Get involved

There are a number of ways you can engage with NZOR:
  • Through representatives in the Governance structure
  • As a data provider
  • As an end user/data consumer
  • As an interested party who wants to receive updates about NZOR

Governance

The NZOR Governance structure was established in 2009. NZOR has an Executive Secretary (David Penman), and three governance groups (a Steering Group, Advisory Group, and Technology Advisory Group). For more information including group membership and contact details for group chairs see the Governance page. If you are interested in participating or providing feedback you can do so through your organisation's representative or by contacting the Executive Secretary directly at execsec@nzor.org.nz.

As a Data Provider

If you are a potential data provider to NZOR the Project Team would like you to register your interest. We would like to consult with you to obtain information such as:
  • Obstacles or concerns you may have for becoming an NZOR data provider
  • The scope and depth of nomenclatural and taxonomic data you manage
  • Presence of any existing services that may be appropriate for providing data to NZOR
  • Processes and policies you use to manage your data
  • Your reporting requirements as an NZOR provider
If you would like to register your interest, please contact the NZOR Project Leader, Jerry Cooper, on jerry.cooper@nzor.org.nz.

As an End User

If you are a potential end user of NZOR data and services, the project team is interested to receive feedback on:
  • The scope and depth of nomenclatural and taxonomic data you would like to access
  • The ways you would like to access NZOR data (e.g. browsing/downloading from a web site, through web services, into a local cache for consumption by multiple systems)
  • The systems you would like to consume NZOR data into, and in particular the state of development of those systems (i.e. in planning, being developed, in production)
  • Your interest and level of willingness to be an initial ‘pilot’ user of the NZOR service in year one.
As above, contact the NZOR Project Leader, Jerry Cooper, on jerry.cooper@nzor.org.nz.

Other Interested Parties

If you are from an agency not represented in the NZOR governance structure, or are within one of those agencies and just want to be kept up to date, you can: