From 55ed8b26bfd00c5d82d636373b2dc35c6d977ab6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sanbrock <45483558+sanbrock@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:32:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/9] Update NIAC membership and voting details Clarified membership status changes and voting eligibility. --- source/content/NIAC.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index 7b22fc82..d8aad87f 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Current Members - Gregory Tucker, ESS, Sweden - Mark Wolfman, Advanced Photon Source, USA +_non voting members are written in italic_ See the page with the [expiration dates](Membership_Dates.html "wikilink") for when the current terms of the various members end and we require a new facility endorsement and vote (see below). @@ -89,7 +90,9 @@ representation of the international community. It will consist of at most one voting representative from each major neutron, synchrotron x-ray, and muon facility. Membership would normally be for a three year renewable term. Members will be nominated by each facility through the -facility director and approved by the existing committee. Each member +facility director and approved by the existing committee. +If the nomination of a voting member expires, the status changes +automatically to non-voting membership for a year. Each member can appoint a substitute to attend a particular meeting. The committee reserves the right to appoint additional members for a @@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ executive officers: All of these officers will be elected for a two year term. The incumbent chair and executive secretary are limited to two consecutive terms. -Voting: Only members of the NeXus International Advisory Committee will +Voting: Only voting members of the NeXus International Advisory Committee will be able to vote on specific proposals that come under the remit of the committee. However, all debates will be conducted publicly and non-committee members are both allowed and encouraged to participate. From fbc876dc5d5922044cbe1f4517850dcf8f220e99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sanbrock <45483558+sanbrock@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:31:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/9] Update membership representation in NIAC.md Clarified membership representation details for the NeXus International Advisory Committee. --- source/content/NIAC.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index d8aad87f..9e61c66e 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ the following plan: The NeXus International Advisory Committee will seek balanced representation of the international community. It will consist of at -most one voting representative from each major neutron, synchrotron +most one voting representative and additional non-voting representatives +as needed from each major neutron, synchrotron x-ray, and muon facility. Membership would normally be for a three year renewable term. Members will be nominated by each facility through the facility director and approved by the existing committee. From b70f93b44f8c9f3cfde1db44bcf81818236eaa68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sanbrock <45483558+sanbrock@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:37:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] Fix typo in NIAC.md regarding non-voting members --- source/content/NIAC.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index 9e61c66e..3f60c217 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Current Members - Gregory Tucker, ESS, Sweden - Mark Wolfman, Advanced Photon Source, USA -_non voting members are written in italic_ +_non-voting members are written in italic_ See the page with the [expiration dates](Membership_Dates.html "wikilink") for when the current terms of the various members end and we require a new facility endorsement and vote (see below). From 71e2e567ff74787f542c936a6600719b3f31a5da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Brewster Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:45:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/9] Update executive roles --- source/content/NIAC.md | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index 3f60c217..f13df150 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -110,16 +110,21 @@ executive officers: person that holds the position does not need to be an existing member of the NIAC, and does not vote unless he/she is a regular member. -- Technical Manager with the responsibility to oversee the NeXus API. - The tasks of the manager are to coordinate tests, manage and - announce releases, and promote code from the contributed directory - to the regular release build. The person that holds the position - does not need to be an existing member of the NIAC, and does not - vote unless he/she is a regular member. -- Definition Release Manager with the responsibility to oversee the +- Technical Manager: validation to be responsible to oversee validation tools. + The tasks of this manager are to maintain validation code, ensure validation accurately + tests the NeXus standard against NeXus files, and build regression tests that validate + known example data. The person that holds the position does not need to be an existing + member of the NIAC, and does not vote unless he/she is a regular member. +- Technical Manager: NXDL to be responsibile for ensuring the NXDL language its usage + in the NeXus definitions is correct. This includes verifying the language is both + internally consistent and that it can express the intent of the NeXus specification. +- Definition Release Manager to be responsibile to oversee the release of NeXus definitions and documentation. The person that holds the position does not need to be an existing member of the NIAC, and does not vote unless he/she is a regular member. +- Ontology manager to be responsible for connecting the NeXus specification to larger + ontologies in the scientific communities, both registering NeXus in these communities + and providing ways in NeXus files to link to these ontologies. All of these officers will be elected for a two year term. The incumbent chair and executive secretary are limited to two consecutive terms. From d70d3f2d7566edd9fa675e19c15407dbbaa967fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Brewster Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:49:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 5/9] Typo --- source/content/NIAC.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index f13df150..da8cd8ff 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ executive officers: tests the NeXus standard against NeXus files, and build regression tests that validate known example data. The person that holds the position does not need to be an existing member of the NIAC, and does not vote unless he/she is a regular member. -- Technical Manager: NXDL to be responsibile for ensuring the NXDL language its usage +- Technical Manager: NXDL to be responsibile for ensuring the NXDL language and its usage in the NeXus definitions is correct. This includes verifying the language is both internally consistent and that it can express the intent of the NeXus specification. - Definition Release Manager to be responsibile to oversee the From c44027369f3def9f19b2a5d9bc9baf189f735ffa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Brewster Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:11:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 6/9] Clarify --- source/content/NIAC.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index da8cd8ff..47b53073 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ representation of the international community. It will consist of at most one voting representative and additional non-voting representatives as needed from each major neutron, synchrotron x-ray, and muon facility. Membership would normally be for a three year -renewable term. Members will be nominated by each facility through the -facility director and approved by the existing committee. +renewable term. Members will be nominated by their facility and instiution leaders through the +and approved by the existing committee. If the nomination of a voting member expires, the status changes automatically to non-voting membership for a year. Each member can appoint a substitute to attend a particular meeting. From 43045148a3f93378f6b07844bf295cb1f29cdc64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Brewster Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:13:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 7/9] Typos --- source/content/NIAC.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index 47b53073..eb8c6296 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ representation of the international community. It will consist of at most one voting representative and additional non-voting representatives as needed from each major neutron, synchrotron x-ray, and muon facility. Membership would normally be for a three year -renewable term. Members will be nominated by their facility and instiution leaders through the -and approved by the existing committee. +renewable term. Members will be nominated by their facility or institution leaders and then approved by the existing committee. If the nomination of a voting member expires, the status changes automatically to non-voting membership for a year. Each member can appoint a substitute to attend a particular meeting. From e5950b10c7cacf4e2f8baa42a47dfc16e91a01fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Brewster Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:23:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 8/9] Titles --- source/content/NIAC.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index eb8c6296..bd775642 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -109,19 +109,19 @@ executive officers: person that holds the position does not need to be an existing member of the NIAC, and does not vote unless he/she is a regular member. -- Technical Manager: validation to be responsible to oversee validation tools. +- Validation Technical Manager: to be responsible to oversee validation tools. The tasks of this manager are to maintain validation code, ensure validation accurately tests the NeXus standard against NeXus files, and build regression tests that validate known example data. The person that holds the position does not need to be an existing member of the NIAC, and does not vote unless he/she is a regular member. -- Technical Manager: NXDL to be responsibile for ensuring the NXDL language and its usage +- NXDL Technical Manager: to be responsibile for ensuring the NXDL language and its usage in the NeXus definitions is correct. This includes verifying the language is both internally consistent and that it can express the intent of the NeXus specification. -- Definition Release Manager to be responsibile to oversee the +- Definition Release Manager: to be responsibile to oversee the release of NeXus definitions and documentation. The person that holds the position does not need to be an existing member of the NIAC, and does not vote unless he/she is a regular member. -- Ontology manager to be responsible for connecting the NeXus specification to larger +- Ontology Technical Manager: to be responsible for connecting the NeXus specification to larger ontologies in the scientific communities, both registering NeXus in these communities and providing ways in NeXus files to link to these ontologies. From 02addde09dba4dae8fa7a77403a44a593473e840 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Brewster Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:32:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Updates --- source/content/NIAC.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/content/NIAC.md b/source/content/NIAC.md index bd775642..48008e9f 100644 --- a/source/content/NIAC.md +++ b/source/content/NIAC.md @@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ executive officers: release of NeXus definitions and documentation. The person that holds the position does not need to be an existing member of the NIAC, and does not vote unless he/she is a regular member. -- Ontology Technical Manager: to be responsible for connecting the NeXus specification to larger - ontologies in the scientific communities, both registering NeXus in these communities - and providing ways in NeXus files to link to these ontologies. +- Ontology Technical Manager: to be responsible for integrating the NeXus specification to related + terminologies in the scientific communities, both maintaining the registration of NeXus in + wider terminologies and providing ways in NeXus specifications to link to these terminologies. All of these officers will be elected for a two year term. The incumbent chair and executive secretary are limited to two consecutive terms.