# News ## June 2, 2025 The [2025-05 Dataverse Community News](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/xVRrHElQKOY) have been published on the Dataverse Users Community email list. An impressing amount of Dataverse activities were happening in May 2025! ## May 1, 2025 Phil Durbin has just published the [2025-04 Dataverse Community News](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/_W7Uo_d6iTY). Please have a look at the Dataverse activities that took place in April 2025! ## April 28, 2025 The [call for nominations for the 2025 GDCC Steering Committee elections](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/5yjMwiSY9bg) has been announced. Submit your nominations by May 23, 2025 and help shape the future of our community! ## April 11, 2025 Philipp Conzett has just pre-announced the [2025 Global Dataverse Community Consortium (GDCC) Steering Committee Nominations and Elections](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/Za5uTgWR5i4). Shape the future of the GDCC—start thinking now about the passionate, visionary leaders you’d like to see on the 2025 Steering Committee! ## April 1, 2025 Phil Durbin has just published the [2025-03 Dataverse Community News](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/19vqRHB9vss). March 2025 has been loaded with Dataverse activities! ## March 3, 2025 Phil Durbin has just published the [2025-02 Dataverse Community News](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/aYgmpI5Q6_I). Interesting stuff happened in February 2025! ## February 3, 2025 Phil Durbin has just published the [2025-01 Dataverse Community News](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/VQVfZdYlfSU). The first month of the new Dataverse year has started with exciting activities! ## January 7, 2025 Phil Durbin has just published the [2024-12 Dataverse Community News](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/W4lIQgtkcu4). A lot of Dataverse initiatives and activities taking place during the last month of 2024! ## December 3, 2024 Phil Durbin has just published the [2024-11 Dataverse Community News](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/Rt0F_vQwADU). Also November has been packed with a lot of Dataverse activities! ## November 1, 2024 Phil Durbin has just published the [2024-10 Dataverse Community News](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/Td7xKb80hlI). Impressive activities in October 2024! ## October 23, 2024 The Dataverse Sustainability Working Group has published their [final report with recommendations](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13981770) on how to sustain and grow the Dataverse community. ## October 1, 2024 [Dataverse Community News for September 2024](https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/xDg8Sq5kqqQ) ## March 5, 2024 [GDCC updates](https://dcm2024.sched.com/event/1YRwK/gdcc-updates?iframe=no&w=100%&sidebar=yes&bg=no) at the [Dataverse Community Meeting 2024](https://sites.harvard.edu/dcm2024/). See [presentation](https://osf.io/pq93n) and [recording](https://www.youtube.com/embed/LA1BbkV3Efk?start=5849). ## November 22, 2023 Call for proposals for the Dataverse Community Meeting 2024 Join the Dataverse Project and @CIMMYT for the 10th annual Dataverse Community Meeting. **Proposals are due by December 15, 2023.** See our [community meeting website](https://sites.harvard.edu/dcm2024/proposals/) for more information. ## September 5, 2023 **The Dataverse Sustainability Working Group is Launched!** The Dataverse community is growing rapidly. Earlier this year, installation no. 100 was added to the “official” list of [Dataverse Installations Around the World](https://dataverse.org/installations). The Dataverse software is chosen by an increasing number of organizations across the globe as the technical backbone of their Trusted Digital Repository for research data. **The Global Dataverse Community Consortium (GDCC)** recognized that with this growth and popularity comes the responsibility of ensuring the long-term sustainability of the software and the community. That’s why we have initiated the **Dataverse Sustainability Working Group (WG)**. The WG had its kick-off meeting on September 5, where the WG Charter was approved and **Dieuwertje Bloemen** from KU Leuven (Belgia) and **Rene Belsø** from DeiC (Denmark) were elected as WG Chairs. They will also serve as the points of contact for the WG. The mission of the working group is to provide **evidence-based, community-reviewed, and consensus-based recommendations on how to empower the global Dataverse community to sustain the Dataverse software and the strength of the Dataverse community**. The working group will map out the needs and challenges of the community. Based on this mapping, the WG will deliver recommendations in the form of a report(s), addressing the following issues: - **Mission and vision:** What purpose should the community have? What should the community envision to achieve in the next 5-10 years? - **Strategic objectives:** What objectives should the community have to carry out its mission and to achieve its vision? - **Means and resources:** What means and resources should the community use to achieve its strategic objectives? - **Implementation:** What plan and roadmap should the community have to achieve its objectives? Expected timeline: - August 2023: Working Group established - September 2023: First meeting - February 2023: Status report to the GDCC Steering Committee - March 2024: Working Group presents options and scenarios to the community at the Dataverse Community Meeting 2024 - June 2024: Final report with recommendations to the GDCC Steering Committee For more details and information on the working group, please reach out to the co-chairs Dieuwertje Bloemen (dieuwertje.bloemen@kuleuven.be) and Rene Belso (rene.belso@deic.dk).