Hi Everyone
We are announcing the move to becoming an operational organisation tomorrow with information about our new Industry Partners who begin collective support for activities that enhance the utility of openEHR in their commercial software. As part of this process we are changing the Governance of the Foundation to be more inclusive and representative.
Our collectively developed statement on management is as follows:
The openEHR Foundation will be governed in terms of legal and fiduciary responsibilities by a small number – 3 to 5 - Company Directors appointed by University College London (UCL) and known as the openEHR Foundation Board. No commercial entities will have a role at this level. Strategic and operational decisions will be made by a larger Management Board, representative of the wider community, which will include Members appointed by the various interest groups that make up the openEHR community.
The Foundation Board will appoint the Chair and two other Members of the Management Board from the Foundation Board Directors, to ensure close cooperation and mutual understanding between these two governance groups. Formal Terms of Reference, including operating procedures and reporting arrangements between the two Groups will be established. A further five Members of the Management Board will be elected; two by Qualified Members working within the 4 Program Areas (Specification, Software, Clinical Modelling, Localisation), two by the Industry Partners Group and 1 by the Academic Partners Group (when this is established). A further two Management Board positions will be available to be appointed by the Management Board, to extend its skill base. The Management Board Chair will be entitled to invite additional individuals to attend, as required for specific purposes.
openEHR Foundation Board
- 3-5 Directors appointed by UCL
- Legal and fiduciary responsibility
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openEHR Management Board
- Chair and 2 further Members from Foundation Board
- 2 members elected by Industry Partners
- 2 members elected by Qualified Members
- 1 member elected by Academic Partners
- 0-2 members appointed by Management Board
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The Management Board will oversee the work done in the following Programs
- Specification Program
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- Software Program
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- Clinical Program
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- Localisation Program
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The lead for each Program Area will be approved by the Management Board, as will the Prospectus and Roadmap for Program activities, developments and approaches.
openEHR Foundation Board
The Foundation Board presently has the following members:
Professor David Ingram
Professor Dipak Kalra
Dr Sam Heard
Dr Bill Aylward MD
Dr Ian McNicoll
Dr Jussara Rotzsch
The Board will be reduced to 4, with a possible external appointment, to streamline the core management and financial duties in conjunction with UCL Business.
openEHR Management Board
The openEHR Management Board now has the following Members:
Dr Sam Heard, Chair
Professor David Ingram PhD
Professor Dr Dipak Kalra PhD
Professor Martin Severs PhD
Dr Bill Aylward MD
Dr Ian McNicoll
Dr Jussara Rotzsch
Joana Fiejo PhD
Dr Rong Chen PhD
The openEHR Management Board will develop the policy for election of the Management Board based on a three year term. Meetings will occur regularly at 9pm London time on the first Tuesday of the even months (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec).
Internal communications are via board@openehrfoundation.org. Community members can communicate with the Management Board by emailing chair@openehrfoundation.org.
We now have a great team overseeing our developments and I believe you can look forward to a period of great activity in 2014.
Thank you and I will be in touch again soon with the information about the Industry Partners.
Yours sincerely, Sam Heard