NDSA:Activity Charter Template

Feel free to copy this for your activity and fill it in.

Title of Activity or Project
Example: Steps and Targets: Defining Tiered Levels of Digital Preservation

One Sentence Description:
Example: Infrastructure, Innovation, Content and Standards Working Group members will define a brief set of guidelines on tiered levels of digital preservation.

Statement of the Problem and Goals for Addressing the Problem:
A brief paragraph summarizing the issues that the planned activity will address and how that work will help

Strategic Value of Activity:
A few bullets answering:

• What's the value of the activity to the NDSA?

Required Resources:
What's needed for this activity to proceed? Examples:

• Time of working group members
• External reviewers
• Specialized skills or tools

Required Resources:
What's needed for this activity to proceed? Examples:

• Time of working group members
• Specialized skills or tools

Roadmap:
What are the steps to take in order to accomplish this activity? Examples:

1. Hold conference calls
2. Draft document and review
3. Invite member feedback
4. Revise document

Dissemination of Knowledge:
How will this activity be shared? Examples:

• Publish report on digitalpreservation.gov
• Write a blog post
• Send announcements to listservs
• Present at conferences that members are attending

Signifiers of Success and Outcomes:
List the indications that this activity has been successfully accomplished: A report, a completed survey, etc. Also list the larger goals for the product of the activity: i.e. the product is referred to by others, the product influences decision making for member organizations, etc.