NREN GÉANT Community Principles provide a vehicle to align thinking within NRENs and affiliated organisations and to carry out targeted activities as a community in a way which does not fit any of the current formats.  The work is intended to support and enhance the current portfolio of task forces and SIGs whilst allowing focus on a different direction.

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Objectives

The objectives of a NREN Principles GÉANT Community Principles activity are to:

1. Identify a strategic area where it would be beneficial for NRENs and the wider R&E community to have a shared understanding of direction and actions.
2. Create a short list of principles associated with that area that describe the intentions and beliefs of our community in relation to that area.
3. Invite NRENs and affiliated organisations to openly endorse / sign-up to the principles when finalised. This support will be publicly maintained and promoted.
4. Create spaces to discuss and exchange ideas related to the principles through mailing lists, slack channels and online discussions.
5. Work on very focused campaigns around specific principles that have been identified as a priority for NRENs the community (for example via infoshares, trainings, invited speakers etc).

Unlike traditional Task Forces or SIGs, the NREN GÉANT Community  Principles activities will not be expected to have regular meeting scheduled and are encourage to mostly meet online.  Progress will be reported against NRENs organisations endorsing the prinicples and through the defined campaigns for the principle areas.

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• At least 3 NRENs or other organisations support the creation and are willing to actively participate.
• An outline of the proposed principles and the direction of work is created by those volunteers. 
• The group inform the GÉANT Community Committee that they would like to form an activity to support the creation of NREN GÉANT Community Principles for a specific topic area.
• The proposal is sent to the GCC for approval.

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