[OpenGLAM] Europeana elects a members council

[Joris Pekel]

Hi all,

At the moment, Europeana is changing the way it is governed.  In short,
there is now a new organisational structure
<https://webmail.kb.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=zFarJjwz-Uip4SqAnSZMsnn3yr30v9EIFY3dKceB_ZNRMwgvnlRO0EcN5hIfLVAZXoKz6ix9FfE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpro.europeana.eu%2fintroducing-the-new-structure>
where
members of the Europeana network
<https://webmail.kb.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=zFarJjwz-Uip4SqAnSZMsnn3yr30v9EIFY3dKceB_ZNRMwgvnlRO0EcN5hIfLVAZXoKz6ix9FfE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpro.europeana.eu%2fnetwork>
(which
is free to join) will elect people to a governing council. This is in an
effort for Europeana as an organisation to be more accountable and
responsive to stakeholders' needs.

   - You can read the description sent out to current members of the network
    here: "*Putting the Network at the heart of Europeana*
   <https://webmail.kb.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=zFarJjwz-Uip4SqAnSZMsnn3yr30v9EIFY3dKceB_ZNRMwgvnlRO0EcN5hIfLVAZXoKz6ix9FfE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fus3.campaign-archive1.com%2f%3fu%3dad318b7566f97eccc895e014e%26id%3dd11882f808%26e%3da08b733b22>
   "
   - The official details, with current list of candidates, is available on
   the website here: Elections2014
   <https://webmail.kb.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=zFarJjwz-Uip4SqAnSZMsnn3yr30v9EIFY3dKceB_ZNRMwgvnlRO0EcN5hIfLVAZXoKz6ix9FfE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpro.europeana.eu%2felections2014>



47 people have nominated themselves and 25 of them will make it to the
first members' council. It would be really great if a number of people that
stand for a strong public domain and #openGLAM in general would make it to
this council as it will very much influence the way Europeana is going.

Some people who fit this description are:

Jonathan Gray (Open Knowledge)
Gill Hamilton (National Library of Schotland)
Paul Keller (Kennisland)
Merete Sanderhoff (Statens Museum for Kunst)

And more, have a look at all of them here
<http://pro.europeana.eu/introducing-the-candidates>.

It would be amazing if you take two minutes to have a look and vote.
Nominations close 7th of November, this Friday.

(to be a candidate, or to vote, you must first be a member of the Europeana
Network - which just requires filling out this form online
<https://webmail.kb.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=zFarJjwz-Uip4SqAnSZMsnn3yr30v9EIFY3dKceB_ZNRMwgvnlRO0EcN5hIfLVAZXoKz6ix9FfE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpro.europeana.eu%2fweb%2fguest%2fnetwork%2fapply>
).

All the best,

Joris

p.s: I realise it might feel a bit as a conflict of interest for somebody
working at Europeana to promote certain candidates, but I checked
internally and this is very much supported. I am not allowed to vote myself
though, but can support others.
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