What is it?

The Creative Commons Global Network Strategy Committee’s role was to identify the relevant issues, suggest areas of research and inquiry, provide analysis, and make a set of recommendations to the affiliate community. In May, the committee met for three days to identify issues and opportunities. At the time, they asked for additional research. Anna Mazgal, an independent researcher, was hired, who designed a series of interviews with affiliate teams, and wrote six reports, along with a global summary report. This is the first time CC has ever looked so deeply into the network and tried to understand how it works, and how best to grow and support it.

Based on the research, and many days of discussions, the committee will draft a series of recommendations to help create a stronger, more active and engaged community, along with the proper supports to be sustainable. The committee is busy writing together to share a final draft with you in early January.

Who is it?

Carolina Botero (Colombia), Claudia Cristiani (El Salvador), Claudio Ruiz (Chile, RC), Delia Browne (Australia), Kelsey Wiens (Canada, SA), Muid Latif (Malaysia), Naeema Zarif (Turkey, Lebanon, RC), Nic Suzor (Australia), Paul Keller (Netherlands, CC board), Evelin Heidel (Argentina), Simeon Oriko (Kenya), Soohyun Pae (South Korea). The committee was co-chaired by Alek Tarkowski (Poland) and Ryan Merkley (Canada/HQ).

Meetings

Washington, DC, United States - May 2016

Berlin, Germany - November 2016

Research

These reports are currently available only in English. We have translators working, and will make the global report available in Spanish, French and Arabic, and the LatAm reports in Spanish, and the Arab World report in Arabic before year-end.