Scope and objectives
This Group is chartered at the request of the Samvera Partners following their acceptance of the recommendations of the Samvera Governance Working Group.
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The tasks of the WG will therefore include looking at the current state of contributions from the Samvera Community, investigating and comparing the resourcing methods of comparable organizations, and proposing a way forward that reinforces the value proposition of Partnership but which also provides sufficient incentives for non-Partners in the community to make significant contributions.
Deliverables and timeframe
Report detailing recommendations in time for the Partner Meeting immediately prior to Samvera Connect 2018 (8th October). In the event that the timescale cannot reasonably be met an interim report will be delivered for that Partner Meeting with the full report delivered in time to enable implementation no later than March 2019. Acceptance and implementation of the report will require a ⅔ majority vote by Samvera Partners.
Meeting times and communication channels
TBA once the group commences work.
Members
In order to facilitate the tight working timelines necessary to achieve the target deadline, working group membership will be limited to a small 6-8 person agile team which can collaborate efficiently to produce the deliverables in the desired timelines. With this in mind, we are soliciting representation from the community as follows:
3-4 members present at the March 2018 Partner Meeting discussion to represent and synthesize the discussion from the Partner Meeting.
3-4 at-large members drawn from the broader Partner community to represent stakeholders not able to be present at the in-person Partner Meeting
Ideally the Group’s membership will reflect the wide range of institutions within the Samvera Partners (education/cultural heritage; North American/European; large/small; cash-rich/cash-poor; etc) and will be drawn from a range of Partners spanning old-established to relatively new.
Membership
Richard Green, co-facilitator (University of Hull)
Ryan Steans, co-facilitator (Northwestern University)
If you wish to volunteer to assist this group, please drop an email to the Partners' list preferably before EOB on Friday 27th April
Resources
Minutes of the March 2018 Partner Meeting discussion relating to this WG (https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1v7eEmAUTnW7Kj8NU7JZTmk3OY6_rqzVkjG_WUbxGFs4/edit#heading=h.1eo5apkkwu27)
Richard’s takeaway list from the relevant Partner Meeting discussion