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Last Updated: December 2024

Overview

The NSPA Data Standards Initiative may host one or more working groups, as outlined in the Apply Tampa Bay Charter. This page lists working groups and links to additional resources where applicable.

Working Group Overview

The Apply Tampa Bay Initiative convenes working groups to produce and develop material related to the initiative. The work may vary by group and may consist of research, feature design, user experience design, convening experts for discussion, technical development, technical documentation, authoring publications, and so forth. Notably, not all working groups will directly produce technical material.

Specifications and work products from the working groups will typically be summarized and shared via Apply Tampa Bay Council meetings. Work product will typically be published to an appropriate website or file-sharing location hosted by NSPA.

Convening Working Groups

From time to time, the Apply Tampa Bay Council will organize and convene working groups to focus on a particular topic of interest. These will be constituted by volunteers who have expertise or are concerned about implementation details in a particular area. An NSPA Coordinator will officially constitute an ad hoc group. Informal groups may, of course, be formed outside of the NSPA purview.

Notes on formation:

• Typically, the initiative requires a minimum of three participants to create a formal working group.

• Participants need not be committee members, but they must be affiliated with an NSPA member organization. For example, some Apply Tampa Bay Council members may request that experts from their organizations participate.

• The formation of a working group will not be done over the active objections of the majority of Apply Tampa Bay Council members, the NSPA executive director, or members of the NSPA board. (One finds it difficult to envision a scenario where this would happen, but we list this here for the proverbial avoidance of doubt.)

Working Group Meeting Logistics

Notes on meeting logistics:

• Most working group meetings will be held virtually.

• Meetings will be organized by the NSPA Coordinator (described below).

  • Meetings may be canceled if fewer than 3 attendees indicate attendance.

  • The organizing statement or charter for the working group will determine if attendance is mandatory at scheduled meetings.

• The NSPA Coordinator or designee will typically perform the following for working groups convened under the Apply Tampa Bay Initiative.

  • Calendaring and general coordination.

  • Conference call or screen-sharing setup.

  • Note-taking.

  • Connection to and coordination with other working groups.

• NSPA Coordinator support is subject to availability, of course. Working group members may elect to meet regardless of availability; the primary obligation is to share notes and working group materials with the other members of the Data Standard Initiative.

Active Working Groups

[ As of Q4-2024, the Apply Tampa Bay Initiative has no active working groups. ]

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