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WALIS Associate Members
When the WALIS Executive Policy Committee (EPC) met in early September 2007, they endorsed a WALIS Associate Membership position paper, which proposed that WALIS Membership be extended beyond WA state government departments. As well as endorsing the position paper, the EPC approved the implementation of an Associate Member Policy for WALIS. Associate membership is a new category developed to allow federal government, local government, community groups and private organisations to formally become part of WALIS' membership base. Associate membership will open the doors to organisations that previously could not participate as WALIS Members and will allow them to stay up-to-date on WALIS related activities and will provide the opportunity to influence policy and set standards, which means they can play a role in the future strategic direction of WALIS and how it operates.
Associate Membership is….
Associate Membership is a new category developed to extend the WALIS Membership base beyond WA state government departments. Associate Membership will open the doors to organisations that previously could not participate as WALIS Members and will:
- allow them to stay up-to-date on WALIS related activities being undertaken within and across state government.
- inclusion on the email list to receive WALIS Council Agendas and Minutes.
- provide them the opportunity to influence policy and set standards, which means they can play a role in the future strategic direction of WALIS and how it operates.
- eligibility to attend WALIS Council in an ex-officio capacity (as part of a 12 month trial).
- endow them with the prestige of being affiliated with WALIS as an Associate Member.
Associate Membership isn’t…..
It needs to be made clear that this category of Membership does not entitle members to access data at non-commercial rates (cost of extraction and distribution).
Under the WALIS Data Pricing and Transfer Policy, it is not membership of WALIS that determines the price an organisation pays for data. The policy stipulates that only WA state government organisations (this includes schedule two agencies) and WA local government authorities can access government data, for non-commercial purposes, at the cost of extraction. In fact, it is not necessary for a WA state government department to be a member of WALIS to access data from another department at the cost of extraction.
Please click here for a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding for Associate Members
List of Associate Members