1. Data Seal of Approval Governance Mary Vardigan University of Michigan Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

2. Governance and Regulations DSA governance has broad goal of ensuring that the DSA is community-driven and sustainable Full DSA regulations can be found on the website – datasealofapproval.org

3. DSA Community Any organization that earns the Data Seal of Approval is automatically a member of the DSA Community Our DSA Community is now 35 strong and growing DSA Community member has right to display the current DSA logo its website and promotional materials Optionally, may hold membership in the DSA General Assembly

4. DSA General Assembly Organizations with a current DSA are members of the DSA Community and entitled to become members of the DSA General Assembly (GA) GA members have voting rights GA members nominate and vote on DSA Board membership (four to eight Board members in total) GA members commit to a maximum of three DSA peer- reviews per year Makes the DSA community-driven and sustainable Permits a second review of each repository

5. DSA Board The Board governs the peer-review process, the modification/amendment of DSA guidelines and regulations, and general policy The Board meets virtually every two months and face-to-face once a year Board members review repositories as needed

6. Next Steps Community-driven organization is just getting started Now activating the GA – have polled DSA holders for their interest New Board will be elected by the GA this fall (through electronic vote) New Board will serve for two years beginning after the election

7. More Next Steps New Board will elect a Chair and Deputy Chair from among its members New Board will review guidelines and make changes New Board will work with the WDS on common requirements and procedures Interested? Please consider joining the GA and serving on the Board

8. Current DSA Board Ingrid Dillo (DANS, Netherlands) Hervé L’Hours (UK Data Archive, United Kingdom) Marion Massol (CINES, France) Armin Traube / Sabine Schrimpf (NESTOR/DNB, Germany) Paul Trilsbeek (TLA/MPI, Netherlands) Mary Vardigan (Chair, ICPSR, United States)

9. Questions? Mary Vardigan vardigan@umich.edu vardigan@umich.edu