RadioDNS

Nominations closed for the Statutes Drafting Team last week, but it was necessary to clarify a couple of nominations that had been transferred from the original request for nominations for the Steering Team.

The nominees are listed below, and these will be the candidates for an election as part of Tuesday’s meeting, during which we will discuss and agree what the Statutes Drafting Team will deliver back to the General Meeting and by when.

We’re pleased to add this morning the EBU to our list of supporters.

The European Broadcasting Union are very kindly hosting our first General Assembly next week, and continue to give invaluable advice on RadioDNS’s organisational structure. All on the RadioDNS team are very grateful to them.

“Supporters” have an interest in the RadioDNS project, and are supportive of the overall project aims.

We were delighted to see that the NAB Radio TechCheck weekly newsletter featured RadioDNS today, alongside the PURE Sensia. It is an excellent primer on both RadioDNS and the Sensia.

Read – NAB Radio TechCheck, 2nd November 2009 (PDF)

RadioDNS is an extensible technology for augmenting radio broadcasts: but we’d not thought of using it elsewhere.

Spotted this morning – an interesting article from Tony Hirst – taking the ideas of RadioDNS and applying it… to books.

We think we’ll leave that to Tony; but great to see people building on RadioDNS’s core principles.

I thought it would be useful to clarify what’s happening with Nominations for the Statutes Drafting Team.

We originally asked for people to nominate themselves for the Steering Team, but what we’re asking for now is people to form a team to do one specific task of creating the Statutes for RadioDNS, and put RadioDNS onto a formal footing. We have contacted all the people who put themselves forward originally, and asked them if they wish to be considered for the Statute Drafting Team. Most people have, some haven’t.

The people building and running RadioDNS should reflect the global potential and benefit to broadcasters, so we want to have nominees from as many different territories as possible. If you are interested in being on Statutes Drafting Team, please e-mail feedback@radiodns.org and let us know. If you know good radio people in any country who you might feel is currently under-represented in RadioDNS, please do tell them about the project and encourage them to get involved.

The list of nominations will close on Sunday 1st November 2009, at 23:59:59

We are still planning the detail of the meeting in Geneva on the 10th November, and will post more details here as we have them, including the list of nominees. Thanks again for your patience as we get ourselves organised.

We were pleased to welcome Ireland’s Catch as a founder supporter, we’re delighted to also see Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ, as a brand new supporter of RadioDNS today.

RadioDNS is being supported by a wider range of broadcasters across the world every day, and we’re delighted at its adoption. If you’re our next supporter, please get in touch.

As a reminder: supporters have an interest in the RadioDNS project, and are supportive of the overall project aims. Appearance on the list of supporters should not be read as a definitive commitment to launch any services, nor any promotional or organisational connection to RadioDNS.

Want to play a pivotal part in the next chapter for RadioDNS?

You’re invited to our First General Assembly: 10 November; 1400h – 1700h CET, Geneva. This meeting will elect a group to set up the statutes for RadioDNS. The Statutes Drafting team, who will have access to advice, will bring their work back to a General Meeting for ratification and formalisation in January 2010.

There’s more info and a chance to RSVP on our website.