| Orthopaedic Web Links is founded on the
concept that it is better to combine than compete! Four people with a strong record of
activity in the orthopaedic internet recognized that the task of finding and evaluating
the information available to orthopaedic surgeons and patients is far greater that one
individual or organization can undertake successfully. Also, until there is a source of
information in orthopaedics which is comprehensive enough and prominent enough to be
termed an authority, those seeking and those providing information will seldom make
contact. We invite all those who also wish to provide a comprehensive and authoritative
collection of orthopaedic links to contact us and join OWL.
Appended is the constitution of the project adopted June
1997.
- CONTENTS
- Name
- Mission
- Membership
- Requirements for membership
- Members' activities & privileges
- Members' pages
- Mirror sites
- Managing editor
- Quarterly review
- New members
- Leaving the collaboration
- Publications
- Adoption and amendment of the constitution
- Finance
- All other business
1. NAME
Orthopaedic Web Links
2. MISSION
To promote effective use of the Internet by the international orthopaedic community
initially by assembling and posting a comprehensive collection of links to orthopaedic
sites.
3. MEMBERSHIP
By invitation only. Limited to managers of web pages on the Internet which have
collection, review and posting of orthopaedic links as a major focus of their Internet
page. (see requirements of membership). Current members are:
4. REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBERSHIP
- a. Members are expected to post the complete
collection of Orthopaedic Links assembled by OWL. Members may use their own structure,
internal links, illustrations, frames etc. However, readers should be assured that all OWL
links are there.
- b. Members will, at defined intervals or by
request, send all new links which they have recently collected to a member designated for
that purpose. His/her role will be to assemble the new links, add them to appropriate
page, edit the pages and circulate them to members for updates.
- c. Members will participate in joint projects of
the OWL collaboration.
- d. Members will be subscribers to the
LinkList@biomedical.dundee.ac.uk mailing list
- e. Members' pages must explain the nature of the
OWL collaboration and display links to all OWL members' pages. (see Members' Pages)
5 MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES &
PRIVILEGES
- a. Managing, maintaining, organising and
promoting the collection of the "Orthopaedic Web Links (OWL)" Sites
- b. Undertaking subediting activities of portions
of the collection
- c. Promotion of the Internet in the field of
Orthopaedics
- d. Access to and full participation in the OWL
project.
- e. Participation in decision making about the
project.
- f. Display of OWL logo.
6 MEMBERS' PAGES
- a. Pages remain the responsibility of the
individual manager.
- b. Pages are expected to adhere to the Code of
Conduct suggested by Health on the Net.
- c. For the purposes of readership surveys,
counts of readership should be performed on the index links collection page.
7 MIRROR SITES
Subject to the decision of the membership certain sites may receive the privilege of
posting the collection without participating fully in the collaboration. Such mirror sites
should fulfil the obligations noted under Members Pages. However, managers of these pages
do not have voting membership of OWL or the obligation to undertake the work of members.
Mirror sites may not change the collection by addition or subtraction without permission
from OWL.
8 MANAGING EDITOR
By election of the members an individual member shall be chosen as Managing Editor for a
period of one year. The individual may be re-elected a maximum of two times. The editor
shall be responsible for day to day management of the OWL project including:-
- a. Dividing up the sub-editing work of
collecting new links and updating the collection
- b. Setting and reminding members of deadlines
for updates
- c. Ascertaining members' wishes about new
members and/or new parts to the project.
- d. Representing OWL if necessary or desirable.
- e. Writing the OWL editorial or selecting
material for it.
- f. Archiving the mail list.
The editor is expected to discover the
consensus of the membership before taking action.
The decisions of the editor are subject to a quarterly review at which a vote of
confidence may be called by any (single) member. Between quarterly reviews the decisions
may be questioned and brought up for discussion by a simple majority of members. Reversal
of a decision is not a matter of confidence.
Currently Myles Clough is the managing
editor
9 QUARTERLY REVIEW
A quarterly review of the progress of the project will be held by arrangement of the
editor. This review should have an agenda circulated 1 week in advance and may take place
through the mailing list, or by IRC. Decision at the quarterly review are taken by simple
majority vote of the membership, except for a vote of confidence which requires a 2/3 rds
majority.
10 NEW MEMBERS
Other page managers who would like to join OWL should be invited to join by majority
decision of all current members. The first responsibility of a new member would be to
merge his/her pages with the current collection.
11 LEAVING THE COLLABORATION
If a member wishes to withdraw from the OWL project but will continue to post an
orthopaedic web page he/she may
- a. Continue to post the collection as it was at
the time of withdrawal. Some note about no longer having the complete OWL collection
should be displayed. The OWL logo should not be displayed.
- b. Be considered as a new member at any time in
the future
- c. Be considered as a mirror site.
12 PUBLICATIONS
Joint authorship of any publication about the complete collection is the norm. Individuals
who write papers using the collection or parts of it should circulate a copy of the draft
and receive permission of the members to publish individually.
13 ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION
Adoption of the constitution shall be by unanimous agreement of the membership. Amendment
of the constitution shall be by 2/3 majority vote and may take place at any time. 3 weeks
notification of amendment(s) is required.
14 FINANCE
All money collected by and for the project shall become the property of the project. The
Executive shall have sole responsibility with regards to the financial arrangements of the
project.
15 ALL OTHER BUSINESS
Shall be decided under the mechanisms described in section 8
Please send comments or notification of new
material to
Myles Clough email cloughs@mail.netshop.net
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