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Rule V. Representing SHIELD Community
Any SHIELD member should provide advance notice, as soon as possible to the Chair and Vice Chair of any public speeches, presentations, where it may be beneficial to represent SHIELD in an official capacity.Any member planning a presentation or talk about the work of the SHIELD Community should share presentation material in advance with the Steering Committee Chair to ensure it is up to date. Once such representations are made, the given member should report at minimum the title, speakers, and an audience characterization to the Vice-Chair for tracking purposes, but ideally share the slidesshall not speak or publish on behalf of the SHIELD community without approval of the Steering Committee Chair.
Rule VI. Intellectual Property
Consistent with its Purpose as stated in Article One Section 1 and the Guiding Principle “Open in Its Deliverables and Results” in Article Two Section 4, the SHIELD Community seeks to freely distribute the results of its work to all interested parties within the health care ecosystem. In order to achieve this, all SHIELD Community Members must agree that their contributions may be used by any and all ecosystem entities without restriction. Further, SHIELD Community Members must agree not to disclose any information in the course of their SHIELD Community participation for which they, or anyone else they may be aware of, has or may seek to claim an intellectual property interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if in the course of its activities a SHIELD Member seeks to disclose information for which they, or anyone else they may be aware of, has or may seek to claim an intellectual property interest, it is the responsibility of that participant to identify such intellectual property interest and seek prior written approval from the SHIELD Community Chair or Vice Chair prior to making any such disclosure.
Rule VII: Antitrust
Although a collaborative organization such as the SHIELD Community is recognized as a valuable forum for advancing the goals of the health care ecosystem, one of the potential dangers which participants of any organization face is compliance with federal and state antitrust laws. Such laws generally forbid any combination, contract or conspiracy that restrains trade. Since by its nature SHIELD Community Members may be competitors in the course of their normal business, all SHIELD Community Members must ensure that their activities do not violate applicable law.
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· Each Steering Committee or Workgroup meeting should follow an order of business called an agenda. Everything on the agenda is reviewed in its order and disposed of before Members proceed to the next item.
· All Members have equal rights, privileges and obligations. Everyone has the right to be heard. No Member speaks twice about a motion until all Members have had the opportunity to speak.
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