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[DRAFT] Membership Model Recommendations | '''[DRAFT] Membership Model Recommendations''' | ||
Membership | '''Membership''' | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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The term of membership is for 3 years. | The term of membership is for 3 years. | ||
Recommendations for membership: | '''Recommendations for membership:''' | ||
• Membership will be at the institutional level, but participation on Working Groups is open to one or more | • Membership will be at the institutional level, but participation on Working Groups is open to one or more individual participants at the institution. | ||
• Membership should be open and the process by which new members can join is though: | • Membership should be open and the process by which new members can join is though: | ||
• Application process; then sponsorship by an organization w/in the NDSA | |||
• Review and approval by consensus of the membership subcommittee | |||
• Membership may be revoked by a majority vote of member institutions | • Membership may be revoked by a majority vote of member institutions | ||
Eligibility and Requirements | '''Eligibility and Requirements''' | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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• Members should share the stated values of the Alliance. | • Members should share the stated values of the Alliance. | ||
Rights and Privileges | '''Rights and Privileges''' | ||
Recommendations for rights and privileges: | Recommendations for rights and privileges: | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 21 December 2010
[DRAFT] Membership Model Recommendations
Membership
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.
The term of membership is for 3 years.
Recommendations for membership: • Membership will be at the institutional level, but participation on Working Groups is open to one or more individual participants at the institution. • Membership should be open and the process by which new members can join is though:
• Application process; then sponsorship by an organization w/in the NDSA
• Review and approval by consensus of the membership subcommittee
• Membership may be revoked by a majority vote of member institutions
Eligibility and Requirements
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.
Recommendations for eligibility and requirements: • Members should have demonstrated a commitment to digital preservation. • Members should share the stated values of the Alliance.
Rights and Privileges
Recommendations for rights and privileges: • Voting power for the Alliance will be distributed: o Institutions will have one vote on organizational and governance matters affecting the Alliance. o Individual participants will have effective decision-making power at the Working Group level. • 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: o All work products must be announced to the general membership and distributed in draft form well in advance of finalization o 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. o 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 o 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. o Action Teams should report back to the Working Group on a semi-regular basis about the work they are doing. o 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.
Outstanding questions: • How will we engage the commercial sector while avoiding predatory vendor relationships that are not consistent with the goals of the Alliance? • Do the for-profit orgs have the same status as the not-for-profit orgs? • Who will review applications? • How could international organizations become affiliated with the Alliance?