It is great news that Becta is the latest of the 106 members of the UK federation.

JISC faces the problems of several services in our community in that we are not a legal entity and so cannot join the federation ourselves. As such, we will be members when HEFCE join up to the federation.

The process of persuading the powers that be to adopt was started sometime ago, but we haven’t yet managed to become members. Despite the fact that joining the UK federation is a simple process that is not related to the technology choices each organisation makes, explaining the process to the person who needs to sign the appropriate paperwork is often extremely complex.

Not much more to say, except we understand the challenges faced!