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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:

Hold conference calls
Draft document and review
Invite member feedback
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.