highly valued by the community.<br/><br/>
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| ==Outstanding Questions==
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| * How will we engage the commercial sector while avoiding predatory vendor relationships that are not consistent with the goals of the Alliance?
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| * Do the for-profit orgs have the same status as the not-for-profit orgs?
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| * Who will review applications?
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| * How could international organizations become affiliated with the Alliance?
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There was a spectrum of suggestions for how to handle membership and determine membership eligibility:
- membership fully open to all interested parties
- membership based on shared values -- interested parties promise to share the values of the NDSA and promote the mission
- partially restricted membership --all potential members to be vetted by the Coordinating Committee and/or the Secretariat
- restricted membership -- technology vendors are not eligible for membership
