{"id":62328,"date":"2020-10-21T10:41:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/?p=62328"},"modified":"2020-10-21T10:41:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:41:15","slug":"making-the-cc-network-work-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2020\/10\/21\/making-the-cc-network-work-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the CC Global Network Work Better for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is written by Ethan Senack, a member of Creative Commons USA and the Global Network Council Executive Committee.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Just over a year ago, the Executive Committee of the CC Global Network Council (GNC) launched an open process to collect feedback from all members on the network structure, with the purpose of understanding what was working and what was not, and to offer recommendations on how to make the structure work better for those on the ground and in local communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We were committed to making the process deeply open and transparent\u2014 not just in the procedure, but in the discussion and decision-making as well. That often conflicted with our desire to move forward and significantly extended the timeline, but we believed it was necessary to build trust, to encourage compromise, and to ensure that a variety of voices and perspectives were heard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t an easy process, but the result is a series of recommendations grounded in the input from our network, repeatedly reviewed and refined by members and chapter leads, and ultimately voted on by the Global Network Council.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I am proud to say, as of this week, the GNC has voted overwhelmingly to accept these recommendations.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

From here, we can move forward as a stronger, more community-owned network. The full sets of recommendations are linked below, but here are just a few of the pieces we think will have a big impact:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n