Core CC:DA Public Space

For the CC:DA Procedures, I can accept the draft. However, I have a few additional questions/comments to offer:

1. I still think the one-year Chair structure is challenging for this committee. Because CC:DA is large and complex, there's a steep learning curve. It will be critical to identify a Vice Chair ASAP each year when the leadership transition happens, to help with that learning curve and to ensure that CC:DA continues to function well over time. While a variation from the baseline set by the Core Metadata & Collections Section relating to the term of a chair is unlikely to be approved, this structure might not be best for this committee. 
2. If memory serves me correctly, the Core Metadata & Collections Section is moving (or has moved) away from using "interns".  SAC has replaced interns with  associate members, who fulfill many of the same roles, but also have a vote.  I do not understand how this would work in CC:DA's case, but I thought I should mention it.
3. Section II.A says that in the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair will serve as the Acting Chair. What if that office is not filled or that individual is also not available to serve? I also don't understand the context of the second sentence in II.A.3 -- the "determination" of what, exactly? I suspect that the most critical occasion to have the ability to identify an acting chair is for in-person meetings at ALA Annual.
4. In Section II.B, should this start with a phrase like: "In addition to serving as a a voting member,..."
5. In IX.9.D, what currently constitutes the "CC:DA Website"?

I have no comments on the CC:DA Liaison Policy.

In relation to "Building International Descriptive Cataloging Standards", I wonder if the document should clearly indicate the scope of what communities are represented on CC:DA, which is broader and more diverse than PCC, for example. The 6th bullet on p. 2 provides some context, "To encourage the United States library and information services community...", but it might be valuable to make a clearer statement earlier in the document.  I'm sorry to say that I don't currently have any particular phrasing to suggest.

As immediate past chair of CC:DA and current chair of SAC, I can speak to the intern/associate member role. Yes, Core is moving away from "interns". SAC has two "associate members" who still do tasks that CC:DA interns do but they also have a vote. I don't see this as a problem. In my time on CC:DA, I don't recall any votes that were so close that 2 votes would change the result.   The associate members handle the note-taking and minutes drafts, but they also do other tasks that CC:DA relies on our Webmaster to do.  I think CC:DA needs a webmaster, but there might be some tasks that associate members could assist with.

For the CC:DA Procedures, I can accept the draft. However, I have a few additional questions/comments to offer:

1. I still think the one-year Chair structure is challenging for this committee. Because CC:DA is large and complex, there's a steep learning curve. It will be critical to identify a Vice Chair ASAP each year when the leadership transition happens, to help with that learning curve and to ensure that CC:DA continues to function well over time. While a variation from the baseline set by the Core Metadata & Collections Section relating to the term of a chair is unlikely to be approved, this structure might not be best for this committee. 
2. If memory serves me correctly, the Core Metadata & Collections Section is moving (or has moved) away from using "interns".  SAC has replaced interns with  associate members, who fulfill many of the same roles, but also have a vote.  I do not understand how this would work in CC:DA's case, but I thought I should mention it.
3. Section II.A says that in the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair will serve as the Acting Chair. What if that office is not filled or that individual is also not available to serve? I also don't understand the context of the second sentence in II.A.3 -- the "determination" of what, exactly? I suspect that the most critical occasion to have the ability to identify an acting chair is for in-person meetings at ALA Annual.
4. In Section II.B, should this start with a phrase like: "In addition to serving as a a voting member,..."
5. In IX.9.D, what currently constitutes the "CC:DA Website"?

I have no comments on the CC:DA Liaison Policy.

In relation to "Building International Descriptive Cataloging Standards", I wonder if the document should clearly indicate the scope of what communities are represented on CC:DA, which is broader and more diverse than PCC, for example. The 6th bullet on p. 2 provides some context, "To encourage the United States library and information services community...", but it might be valuable to make a clearer statement earlier in the document.  I'm sorry to say that I don't currently have any particular phrasing to suggest.