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Background for Discussion

In the final Sustainability working group meeting of last year, it was expressed that our “go to market” membership pitch needed to include a statement about how CDL was “pulling back”, therefore leaving a vacancy for the ARK community to fill.  This statement needed to walk the fine line between causing panic in the community and getting their attention and involvement, explaining to them why we are approaching them to step up their involvement and investment.  I took this request back to CDL leadership and it spawned a great deal of discussion, assessment and re-evaluation.  I won’t bore you with the details, but ultimately it was agreed that such a statement was disingenuous and misleading, based on the current intentions of CDL.  Instead, we referenced some of our earliest objectives (as captured on the AITO wiki) and (re)assert the following.

OK, then we are back to the question of what CDL is asking for, and our three primary objectives are:

In addition, we ask community members to help with promotion and outreach activities around the ARK identifier.  This work is happening with good progress made in the Outreach working group, with a thorough FAQ completed (in English & now translated into French) and work commencing on bringing Wikipedia up to date.

We are also interested in community partners for grant opportunities, focused on the technical activities of creating the next generation of ARK resolver and identifier management.

Given this restatement of goals, we don’t see a compelling case (or need) for a fee-based membership drive at this time.

Given all of that, what does this mean for the Sustainability working group?  Should it be disbanded, re-focused on finding grant partners, or something else?  Also, is there enough overlap with the Advisory Group that whatever tasks are appropriate for this working group can happen there instead?  Let’s discuss and propose a way forward…

Discussion items

TimeItemWhoNotes

Future/disposition of the Sustainability Working GroupKurt
  • Given that a membership-fee-based organization is no longer envisioned (at least in the near future), it is agreed that this group will be retired and any lingering discussions or actions will revert to the Advisory Group for attention.  Kurt will update the wiki to indicate this group is no longer active.




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