Members Committee

I. Purpose

The Members Committee (MC) is charged with guiding the strategic direction of the Public Knowledge Project interest groups by providing advice, support and consultation to ensure the fulfillment, delivery, and assessment of interest groups, special projects, and events. As a community-driven, community-supported project, the MC brings together PKP staff and community members from all operational segments of PKP to ensure (1) user-centered perspectives and (2) workflow management. The MC fosters connectedness by establishing clear reporting lines between interest groups and the Advisory Committee.

II. Objectives

Providing strategic direction, support, advice and consultation for all PKP interest groups;
Facilitating communication and collaboration amongst PKP committees and interest groups;
Establishing and sunsetting interest groups as needs arise or a projects are completed;
Approving Terms of Reference for newly established interest groups;
Identifying organizational and membership expertise for interest groups and special projects;
Recruiting membership for PKP Interest Groups;
Calling to order and consulting with temporary working groups to complete special and recurring projects (e.g., release candidate testing) and organizing community engagement activities and events (e.g., in-person sprints);
Managing PKP’s membership model and dispensing membership benefits;
Developing, delivering, and reporting on a biennial user survey;
Reviewing sponsorship request recommendations;
Compiling reports and discussion questions for the Advisory Committee.

III. Deliverables

The Members Committee compiles reports and discussion questions for the quarterly Advisory Committee meetings. Interest groups have a recurring agenda item that provides a channel for receiving support from the MC on a wide range of topics. These may include updates, group inquiries, requests for advice and guidance, as well as needs like sprint planning. The following interest groups provide roundtable style reports to the MC:

IV. Membership

Chair
Community Coordinators
Community Contributors

Current Membership

Stephanie Savage, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services Librarian at the University of British Columbia (Chair / Community Contributor)
Fahad Almekhlafi, Publishing Development Expert at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (Community Contributor)
Sonya Betz, Head of Open Publishing and Digitization Services at the University of Alberta (Community Contributor)
Mohit Garg, Assistant Librarian at the Indian Institute of Technology (Community Contributor)
Emma Molls, Director of Open Research & Publishing at the University of Minnesota Libraries (Community Contributor)
Urooj Nizami, Community Engagement & Outreach Librarian at the Public Knowledge Project (Community Coordinator)
Tim Ribaric, Scholarly Publishing and Platforms Librarian (Community Contributor)
Laura Rincón González, Journal Manager at Geologica Acta (Community Contributor)
Landis Grenville, Digital Publishing Librarian at Florida State University (Community Contributor)
Kate Shuttleworth, Community Education Manager at the Public Knowledge Project (Community Coordinator)
Carolina Tanigushi, Visual Programmer at SciELO (Community Contributor)
Shelby Thaysen, Scholarly Publishing Librarian at the University of Toronto (Community Contributor)
Emma Uhl, Documentation & Multilingualism Specialist at the Public Knowledge Project (Community Coordinator)
Rebecca Wojturska, Open Access Publishing Officer at Edinburgh Diamond at Edinburgh University Library (Community Contributor)

V. Terms

Staff members have specific areas of responsibility that are ongoing. Roles filled by community members are two-year appointments with the option to renew.

VI. Meeting Practices

Regular virtual meetings will be held every other month.
A call for collaboratively created meeting agendas will be put out by the Chair one week prior to the next scheduled meeting.
Meeting minutes will be taken by members on a rotating schedule with an emphasis on recording action items.
Ongoing communication will take place on the Member Committee’s Mattermost Channel.
Meeting agendas and notes will be shared publicly once approved by the committee