The current upgrade rules were agreed by the IATI Steering Committee in October 2011 (see Annex here). It was agreed at the Members Assembly meeting in June 2016 that they were in need of revision and that the Technical Team would prepare a proposal and consult on it so that it is ready for approval by the 2017 Members Assembly.
A paper will be prepared which will review governance, content, timing and consultation processes.
Draft paper on revised rules for decimal and integer upgrades is now available here. This document outlines the problem and proposes a number of changes to the page that describes the upgrade process.
This paper (and the proposed specifc changes to the upgrade process) is part of the Agenda for the IATI TAG 2016 Technical Consultation Workshop
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I think this is good but I added two proposals to the revised rules document:
Agree with Mark Brough . In addition to that:
The timelines for community input should be longer, since an integer upgrade has potentially large consequences, and only occurs once during two or three years.
With regards to the clear set of criteria: change proposals should be assessed against the strategic direction of IATI as defined in the IATI strategy document.