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30 changes: 19 additions & 11 deletions source/content/NIAC.md
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- 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).

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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. Each member
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.

The committee reserves the right to appoint additional members for a
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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
- 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.
- 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
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 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.

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.
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