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A view from the Secretariat
Mark A. Parsons 0000-0002-7723-0950 Secretary General
RDA/US Leadership Meeting 16 May 2016
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9911274
16562048
24042636
28813126
34343698
3976
SouthAmerica1%
NorthAmerica34%
Europe48%
Australasia5%
Asia9%
Africa3%
from 110 countries
https://rd-alliance.org/about-rda/who-rda.html
TheRDACommunity:~4,000+membersfrom110countries
(April2016)
70+ Working and Interest Groups
RDA Organisational Members
Organisational & Affiliate Members
RDA Affiliate Members
https://rd-alliance.org/organisation/rda-organisation-affiliate-members.html
Governance news
• New Council member: Jean-Bernard Minster
• OAB formed. Slots still open for industry members. Amy Nurnberger new co-chair.
• TAB elections coming this September
• New Secretariat member: Lynn Yarmey with focus on community engagement.
• Stefanie Kethers - “Director of Operations”
• Council Subcommitteees
Strategy: advising Council on the overall strategic direction of RDA and the Foundation.
Sustainability and Funding: developing the overall business model for RDA and strategy for its implementation.
Finance: recommending to Council and monitoring policies and rules for sound financial practice of the RDA Foundation.
Engagement and Communications: tracking progress, evaluating, and reporting on the Engagement and Communications actions to Council, recommending modifications to the strategy as appropriate.
RDA Operations and Coordination: monitoring and advising on the overall operations and general organisational health of RDA.
Support from (new) RDA Subcommittees
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Goal: Over the next 3 years, RDA will be a community that:
▪ Makes engagement easy
▪ Provides an on-going set of outputs that are recognized and adopted
▪ Is recognized as a venue of choice to improve research data interoperability
▪ Is served by an effective, agile, and sustainable organisation
Future Directions: Key Themes and Goal
Coordination Communication
Engagement
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Status at http://bit.ly/1R3IKAL
europe.rd-alliance.org|@RDA_Europe
RDA Europe, the European plug-in to RDA, is mandated to ensure that European political, research, industrial and digital infrastructure stakeholders are aware of, engaged with and actively involved in the global RDA activities.
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RDAEuropeCollaborationProjects/AdoptionCases
RDAEuropeAtlasofKnowledgePilot
Training&Webinars
EngagementthroughEvents&Meetings
Synchronisation&SupportProgrammes
Communications,Plenary&WebSupport
RDA Europe & RDA Future Directions
Regional activity and coordination
• Europe trying to become more “international”
• EC to support RDA through 2020 and then move to a more operational support model. Proposal due March 2017.
• Much driven by European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) initiative
• Australia trying to increase grass roots engagement
• funding solid at current level for next three years (I think)
• Engagement with other countries—Japan, UK, India, South Africa, China, Argentina
• OAB, Ops and Coordination Committee
Communications Plan
• Clear, rotating responsibilities for communication channels and content creation
• US editorial team
• EU team
• Australia trying to coordinate Austral-Asian region
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/13dYpJcNIyGpl8WWnB6Obwaboj9_vz_VkMcJdGGdV1QE/edit
Channels:
• Website
• E-mail Campaigns
• Monthly E-Newsletter
• Social Media
• Webinars
• RDA Magazine
• Other
Content areas:
• Discipline-specific information
• Recommendations
• RDA’s Value Proposition
• Governance Updates
• Data Sharing Testimonials
• Regional Updates, Member News, Events
• Group Updates
Outputs
• Recommendation support and enhancement
• phase 2 groups—maintenance and updates
• create a support team
• The value of the community is a central output
• Supporting and other Outputs
• Endorsing Recommendations and adoption reports
• OAB activity to establish episodic review team
• Secretariat experiment on adoption reports
LookingforwardtoseeingyouALLthere