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.

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.

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

	Fran Berman Co-Chair, RDA Council; Chair, RDA/US Professor of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute View Profile >>		Satoshi Sekiguchi Deputy Director General, Directorate for Information Technology and Electronics, AIST View Profile >>
	Sandra Collins Director, National Library of Ireland View Profile >>		Michael Stanton Director of Research and Development at the Brazilian NREN (RNP) View Profile >>
	Edit Herczog Managing Director, Vision & Values SPRL View Profile >>		Doris Wedlich  Chief Science Officer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology View Profile >>
	Jean Bernard Minster Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography View Profile >>		Ross Wilkinson Executive Director, Australian National Data Service View Profile >>
	Kay Raseroka Independent consultant and Trainer, IFLA Building Strong Library Associations View Profile >>

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:

• 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 subcommittees to assist in Council business and to advise Council in important areas. Subcommittees members are appointed by Council and may include members outside of the official Council.