DRAFT Resolution on Open Standards for the ACM Board

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The following DRAFT is being presented to the Alliance for Community Media board of directors meeting on July 14, 2009.

DRAFT
Resolution on Open Standards
Alliance for Community Media Board of Directors

Whereas, some Alliance for Community Media members and affiliated organizations want to develop the means to share programming and therefore share video files;

Whereas, the ability to share video files across different platforms requires that metadata standards, file format standards, and other standards be created;

Whereas, the Core Values of the Alliance for Community Media state that the “Alliance for Community Media operations and communications are fair, open and transparent”;

Whereas, Open Standards are standards that are widely used, consensus based, published and maintained by recognized industry standards organizations.

Be it resolved that, the Alliance for Community Media supports the development and use of Open Standards for all video file sharing initiatives.

Be it further resolved that, the Alliance for Community Media recommends that such Open Standards be developed in an open, transparent, and collaborative manner.

Approved by the Alliance for Community Media Board of Director on __ July, 2009