Org:Creative Commons Global Network Membership Charter

Activity names	Creative Commons Global Network Membership Charter
Keywords	Creative Commons, global, charter
Organizations	Creative Commons Global Network
Start year	2017
End year
Frequency	Continuing
Locations
URL	https://network.creativecommons.org/charter/
Wikidata ID	Q56072665

Creative Commons Global Network Membership Charter specifies something about the relations of individual members of the CC network to one another and to the network. Members can be individuals or organizations. We can compare Wikimedia's potential Movement Charter to the CC network's defining documents. This document does not specify the basic CC institutions so it is not actually parallel to the proposed Charter for Wikimedia.

Notes on the document

• The charter uses this abbreviation: CCGN=CC global network
• It has hyperlinks within it, a design some people avoid in online charters
• The charter applies to either individual members or institutional members.
• The charter refers to, but does not fully define, "chapters" (local or regional, like Wikimedia chapters), and "platforms" (which mainly seems to mean online sites using CC documents and principles, such as Wikimedia or flickr).
• It is 1875 words long; that is, not very long. Length and generality are subject of discussions when it comes to Constitutions and Charters; should they specify details or not?

Requirements of members

• Abide by the CCGN Code of Conduct and by policies that Creative Commons establishes and updates
• Work towards the mission of the movement, aligned with its collective strategy and values
• Communicate with and support others in the CCGN e.g. via mailing lists
• Actively contribute to the CCGN in some way (e.g., participating in a CC Network Platform)
• “The work of a Creative Commons Network Member can take place in two overlapping networks – in subject matter specific Platforms, and in geographically specific local Chapters.” (Chapters appear to have about the same meaning as for Wikimedia -- local or regional affiliates. Platforms refers to a list of web platforms committed to using CC licenses, it seems. A list is here, and includes Wikipedia, WM Commons, flickr, vimeo, PLOS, MIT OpenCourseWare, Internet Archive, and a dozen others.
• Members are invited to act on their own (boldly, in Wikimedia language)
• Their overarching code of conduct is included in this charter, and has 6 paragraph subsections entitled: Be welcoming, Be respectful, Be considerate, Be collaborative, Ask for help, Share leadership (by mentoring, advising, and promoting others). Then specific instructions about how to report problems/incidents. Surprising levels of detail.
• The last paragraphs refer to policies regarding revision of policies and the charter itself, and include reference to an otherwise undefined and unexplained Global Network Council. Thus the Charter in apparently subsidiary to the CC organization/management, and is not a charter defining or authorizing them.
• Versions of the charter are on github. It has been revised.
• https://github.com/creativecommons/global-network-strategy#cc-network-platforms

Sources they cite

They consulted other FOSS-related charters, which we can consult too:

• Ubuntu Code of Conduct
• The Contributor Covenant
• the Open Source Code of Conduct
• Geek Feminism