This Group is no longer active and has been archived.

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.

From the Samvera Governance Working Group recommendations:

“In order to support centralized staffing the Samvera Community needs a strategy to raise significant funds on an ongoing basis.  Partner discussions have supported the idea of a required contribution model that equitably distributes the burden. The contribution model will include both financial and in-kind staff time tiered options.  Equity, good standing, how to value in-kind contributions, and incentives will be addressed in the proposed contribution model.”

It should be noted that the Community has other financial needs in addition to staffing costs albeit these are relatively small in comparison (fiscal sponsorship, legal fees, website, sponsorship etc).

From the Partner Meeting minutes (03/30/2018):

“In scope:  

Define what a Partner in good standing means

“Out of scope, but will eventually touch contribution model work:


The “key decisions and takeaways” circulated to Partners words these guidelines slightly differently:



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

The WG is now in abeyance whilst the draft report is circulated to Partners and discussed at the Partner Meeting in Salt Lake City 8 Oct 2018.

Members

In order to facilitate the tight working timelines necessary to achieve the target deadline, working group membership was limited to a small 6-8 person agile team which can collaborate efficiently to produce the deliverables in the desired timelines.

Phase 1 membership

Phase 2 membership

Resources



Meeting notes: Phase 1

CMWG 9th May 2018

CMWG 21 May 2018

CMWG 4 June 2018

CMWG 18 June 2018

CMWG 2 July 2018

CMWG 16 July 2018

CMWG 13 August 2018

CMWG 27 August 2018

CMWG 10 September 2018

CMWG 24 September 2018

Meeting notes: Phase 2

2019-02-20 Meeting Notes

2019-02-25 Meeting Notes

2019-02-28 Meeting Notes

2019-03-21 Meeting Notes

2019-03-22 Meeting Notes

2019-06-21 Meeting Notes