I'm writing to let everyone know that we now have: a) A clear definition of membership with a proper process for individuals to affiliate themselves as a member (and clear statement that *anyone* may do so):
* <http://www.okfn.org/governance#Membership> * <http://wiki.okfn.org/OKFN_Member_Howto> * If you'd like to affiliate yourself as a member you can do so now by following instructions in the howto b) A well-defined and operational Coordination Group (aka Projects Committee) * <http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/coord/> * Organized around an open mailing list anyone is welcome to join * First coord group meeting last week: <http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/coord/meetings/2010-06-15> This is a big step towards the clearer structure and governance previously discussed in detail last November: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2009-November/006976.html> Comments and suggestions are, as ever, very welcome. Regards, Rufus Pollock On behalf of the Board and the Coordination Group ### Background Earlier discussion on governance etc starting last November: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2009-November/006976.html> (Also: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2009-October/006905.html>) We've now largely completed the process started by the discussion of vision last July: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2009-July/006763.html> 1. We've developed a vision document: <http://www.okfn.org/vision/> (which I hope will see regular revision) 2. We've developed a clearer structure and governance system, in particular by having an explicit member list and process for becoming a member and having a defined Coordination Group. _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
