Community Marketplace Initiative Working Group

Charter: Community Marketplace Initiative for the Wildfire Science & Technology Commons

Background:
The Wildfire Science & Technology Commons (WSTC) believes that avoiding devastating wildfires requires urgent, innovative, and collaborative solutions. The Wildfire Science & Technology Commons is a bold new initiative designed to accelerate technological innovations for wildfire management and mitigation. We are building a community platform around open data, cutting-edge science, AI, and shared knowledge.

Our mission is to bring people together to break down the barriers that currently exist between wildfire-related data, models, and tools. Today these resources are siloed, which slows down innovation. We have the opportunity to create a seamless, smart platform to enable solutions that revolutionize how we understand, respond to, and prevent wildfires.

Purpose:
The Marketplace will provide clear, standardized indicators of the quality, relevance, and impact of shared resources, promoting both recognition and trust across the community. The marketplace will have established recognition criteria and badges for community members to encourage best practices, collaboration, and visibility of important wildfire-related contributions.

The purpose of the Community Marketplace Initiative is to:

1. Establish a structured, transparent process for assigning badges that recognize valuable contributions to the Wildfire Commons.

2. Enable community members to quickly assess the quality, relevance, and status of materials shared within the Commons.

3. Encourage the participation and engagement of a wide range of stakeholders by rewarding contributions through badges.

4. Promote best practices in data sharing, model development, workflow integration, and community collaboration.

Scope:
The Community Marketplace Initiative will:

1. Develop a taxonomy of badges to reflect contributions related to data, models, workflows, and community networks.

2. Define criteria for assigning badges based on factors such as quality, completeness, and adherence to best practices.

3. Enable community members to nominate resources for badges and provide feedback on the badge system.

4. Develop mechanisms for badge assignment that involve both automated processes and community-driven assessments.

5. Review and update badge criteria based on evolving community needs and feedback.

Duration:
The Community Marketplace Initiative will be reviewed annually to ensure it aligns with the evolving needs of the Wildfire Science and Technology Commons. Badges will continue to be awarded as long as the Wildfire Commons platform is active, with updates to the badge system as needed.

Process:

1. Committee Formation: A Badge Working Group will be formed upon review of nominations, with the goal of 10-15 group members.

2. Coordination: The group will have a Chairperson responsible for setting the agenda and coordinating the monthly meetings. Additional subcommittees may be formed as needed to dive deeper into specific priority areas.

3. Badge Assignment: The group will define criteria and oversee the badge assignment process, with opportunities for community-driven nominations.

4. Meetings: The committee will meet monthly to discuss and set actions to take outside of the working group meetings.

Outcomes:

• A comprehensive criteria and badge system will be deployed on the Wildfire Commons platform.

• A written report on the implementation and impact of the badge system will be submitted to the Wildfire Commons governance board annually, starting one year after deployment.

• These reports and badges will be visible and accessible to the community, fostering a transparent and participatory Wildfire Commons ecosystem.

Working Group Nominations accepted at: https://forms.gle/89XhjEKwzrSye8SG9
Submit your nominations by December 13, 2024