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EuroCRIS Action Plan Discussion

EuroCRIS Action Plan Discussion. The key to our success rests with us, one step at a time. Discussion Highlights. Adamczak. Website needed Best Practice DB nice idea EWG decision. Alfreda. What is critical to address today?. Marga. Staged approach to a professional association

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EuroCRIS Action Plan Discussion

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  1. EuroCRIS Action PlanDiscussion The key to our success rests with us, one step at a time.

  2. Discussion Highlights

  3. Adamczak • Website needed • Best Practice DB nice idea • EWG decision

  4. Alfreda • What is critical to address today?

  5. Marga • Staged approach to a professional association • Planning group needed • www.eurocris.org / portal • Need “ERGO” • Enlarge membership • Charge a fee

  6. KGJ • Disappointed with slow route for change • CRIS2002 and ERGO and CERIF point to urgency • Today: Install committee of 5-7 members • Five task forces to run in parallel • ERGO • CERIF • CRIS2002 • CGP • Charter / Mission

  7. EZ • Membership must be involved • Or else we must remain in same position as today

  8. Jostein • Decisions Today • Chair • One year for planning committee • How to implement change from SIG: Special Interest Group to PA: Professional Association • Website at Bergen for one year • Next meeting

  9. Soeren • Step by step • “ERIC” portal • Do we need a large association? Not necessarily.

  10. Jens • We should make as many decisions today as possible. • We should not wait one year. • Change comes from “pressure” and momentum. We have that now.

  11. Vigdis • Staged evolutionary approach • There are many implications to our actions • Institutional approval for participation in organization and on task groups

  12. Today’s Decisions? • EWG • Secretary • Marga • Mission Statementdrafting for ratification at next meeting • In interim, each of us should confer with home institutions • Planning group • Mandate to return recommendations of constitutional and structural nature to this forum by November 2001, BEFORE next meeting? • Marga, Eric, Keith, Vigdis

  13. Today’s Decisions? • Need for a budget? Y/N • (Membership fee? Y?N) • These two points serve as guidelines to planning group • Leadership cultivation and nominating group • For future task-group memberships • Must work with planning group, in due course • Next meeting • Venue: UK, Rutherford • Date: TBD (October?)

  14. Mission Statement – Draft!!! • EuroCRIS is established in Europe to be the internationally recognized point of reference for all matters relating to CRIS: Current Research Information Systems. • EuroCRIS serves its membership and the global research community, and advances the field of CRIS through life-long professional development, the sharing of knowledge, and by fostering a sense of true community. • (Research Information: From data to insight)

  15. Objectives • Apply and maintain internationally accepted standards and guidelines, and develop where necessary • CERIF • Build and maintain an RTD thesaurus • Establish a “one-stop shop” portal/gateway to global CRIS • Set up a European database of RTD endeavors

  16. Objectives • Adhere to principles of best practice • Include the management of the Code of Good Practice (CGP) • Provide a forum for exploring and exploiting new and emerging concepts and technologies (incl. data quality, standards, etc…) • Nurture a community of CRIS practitioners and users • Addressing the needs of the CRIS user groups

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