[Dspace-general] highlights of the DSpace Governance Advisory Board meeting

[Julie Harford Walker]

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It is with great pleasure and anticipation that the ad hoc DSpace 
Federation Governance Advisory Board announces the highlights of its 
initial meeting on March 30-31, 2006 in Cambridge, MA.  The governance 
board was convened to draft a recommendation for governance and funding 
mechanisms to advance the DSpace community and ensure that the technology 
platform remains sound, protecting the investment that institutions have 
made.  At the meeting, the board:
    * Drafted a statement of mission
    * Made a decision to form an independent foundation and initiated a 
planning process to accomplish that end
    * Formed an interim steering committee chaired by Chris Rusbridge 
(Director, Digital Curation Centre, UK)
    * Addressed the need for a technical working group and initiated a road 
map and white paper process to support that effort
More on each of these items and other details of the meeting will be 
distributed shortly on DSpace-General and posted to the DSpace wiki at 
http://wiki.dspace.org/DspaceGovernance.  Stay tuned!

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