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• Operational oversight, including time-sensitive decision-making
• Development of strategic priorities, for approval by Leadership
• Recommendations for budget allocations, for approval by Leadership
• Assistance with fundraising
• Commissioning of and liaising with working groups
• Agenda-setting for quarterly Leadership Meetings

Composition of the Steering Group

• The Steering Group is composed of 10 voting members (9 elected members, plus a permanent LYRASIS seat).
• Elected Steering Group members serve for three-year term, renewable terms.
• Steering Group members are elected by the Leadership, but can be from outside of the Leadership Group.

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• Approve the annual budget
• Approve the DSpace product roadmap and strategic plan
• Nominate and elect Steering Group members and DSpace Program Chair
• Vote on significant changes to strategic direction or product roadmap presented by the Steering Group
• Help to raise funds and secure other resources on behalf of the DSpace Program

Composition of the Leadership Group

The Leadership Group is made up of members the following 3 groups:

• DSpace Program Member Organizations: The largest component of the Leadership Group are representatives of DSpace member organizations that contribute annually to the project

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• . These representatives are either selected or elected according to the ratios noted below.
• LYRASIS: One representative of the DSpace Program's organizational home, LYRASIS.
• Community representation: Representatives from the DSpace Community-at-large who are particularly committed to the Project, including Service Providers.

DSpace Program Member Organizations

The composition of Eligibility to serve in the Leadership Group is determined based on the membership levels as follows:reflects the different levels of membership outlined here.

• Platinum: Each Platinum member has an automatic seat on Leadership Platinum - 1 seat per member
• Gold: Gold members elect 1 representative for every 2 Gold- 1 seat per memberlevel member organizations.*
• Silver: Silver members elect 1 representative for Silver - 1 seats for every 4 members
• Bronze - 1 seat for every 8 members

The Leadership group will also benefit from the participation of:

• Silver-level member organizations.
• Bronze: Bronze members elect 1 representative for every 8 Bronze-level member organizations.

Other Leadership Group Members

• LYRASIS: As the DSpace Program's organizational home, LYRASIS retains one voting seat on the Leadership Group.
• Community-at-large representatives: 2 Leadership Group voting seats are held for members of the Community. Candidates for these seats are nominated by the DSpace community at large and elected by the Leadership Group.
• Registered Service Providers: DSpace Registered Service Providers each have one voting seat on Leadership.
• Ex officio and/or emeritus members: The DSpace Leadership Group may choose to invite others to join Leadership in an ex officio, non-voting capacity.
• 2 Members nominated by the community at large and voted by the Members
• Representatives from Registered Service Providers
• Ex-officio and/or emeritus members

Current members of the Leadership Group may be found at https://duraspace.org/dspace/leadership-group

As maintainers of a global community of users support more equitable access to research and other digital content, the DSpace Program aspires to maintain a Leadership Group that is diverse in its representation of geographic regions, institution types, race, disability status, gender identity and sexual orientation.

Terms and elections

• The Leaders are elected for a 1-year, renewable term and there are no term limits.
• The Leadership Group term begins November 1 and concludes October 31.
• Membership organizations with an automatic seat (e.g. Platinum members) select an individual of their organization to fill the seat.

DSpace Steering & Leadership Group Meetings 

Committers Group

DSpace Committers have autonomous control over the code and are also the primary support team for DSpace. The primary responsibilities of Committers are:

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