Members of the Community and MOU
At the last annual meeting in Lisbon it was possible to agree on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the modalities and organisation of the work within the ForestDSS Community of Practice (CoP). The CoP organizes knowledge about the construction and use of forest Decision Support Systems (DSS) for promoting sustainable forest management. In the first weeks after the launch of the new Community of Practice Website at the annual meeting in Lisbon we had a great start with regard to the number of registered users - more then 50 members are now registered. The members of the ForestDSS CoP declare their common intention to participate in the CoP when they register on the platform. Through the registration the members accept this MoU, the details about the MoU can be found in the attached document. Community membership is defined by the willingness to share knowledge with other members and the level of engagement by the individual. The members of the ForestDSS CoP are individuals from research, public bodies, business and NGOs with an interest in the promotion of forest DSSs. Different levels of participation are defined according to the level of intensity of activities and interest.
- ForestDSS Members are the main group of the ForestDSS CoP. Members of this group attend and participate regularly in discussions and activities. The members generally have at least some experiences in a certain subject area of the CoP.
- The ForestDSS Council is constituted of those experts that participate in the Annual meeting of the CoP. It is a temporary group which acts as a review panel for the activity of the whole CoP.
- The ForestDSS Working Committee is the core working group of the ForestDSS CoP. Members participate intensely in the work of the community through discussions and special project activities. This group typically takes on leadership roles in guiding the community activities and works out the work plans. Currently the following members are part of the Working Committee:
- For the DSS descriptions: Jussi Rassinmäki, Christian Rosset, Alexandra Marques, Jose Borges
- For the DSS cases and lessons learned: Sean Gordon, Antonio Floris, Luc Boerboom, Jose Borges, Tomas Lämås;
- For the discussion on DSS architecture and design: Christian Rosset, Alexandra Marques, Jussi Rassinmäki, Graham West;
- For the evaluation of Methods and Models: Jordi Garcia, Jose Borges, Mikko Kurttila;
- For the evaluation of Participatory processes and Knowledge management: Harald Vacik, Eva-Maria Nordström, Chiara Torresan, Isabella De Meo, Teppo Hujala, Laszlo Bacsardi, Luc Boerboom, Keith Reynolds.
- The ForestDSS CoP coordinator is a member of the ForestDSS Working Committee who is responsible for administration and organization of the members. Currently Harald Vacik takes the role of the coordinator, Ola Eriksson has been nominated as vice chair for supporting the steering of the CoP.
The Working Committee of the CoP is responsible for drafting a workplan for the activities - the responsibilities and tasks of the different groups in the CoP are defined in the attached MoU.
