Description

The Executive Committee is the highest governing body of the DLM Forum.  The DLM Forum constitution gives the Executive Committee explicit power to set up other administrative and advisory bodies, such as the MoReq Governance Board, and delegate responsibilities to them including creating sub-committees, project groups and technical panels.

According to the DLM Forum constitution, the Executive Committee must consist of between seven and nine representatives elected by and from the membership.  In addition to the elected delegates, a representative from the DLM Network EEIG, a representative from the secretariat, the Chair of the MoReq Governance Board and an observer from the European Commission also usually attend all Executive Committee meetings but do not vote.

There are three office bearers in the Executive Committee: Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary.  These officers are appointed by the Executive Committee from among its number at the first committee meeting of every year and serve until the first committee meeting of the subsequent year.

Historically the Executive Committee was exclusively made up of assigned delegates from national archives; reflecting the greater number of votes that national archives are given in elections, but not reflecting the true diversity of DLM Forum membership.  However, in 2008 the members passed a constitutional amendment to increase the number of seats on the Executive Committee by two (from a maximum of seven to nine) with the specific intention of attracting representatives from the wider membership outside the strictly archival community.

By convention, two seats on the Executive Committee remain reserved for representatives from member organisations who are not national archives although it is important to note that this is by convention only and the DLM Forum constitution does not place any restriction on who may or may not be elected by the members to any vacant seat on the Executive Committee.

A copy of the DLM Forum constitution may be obtained from governance downloads

Minutes of Executive Committee meetings

The minutes of Executive Committee meetings are made available only to DLM Forum members, then only on request, and no earlier than one month after the meeting is held.  Some details in these minutes may be withheld, especially where they contain commercially sensitive or personal information.

If you are a member, please contact the DLM Forum Secretariat for copies of Executive Committee minutes This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Representatives

The following delegates currently represent the membership of the DLM Forum by serving on the Executive Committee:

Lucie Verachten, State Archives in Belgium (Chair)

Elena Cortés Ruiz, State Archives of Spain (Vice Chair)

Richard Blake, National Archives of the UK

Jon Garde, Journal IT

Toivo Jullinen, National Archives of Estonia

Eric Ketelaar, National Archives of The Netherlands

Jean-François Moufflet, Direction des Archives de France

Jef Schram, European Commission (Observer)

Jože Škofljanec, National Archives of Slovenia

Rory Staunton, Strategy Partners

Martin Waldron, Weathervane Consult (Secretariat & Chair of MGB)