PAA Charter
Photon Activation Analysis Charter
Purpose
This charter describes the functions and organizational structure of the Photon Activation Analysis Collaboration, the responsibilities of the Collaboration and its members, the guidelines for the role of the collaboration in releasing scientific results, and the delineation shared resource use.
Mission
The development and promotion of Photon Activation Analysis in research and industrial applications.
Collaboration Member responsibilities
- Establish photon activation analysis procedures
- Participate in proposal submission
- Establish protocols for the internal evaluation of a PAA result
- disseminate PAA results
- Participate in at least 50% of the meetings
Collaboration management
Chairperson
A collaboration chair person is appointed by the group for a term of at least 1 year
Collaboration Decisions
A simple voting majority will be used make collaboration decisions. Votes may be cast by e-mail or in person
Membership
Anyone may be a member of the collaboration that fulfills the responsibilities of membership listed above. A collaboration vote will be used to approve membership on a yearly basis. Potential collaborators may apply at any time within a single year and may re-apply if membership lapses..
Working Groups
Collaboration members self organize working groups to address specific needs and interests as necessary.
Result Dissemination
Any collaborator presenting PAA results may not include the PAA collaboration as coauthors unless the results veracity has been approved by the collaboration. Collaborators must opt to have their name included in order to appear on a disseminated result.