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Number of discussions / meetings / topics shared
with other groups ≥ 1/y
IV. Termination
1. A SIG has no pre-defined mandate or expiration date, but its support, subject to yearly monitoring by GÉANT, can be terminated if one of the following situations occurs:
a. the SC has fewer than 3 members for a 3-month period;
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e. GÉANT decides to terminate the SIG.
2. Appeals by any of the SIG participants can be submitted to GÉANT; these shall be resolved within 3 months.
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3. After detailed investigations of the aforementioned situations and potential appeals, the decision of GÉANT about the SIG support is final.
V. Resources and support
1. As long as the SIG is supported by GÉANT, GÉANT will provide the following services:
a. mailing list(s) and public web archive(s) under the geant.org domain;
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e. social media, news, and annual report coverage – on request and as decided to be appropriate by GÉANT.
2. In the case of termination of SIG-MSP support, the transition of services a), b), and c) to other providers is ensured by GÉANT.
3. Official minutes keeping, AV recording or other archiving is subject to discussion with the GÉANT employee assigned to support the SIG.
For SIG-MSP, this employee is Laura Durnford, with support from Magda Haver.
4. A SIG has no dedicated budget other than the expenses of GÉANT (detailed in V. 1.).
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5. GÉANT may find internal or external funding sources (e.g., projects, commercial sponsors) to cover the expenses of SIG support, as appropriate.