We would like to share with you a fun new member benefit that has been in the works for a while.

At the OPF, we are in a fortunate position to have a dedicated Board of Directors, with over a century of digital preservation experience between them, who genuinely care about the outcomes of our work. The OPF staff keep the organisation ticking, and we are often closest to the needs and opinions of our members. Our Board of Directors are there to ensure that we meet expectations, deliver on our promises and align all that we do to our upcoming new strategy.

To facilitate closer ties and dialogue between our Board and our members, each of our member organisations have been assigned a ‘Board Buddy’. Over the next few weeks, our members will receive an introductory message from your assigned Board Buddy. Hopefully, this can be an alternative way for our members to voice their opinions and suggestions, whilst also helping to strengthen the relationships between staff, the Board and our members. As our Board of Directors are made up of our membership we think that they will find they have much in common and can learn from each other.