RDA Council

The Council maintains the vision of RDA, ensuring the guiding principles of the organisation are maintained, and formally endorses RDA Working and Interest Groups and Recommendations.

The Council is responsible for the overall oversight, success, strategy, and sustainability of the RDA. The powers and authority of the Council are described in the RDA Governance Document. Details of the processes governing Council membership and responsibilities are described in the Organisational and Process Plan Document.

Elected Council Members also serve as Trustees for the RDA Foundation, an official Charity registered in England and Wales under Company Number 9021881. Details are described in the Foundation’s Articles of Association.

Membership

Council Members are nominated by a Nomination Committee and approved by the general RDA membership as described in the Organisational and Process Plan Document. In addition to the 9 elected members, there are 5 consensus forming non-voting members representing the Technical Advisory Board (TAB), Organisational Assembly and Organisational Advisory Board (OA and OAB) and the Secretary-General.

Elected Council Members serve three-year terms and may be reelected. Two co-chairs serve offset two-year terms.

RDA Call for Council Nominations for 2020 Now Open

The 2020 Council Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for 3 open Council positions. Nominations will be accepted by email no later than 31 January 2020 at 23:59 UTC.   Elected Council members will serve for 3 years starting 10 April 2020 after elections have closed and the slate has been approved by the RDA membership. Learn more about eligibility, responibilities and application process.

Current Elected Council Members

	Jill Benn University Librarian, The University of Western Australia View Profile >>		Edit Herczog Managing Director, Vision & Values SPRL View Profile >>
	Sandra Collins Director, National Library of Ireland View Profile >>		Mark Leggott Co-Chair, RDA Council Executive Director of Research Data Canada (RDC) View Profile >>
	Ingrid Dillo  Co-Chair, RDA Council Deputy director, Data Archiving and Networked Services View Profile >>		Claudia Maria Bauzer Medeiros Professor, University of Campinas, Member, Coordination of Special Programs, FAPESP View Profile >>
	Jason Haga Chief Senior Research Scientist,  Information Technology Research Institute, AIST View Profile >>		Kay Raseroka Independent consultant and Trainer, IFLA Building Strong Library Associations View Profile >>
	Robert J. Hanisch Director, Office of Data and Informatics, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA View Profile >>

Council Rotation Schedule

Meetings

The Council meets three times per year—twice during or before RDA Plenaries and once between Plenaries, typically in May. Minutes of the meetings are available below:

• Meeting Helsinki October 2019
• Meeting The Hague June 2019
• Meeting Philadelphia March 2019
• Meeting Gaborone November 2018
• Meeting Troy June 2018
• Meeting Berlin March 2018
• Telecon February 2017
• Virtual meetings December 2016
• Meeting Denver September 2016
• Meeting Melbourne May 2016
• Meeting Tokyo March 2016
• Telecon January 2016
• Meeting Paris June 2015
• Meeting San Diego March 2015
• Meeting Rome December 2014
• Meeting Amsterdam September 2014
• Meeting Paris May 2014

Subcommittees

The Council has established several Council subgroups to assist in Council business and to advise Council in important areas. Subgroup members are appointed by Council and may include members outside of the official Council.

Emeritus Council members