aEAo MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
aEAo STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The continuing growth of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) field and profession is resulting in the proliferation of a number of formal organizations (mostly not-for-profit) that seek some definitive authority over various aspects of EA. Over a dozen such organizations (and subgroups) were quickly identified that have in their charters or by laws some aspects of governance for EA, as a practice or a profession, or both. EA practitioners, involved in several of these organizations realize that an opportunity exists for seeking the greater benefit for the profession and practice. Through communications and coordination, synergies across these organizations in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration should be established. The purpose of the aEAo is to promote this end. What it is not is perhaps as important to the continued participation and support of the subscribing organizations as what it is. This federation is not intended to become a formally chartered organization with its own agendas, structures or staffs. It is not intended, beyond some form of overarching purpose inculcated within a mutually developed agreement or statement, to which all members subscribe, to be a formative or punitive body. It is not intended to even to have permanence, other than to have the duties, which are important, routinely carried out, and perhaps, rotated and the other costs/burdens of supporting its premises shared in some fashion by its members. These premises starting with and stemming from communications and coordination of events, activities and projects, to include research and new thought leadership collaborations, would be aimed toward seeing concomitance across the participants. It is hoped that over time this communication and coordination will result in collaborations and cooperation that will significantly leverage the energies of the memberships across all of the participating organizations to the greater benefit of the practice and profession of EA. Ultimately, what could result would be equitably shared governance over EA with all organizations with specific and focused EA interest participating. This would in turn aid the achievement of significant enhancement of professional status and academic recognition for the practice of EA.
aEAo CHARTER :
We, the Organizations representing various interests in the profession and the practice of Enterprise Architecture (EA), in both government and the private sector, as a result of the common understanding that the coalition of our organizations is critical to furtherance of EA, do hereby and herein, as testified by the duly designated representatives’ signatures below and as a members in the associated Enterprise Architecture organizations (aEAo), subscribe to the following: - We will, where feasible and practical, and not in conflict with our own organization’s bylaws or rules, seek to cooperatively co-exist with the other member organizations and to the extent practical and possible, coordinate and communicate with them regarding EA activities, projects and other pursuits.
- We will ensure that our members are benefited from the coalition, the aEAo, and in no way that they are decremented or disenabled.
- We will support the aEAo within our capabilities and means to do so recognizing that it is an organization only by virtue of the sum of its members or parts.
- We will collaboratively seek to strengthen the practice and profession of EA and seek out and work with those organizations that hold these same/similar values, purposes and truths with respect to the practice and profession of EA and its core body of knowledge.
- We will seek to involve any and all organizations with core EA focus, inviting them to join and participate in the aEAo.
- We will seek to determine the areas of EA that each of our member organizations are focused on or consider to be their charter and we will work to enable them in that mission or purpose, separately or collaboratively. as may be best for the practice or profession of EA
- As a voluntary based organization without dues or formal membership requirements, at present, all of the undersigned organizations represent and constitute the founding aEAo Board and will retain such status until they either relinquish it or leave the organization. All issues of future membership, organizational activities and governance shall be decided by simple vote of the board members designated representatives at any meeting. A meeting requires 2/3 attendance of the board represented to have binding votes. Meetings can occur by teleconference or other electronic means. Votes can be conducted via electronic mail, as an alternative, but are not final until at least 2/3rd of the board votes.
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