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An assembly is a group of members of an organization who meet periodically to make decisions about a specific area or scope of the organization.
Assemblies hold meetings, some are private and some are open. If they are open, it is possible to participate in them (for example: attending if the capacity allows it, adding points to the agenda, or commenting on the proposals and decisions taken by this organ).
Examples: A general assembly (which meets once a year to define the organisation's main lines of action as well as its executive bodies by vote), an equality advisory council (which meets every two months to make proposals on how to improve gender relations in the organisation), an evaluation commission (which meets every month to monitor a process) or a guarantee body (which collects incidents, abuses or proposals to improve decision-making procedures) are all examples of assemblies.
Commons Process
Hand in Contribution for Commentary
About this assembly
The NFDI4Objects commons go through a public comment phase. During this phase, interested individuals from the community can contribute comments and suggestions on the topic over a period of four weeks. The authors of a contribution then take up the comments from the community and can incorporate them into their final draft. The resulting recommendations do not reflect the opinion of individual authors or closed groups, but are the result of an open process. This final draft is submitted to the General Assembly for inclusion in the Commons.
To participate in the Commons process, use our Community Hub! A step-by-step guide to commenting or submitting a contribution can be found below. Once the contribution has been accepted, it will be transferred to the NFDI4Objects Commons layout and made available to the public. Commons contributions can be submitted by a Temporary Working Group (TWG), a Community Cluster (CC) or directly from a TRAIL or a Task Area (TA).
You want to comment on an NFDI4Objects-Commons post?
Register on the Community Hub or log in. To do this, click on ‘Participate’. If you already have an account, select ‘Login’ in the top right-hand corner.
Now navigate to the suggestions via the ‘Commons Process’ tab.
Click on ‘Hand in Contribution for Commentary’ to display the current commenting phases and select the desired contribution.
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The texts to be commented on are stored as PDF files. You can enter and publish your comments directly in the discussion area. If you would like to be informed about the progress of the comments, you can ‘Follow’ them in the sidebar.
Would you like to submit a contribution for comment by the community?
To do this, select the option ‘Hand in Contribution for Commentary’ in the ‘Commons Process’ area.
Now select ‘New proposal’ in the left sidebar.
Enter a short summary of the contribution in the ‘body’ field.
Attach your contribution as a PDF.
Click on ‘Continue’. Check your entries and publish your contribution.
Your contribution is now publicly available.
What happens next?
The commenting phase runs for four weeks. At the end of this period, the corresponding contributions are marked in colour as ‘completed’. However, they remain publicly viewable.
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At the end of this phase, you can take the comments into account when revising your contribution and submit it as a ‘Hand in Draft for the General Assembly Voting’.
Would you like to suggest a contribution for inclusion in the NFDI4Objects Commons?
If you would like to propose a contribution for inclusion in the Commons, it must first pass through the commenting phase (see above).
In the Commons process tab, you can select ‘Hand in Draft for the General Assembly Voting’’.
Upload the contribution intended for voting as a PDF.
Your submitted contribution will be discussed and approved at the next General Assembly.
You will be informed of the outcome of the General Assembly's decision.
Your contribution will be placed in the Commons layout by NFDI4Objects and made available via our catalogue.
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