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From: Neil Fraistat <nfraistat@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] Terms of reference, redux
To: daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca

I'd like to bring back into the mandate some language that I used in an earlier email, however the group would like to adapt it:

"We might then think about the work of GO::DH as locating dh activity in particular geographical areas not currently involved with ADHO, surveying that activity, identifying key contact people and institutions, ascertaining their interest in engaging with ADHO, and then making the handshake to Admissions."

This makes the mandate concrete and specific, suggesting the kind of work that would need to be done.

Best,

Neil

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Daniel O'Donnell <daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca> wrote:

I could see that in the idea: this is an excellent bit of language for making it explicit.

I also agree that that is the place where the most natural interest probably is. AND it reduces what was threatening to become a heavy organisational overhead.

I'm guessing in terms of organisation we are now thinking something like this:

Executive Committee consisting of 4-6 people ideally who are able to spend some modicum of time thinking about it. Membership includes reps from COs (presumably drawn from the people who were interested in it anyway) and is drawn with some eye to distribution of geographic interests or (keeping Oyvind's point in mind, hopefully geography).

Beyond that, no real limit on membership: if you are interested and want to be on the mailing list, you are in.

Mandate is to research, promote, and facilitate global participation in DH across the spectrum: encouraging researchers, institutions, students, etc. to get in contact with each other and collaborate; encourage and foster the development of organisations supporting DH in areas that currently do not have a large presence in the ADHO community, generally focus on encouraging contacts.

That's not so elegantly stated, but I'm sure we've had good language earlier in the discussion.

On 12-10-18 12:34 PM, Neil Fraistat wrote:

Right, Dan. The point would be that Admissions hands off the relevant
follow up to the appropriate committee; much of what arises will
certainly not concern admission at the organization level.

Neil

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Daniel O'Donnell
<daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca <mailto:daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca>> wrote:

I agree. I think this proposal also avoids the potential for
conflict in mandate with the Multilingual and MultiCultural
committee. Elisabeth was quite comfortable with everything last time
we talked, but I have still always worried about mandates clashing
in practice or appearance.

The only caveat I would suggest to this is is that I think it would
be a mistake to see us as working narrowly on admissions issues.
GO::DH seems to me to be more community development rather than
straight on admissions--though that is obviously not in conflict
with admissions.

So, for example, a perfectly reasonable result would be an increase
in African individual participation in the ALLC, or Latin American
participation at DH, rather than the creation of an African or Latin
American DH society.

I realise that narrowly focussing on admission to ADHO was not what
was being suggested. My point only is that if a danger of being not
assigned to admissions is that the mandate might start creeping
around, a danger the other way is that association under admissions
might have a psychological effect of narrowing it.

I still think this is a great idea, though. Probably the thing to do
is make sure the language about the mission and range of activities
is very good.

I think there have been some real steps forward here!

-dan

On 12-10-18 09:10 AM, Marcus Bingenheimer wrote:

Neil and Ray,

Personally I would be very comfortable working within this framework
(GO::DH reporting to Admissions). It seems like a good basis for
discussions with prospective ADHO or Centernet members in India
and China.

marcus

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Department of Religion, Temple University
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