A proposal for a possible organizational structure has been put forward, summarized in the accompanying diagram and governed by the rules below. At this stage, it does not answer many of the questions posed above but serves as a strawman for the purpose of discussion.

Click on the structure for a printable (pdf) version

Proposed rules for the structure are:

1. Steering committee comprised of three people who are voted in by all active consortium members. The chair of the steering commitee rotates every six months. After serving as chair, that member steps down and a new commitee member is elected. (This results in the first two chairs serving abbreviated terms, but allows for continuity within the commitee itself.)

2. All other commitees are open to volunteers. The leader of each comittee is elected by vote from the active members of that comittee. Comittees are free to form subcomittees according to their needs.

3. An "active" member is a person whom is, or has been, actively working on some aspect of E{ALFA within the last six months.

4. The steering commitee, with NAIC, is responsible for insuring the planned consortium meetings take place, and for organizing SOC and LOC for those meetings.

5. Nominations for replacement members of the steering comittee & committe leaders will be given at each meeting and will continue for two weeks after the meeting (via a web-based submission form). Elections will then occur via a secure web form at the end of theose two weeks. All active members will be allowed to vote.