Steering Committee

People

• Chair (2020-2021 Membership Year): James Mitchell (University of North Alabama)
• Members (2020-2021 Membership Year): Caroline Gibbons (University of Alabama Huntsville -- Participant representative); Meredith McDonough (ADAH); Winnie Schwaid Lindner (LSU); Kent Snowden (Troy University -- Participant representative); Aaron Trehub (Auburn University); Caleb West (BPL); Tom Wilson (University of Alabama)

Structure

4.0. Organization and Governance

The Alabama Digital Preservation Network is a membership organization governed by the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries. ADPNet is managed by an appointed Steering Committee, a special committee of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries. The Steering Committee represents the Members and oversees the management and operation of ADPNet.

4.1. The ADPNet Steering Committee

The ADPNet Steering Committee consists of voting representatives appointed by each Member according to the membership categories as defined in Attachment 1. The term of service is one year, and representatives can be reappointed to subsequent annual terms. The Steering Committee is responsible for setting general ADPNet policy, reviewing and approving requests to join ADPNet, and reviewing and approving requests to increase ADPNet storage capacity. A majority of the membership of the Steering Committee shall constitute a quorum. A majority vote of those committee members present at a meeting shall be required for action to be taken, with the exception of membership votes, which require a two-thirds favorable vote by the entire ADPNet Steering Committee (see Paragraph 2.1.2 above). Any representative at a member institution is eligible to serve as the Steering Committee Chair; appointment is by nomination or self-nomination (volunteering) and does not require a formal Steering Committee vote. The term of service is one year. In order to encourage broad participation in shared network governance among the member institutions, representatives from the same institution cannot serve consecutive terms as Chair.

4.2.1. The ADPNet Technical Policy Committee

The ADPNet Technical Policy Committee (TPC) shall periodically review the ADPNet capacity and technical specifications and prepare recommendations on issues having to do with hardware and software. The TPC shall consist of IT staff members from ADPNet Host Members as defined in Attachment 3: ADPNet Membership Model and Storage Fee Schedule. The Chair of the Steering Committee shall ask the Host Members to assign IT staff to the TPC for an indefinite but negotiable term. The Chair of the Steering Committee shall be an ex officio member of the TPC; representatives of the LOCKSS program at the Stanford University Libraries may also serve as ex officio members of the TPC.

— ADPNet Governance Policy (as revised October 1, 2019)

ADPNet Conference Call

• Next Upcoming: Monday, September 13, 2021, at 3:00PM Central Time
• Most Recent: Monday, August 2, 2021, at 3:00PM Central Time